Ane Olsdatter

Brief Life History of Ane

When Ane Olsdatter was born about 1689, in Norway, her father, Ole Paulsen, was 31 and her mother, Mrs- Ole, was 31. She married Samuel Larsen in 1719. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1769, in her hometown, at the age of 81, and was buried in Norway.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Larsen
1692–1737
Ane Olsdatter
1689–1769
Marriage: 1719
Dordi Samuelsdatter
1720–1796
Jacob Samuelsen
1721–1779
Lars Samuelsen
1721–1800
Jacob Samuelson
1721–
Doreth Samuelsen
1728–
Ole Samuelsen
1723–1745
Lars Samuelsen
1724–1761
Dordi Samuelsdatter
1727–1814
Samuel Samuelsen
1731–1788
Jakob Samuelsen
1733–1810

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    World Events (3)

    1700 · Norwegian calendar change

    1n 1700 Norway changed from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar. The day after 18 Feb in the Julian Calendar became 1 March in the Gregorian calendar.

    1736 · Confirmation & education

    Law of 1736 legally established Confirmation in the Lutheran Church which led to organized education for all children. These became important records which the Pastor kept.

    1739 · Universal schooling

    First school law to begin universal schooling in Norway. They taught the subjects of Christianity, reading, writing, arithmetic. Compulsory schooling from the age of seven and at least until ten to twelve years old.

    Name Meaning

    Originally a feminine form of John , from the Old French form Je(h)anne. Since the 17th century it has proved the most popular of the feminine forms of John, ahead of Joan and Jean . It now also commonly occurs as the second element in combinations such as Sarah-Jane. In Britain it is still one of the most frequent of all girls' names. It is not a royal name, but was borne by the tragic Lady Jane Grey ( 1537–54 ), who was unwillingly proclaimed queen in 1553 , deposed nine days later, and executed the following year. Seventy years earlier, the name had come into prominence as that of Jane Shore , mistress of King Edward IV and subsequently of Thomas Grey , 1st Marquess of Dorset, Lady Jane's grandfather. Jane Shore's tribulations in 1483 at the hands of Richard III , Edward's brother and successor, became the subject of popular ballads and plays, which may well have increased the currency of the name in the 16th century. A 19th-century influence was its use as the name of the central character in Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre ( 1847 ). From 1932 to 1959 it was used as the name of a cheerful and scantily clad beauty whose adventures were chronicled in a strip cartoon in the Daily Mirror. It is also borne by the American film stars Jane Russell ( 1921–2011 ) and Jane Fonda ( b. 1937 ).

    Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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