When Ragnild Evensdatter was born in 1764, in Glemmen Kirke, Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway, her father, Even Gundersen, was 46 and her mother, Ingeborg Andersdatter, was 30. She married Jørgen Andersen on 5 October 1783, in Glemmen Kirke, Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway in 1801. She died on 11 December 1831, at the age of 67.
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It listed all family members living on each farm. Also those living in the cities.
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
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.
From an Old Norse personal name from regin ‘advice, decision’ (also, ‘the gods’) + hildr ‘battle’.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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