When Tøger Ottesen was born in 1761, in Jostedal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, his father, Otte Larsen Vamberg, was 38 and his mother, Martha Rasmusdotter, was 39. He married Sigri Knudsdotter on 12 April 1784, in Jostedal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 4 March 1832, in Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, at the age of 71.
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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
First organized group of emigrants to leave Norway. First emigration to America began with the Sloopers who left in an undersized sloop “Restauration” sailed from Stavanger, Norway on July 4th, 1825.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Jarl, Knud, Sven.
Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Otto .
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