Brief Life History of Margrete
When Margrete Wilhelmsdatter Behr was christened on 28 May 1772, in Østre Toten, Oppland, Norway, her father, Wilhelm Danielsen Bahr, was 53 and her mother, Siri Tostensdatter Schiefstad, was 26. She married Hans Evensen Nøklebÿe on 30 January 1805, in Toten, Oppland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Margrete Behr, "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926"
- Margrete, "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927"
- Margrethe Vilhelmsdr in entry for Marthe Hansen, "Norway, Baptisms, 1634-1927"
Spouse and Children
1775– Male
1772– Female
Children (2)
1807– Male
1810– Female
Parents and Siblings
1720–1791 Male
1745– Female
Siblings (6)
1767– Male
1770– Female
1772– Female
1776– Female
1777– Male
+1 More Child
World Events (7)
1801 · 1801 Norwegian Census
1810 · Vaccinations
1810 · Ole Bull
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Arno, Claus, Hans, Erwin, Horst, Armin, Bernd, Ernst, Fritz, Gerda, Gerhard, Heinz.
German: variant of Bähr (compare Bahr 2, Baehr 1), itself a variant of Baer ‘bear’.
Germanized form of Sorbian Běr: from a short form of the Old Sorbian personal name Běrisław (based on the Old Slavic imperative beri ‘collect’). Compare Bahr 4.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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