Brief Life History of Ole
When Ole Glørsen was christened on 12 December 1714, in Lardal, Vestfold, Norway, his father, Glør Pedersen, was 34 and his mother, Berte Olsdatter, was 11711. He married Mette Halvorsdatter in 1745, in Lardal, Vestfold, Norway. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He died in 1801, in Hem, Lardal, Vestfold, Norway, at the age of 87.
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1736 · Confirmation & education
Law of 1736 legally established Confirmation in the Lutheran Church which led to organized education for all children. These became important records which the Pastor kept.
1739 · Universal schooling
First school law to begin universal schooling in Norway. They taught the subjects of Christianity, reading, writing, arithmetic. Compulsory schooling from the age of seven and at least until ten to twelve years old.
1801 · 1801 Norwegian Census
It listed all family members living on each farm. Also those living in the cities.
Name Meaning
from an Old Norse personal name composed of the elements anu ‘ancestor’ + leifr ‘heir, descendant’. St Olaf , King of Norway ( 995–1030 ), aided the spread of Christianity in his kingdom. The name was introduced to Britain before the Norman Conquest, but modern use as a given name in the English-speaking world originated in America, where it was taken by recent Scandinavian immigrants.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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