When Lars Amundsen Skjørberg was born in 1699, in Eidskog, Hedmark, Norway, his father, Amund Larsen Skjørberg, was 40 and his mother, Karen Eriksdatter, was 34. He married Sigri Arnesdatter Skjoerberg Langfoss on 27 December 1726, in Eidskog, Hedmark, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died in 1774, in his hometown, at the age of 75, and was buried in Eidskog, Hedmark, Norway.
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1n 1700 Norway changed from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar. The day after 18 Feb in the Julian Calendar became 1 March in the Gregorian calendar.
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.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Alf, Erik, Thor, Egil, Hjordis, Iver, Per, Svein.
Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Amund, Old Norse Ǫgmundr, composed of the elements agi ‘awe’ (or possibly ag ‘point of a sword’) + mund ‘protection’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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