Brief Life History of Hans Gunnersen
When Hans Gunnersen Heer was born in 1764, in Sand, Nord-Odal, Hedmark, Norway, his father, Gunder Henriksen Heer, was 36 and his mother, Berte Olsdatter Flikkerud, was 39.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Hans Gundersen, "Norway, Baptisms, 1634-1927"
Parents and Siblings
World Events (6)
1801 · 1801 Norwegian Census
It listed all family members living on each farm. Also those living in the cities.
1810 · Vaccinations
Royal order issued by the King of Norway and Denmark in 1810 required everyone to have a certificate of smallpox vaccination. This was also recorded in the Church records. 33
1825 · Sloopers
First organized group of emigrants to leave Norway. First emigration to America began with the Sloopers who left in an undersized sloop “Restauration” sailed from Stavanger, Norway on July 4th, 1825.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Bernhard, Erwin, Hans, Alfons, Alois, Ewald, Kurt, Monika, Otto.
German and Dutch: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name with the first element hari, heri ‘army’, as, for instance, Hermann . This surname is rare in the Netherlands.
Dutch: variant, without the definite article de ‘the’, of De Heer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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