When Anne Marie Whilehlsen Blom was born on 15 May 1816, in Vestfold, Norway, her father, Wilhelm Jensen Qvindberg Blom, was 30 and her mother, Berte Maria Larsdatter, was 27.
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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.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Gunner, Helmer, Knud, Knut.
Swedish and Danish: ornamental name from blom ‘flower’.
Norwegian: habitational name from two farms so named in western Norway.
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