Brief Life History of Brita Caroline
When Brita Caroline Jakobsdatter Kvamme was born on 7 October 1889, in Innvik, Stryn, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, her father, Jakob Andersen, was 41 and her mother, Eli Kristoffersdatter, was 36. She married Anders Johnsen on 24 August 1920. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died on 26 June 1970, in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway, at the age of 80.
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Family Time Line
Sources (24)
- Legacy NFS Source: Brita Caroline Jakobsdatter Kvamme - Church record: Birth record or certificate: birth: 7 October 1889;
- Legacy NFS Source: Brita Caroline Jakobsdatter Kvamme - Memory of Someone: Memory of a relative: death: 26 June 1970;
- Brita Karoline Kvamme in entry for Arthur Bernhard, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
Spouse and Children
1859–1954 Male
1889–1970 Female
Children (3)
1922–1994 Male
1923– Male
1925–1998 Male
Parents and Siblings
1848– Male
1853– Female
Siblings (10)
1877–1880 Male
1879–1881 Male
1881– Female
1883– Male
1885– Female
+5 More Children
World Events (5)
1893 · Fridtjof Nansen
Age 4
1900 · 1900 Norwegian Census
Age 11
1912 · Sonja Henie
Age 23
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Torvald, Lief, Sig.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads,especially in Vestlandet, named Kvamme, from the dative singular ofOld Norse hvammr ‘little valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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