When Ole Bjørnsen was born in 1727, in Kvås, Lister og Mandal, Norway, his father, Bjørn Knudsen, was 43 and his mother, Adlu Olsdatter Brådland, was 33. He married Anna Torkildsdatter on 13 June 1748, in Kvås, Lyngdal, Vest-Agder, Norway. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died in 1749, in his hometown, at the age of 22, and was buried in Kvås, Lyngdal, Vest-Agder, Norway.
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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.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Steinar, Bjorn, Knut. German Fritz, Hans.
Danish and Norwegian (Bjørnsen): patronymic from the personal name Bjørn (see Bjorn ). Compare Ursin .
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