When Niclas Arnesen was born in October 1733, in Onsøy Kirke, Onsøy, Østfold, Norway, his father, Arne Olsen, was 38 and his mother, Bodil Halvorsdatter, was 40. He married Ingeborg Transen about 1758, in Oslo, Norway. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 26 March 1771, at the age of 37.
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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 Erik, Aksel, Alf, Arndt, Egil, Niels, Ottar.
Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Arne, a short form of any of various Norse names of which arn ‘eagle’ is the first element (see Arne 1).
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