When Kari Tøgedatter was born in 1797, in Bjørk, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, her father, Tøger Ottesen, was 36 and her mother, Sigri Knudsdotter, was 34. She married Ole Andersen on 9 June 1826, in Jostedal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 14 January 1849, at the age of 52.
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It listed all family members living on each farm. Also those living in the cities.
Royal order issued by the King of Norway and Denmark in 1810 required everyone to have a certificate of smallpox vaccination. This was also recorded in the Church records. 33
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.
Norwegian equivalent of Katherine .
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