Brief Life History of Aase
When Aase Vrålsdatter Østerholt was born in 1768, in Gjerstad, Aust-Agder, Norway, her father, Vraal Mortensen, was 29 and her mother, Gro Larsdatter, was 23. She married Erich Knudsen in 1788. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Østerholt, Gjerstad, Aust-Agder, Norway in 1801. She died on 7 February 1807, in Gjerstad, Aust-Agder, Norway, at the age of 39, and was buried in Gjerstad, Aust-Agder, Norway.
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- Aase Vrolsdatter in household of Erich Evensen, "Norway Census, 1801"
- Aase Vrolsdr, "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926"
- AASE VROLSDR in entry for GUNUV EVENSEN, "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927"
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1801 · 1801 Norwegian Census
It listed all family members living on each farm. Also those living in the cities.
Name Meaning
North German: topographic name from oster ‘east, easterly’ + holt ‘wood’.
Norwegian (Østerholt): habitational name from either of two farmsteads named Østerholt, from Old Norse Austrholtar, composed of the elements austr ‘east’ + holt ‘grove’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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