Brief Life History of Oline
When Oline Olsdatter was born in 1791, her father, Ole Erichsen Haugtuft, was 43 and her mother, Maren Christensdatter Bergan, was 22. She married Peder Olsen Bakke on 8 November 1810. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 5 April 1878, in Bergan, Vestfold, Norway, at the age of 87, and was buried in Botne, Vestfold, Norway.
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Sources (6)
- Oline Olsdr Bergen, "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926"
- Oline Olsdatter, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
- Oline Olsdatter, "Norway Burials, 1666-1927"
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World Events (8)
1801 · 1801 Norwegian Census
It listed all family members living on each farm. Also those living in the cities.
1810 · Vaccinations
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
1814 · Syttende Mai (17th May)
Constitution declared Norway to be an independent kingdom to avoid being ceded to Sweden from Denmark. Celebrated by Norwegians & Norwegian-Americans on May 17th each year.
Name Meaning
In the Middle Ages this represented a contracted form of Adeline . In modern use it is either a revival of this or a respelling of Aileen . In Scotland and Ireland it has sometimes been chosen as representing an Anglicized spelling of the Gaelic vocabulary word àlainn (Scottish), álainn (Irish), meaning ‘lovely’.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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