Brief Life History of Iver
When Iver Jensen Maanum was born in 1740, in Nord-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway, his father, Jens Iversen Tørto, was 37 and his mother, Kari Larsdotter Leira, was 32. He married Kari Trondsdatter Åbjør on 19 October 1761, in Aurdal Kirke, Nord-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Aurdal, Nord-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway for about 57 years. He died in 1797, in Nord-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway, at the age of 57, and was buried in Aurdal Kirke, Aurdal, Oppland, Norway.
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- Iver Jensen, "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926"
- Iver Jonsøn, "Norway, Probate Index Cards, 1640-1903"
- Iver Jensen in entry for Jens, "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927"
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Holger, Einer, Jorgen, Bent, Knud, Per, Ove, Morten.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Jens, a shortened form of Johannes (see John ). This is the most frequent surname in Denmark. In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Jenssen . Compare Jenson 2 and Johnson .
English: variant of Jennison .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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