When Gunda Ellingsen was born on 8 July 1873, in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway, her father, Ole Gabriel Ellingsen, was 25 and her mother, Ane Elise Torkelsdatter, was 24. She died on 30 September 1888, at the age of 15, and was buried in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway.
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Birth year of Ole Rolvaag. Born in Dønna, Nordland county, Norway. He became a famous Norwegian-American author for his Giants in the Earth book series. He was also a professor at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.
Birth year of Sigrid Undset. Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. Her best-known work is Kristin Lavransdatter.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Per, Egil, Nils, Selmer, Svein, Sven.
Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Elling, from Old Norse Erlingr, meaning ‘son of an earl’.
North German: habitational name from a place called Ellinghausen, Ellingesen, or similar.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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