When Ingeborg Johannesdatter was born in 1807, in Eikeland, Osterøy, Hordaland, Norway, her father, Johannes Arneson, was 63 and her mother, Marta Nilsdatter, was 45. She married Ellef Johannesen on 14 April 1837, in Hamre, Osterøy, Hordaland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 19 June 1890, in Hordabø Kyrkjegard, Manger, Hordaland, Norway, at the age of 83, and was buried in Hjelme, Øygarden, Hordaland, Norway.
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Royal order issued by the King of Norway and Denmark in 1810 required everyone to have a certificate of smallpox vaccination. This was also recorded in the Church records. 33
Eminent Norwegian violinist and composer. Renown Norwegian violinist and composer who toured multiple times in the US. Family friend with Edvard Grieg.
Birth year of Colonel Heg Hans Christian Heg emigrated in 1840 with his parents to Muskego, Wisconsin. Norwegian American Civil War hero, abolitionist, journalist, anti-slavery activist, politician and soldier. He was best known for leading the Scandinavian 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment on the Union side in the American Civil War.
From an Old Norse personal name from the name of the fertility god Ing + borg ‘fortification’.
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