Brief Life History of Karen
When Karen Andersdatter was born in 1753, in Leksvik Prestegjeld, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway, her father, Anders Jensen Talmoen, was 47 and her mother, Marit Colbanusdatter, was 39. She married Anders Sivertsen Helås on 9 July 1786, in Leksvik Prestegjeld, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died in 1789, in Leksvik Prestegjeld, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway, at the age of 36, and was buried in Leksvik Prestegjeld, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.
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- Karen Andersdr in entry for Anders Sivertsen, "Norway Marriages, 1660-1926"
- Karen Andersdatter, "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927"
- Karen Andersdr in entry for Sivert Andersen, "Norway, Baptisms, 1634-1927"
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Name Meaning
equivalent of Katherine . It was first introduced to the English-speaking world by Scandinavian settlers in America; it has been used in Britain only since the 1940s, but had become very popular by the 1960s.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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