When Malena Pedersdatter was born on 8 September 1811, in Meland, Rogaland, Norway, her father, Peder Sivertson TJØTTA, was 52 and her mother, Malena Jansdotter, was 42. She married Rasmus Torresen on 20 November 1828, in Meland, Rogaland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 30 June 1901, in Meland, Rogaland, Norway, at the age of 89, and was buried in Klepp, Rogaland, Norway.
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A uniform system for keeping church records was introduced by royal ordinance in December 1812. Prior to that there were no directions on how to keep church records. It required that a duplicate register be kept in a separate place.
Constitution declared Norway to be an independent kingdom to avoid being ceded to Sweden from Denmark. Celebrated by Norwegians & Norwegian-Americans on May 17th each year.
Birth year of renown musical composer and pianist. Born in Bergen, Norway. Musical composer and pianist whose music is known worldwide. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions brought the music of Norway to develop a national identity,
Some characteristic forenames: Italian Oronzo, Rocco, Salvatore.
Italian: from the female personal name Malena composed of parts of names, for example Maria and Elena.
Italian: habitational name from Maleno in Crotone province.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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