When Grete Tonette Johannesen was born on 1 May 1851, in Tonstad, Sirdal, Vest-Agder, Norway, her father, Johannes Reiersen, was 50 and her mother, Siri Tollevsdatter, was 43. She married Gunnar Olsen Solwold on 4 July 1872, in Kristiansand, Lister og Mandal, Norway. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1877 and lived in Spanaway, Pierce, Washington, United States for about 10 years and Brookdale, Pierce, Washington, United States in 1920. She died on 12 June 1939, in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1852: Lewis, Oregon Territory, United States 1852: Thurston, Oregon Territory, United States 1852: Pierce, Oregon Territory, United States 1853: Pierce, Washington Territory, United States 1889: Pierce, Washington, United States
Birth year of Erik Werenskiold Norwegian painter and illustrator. He was especially known for his drawings of the Asbjørnsen and Moe fairytale collection.
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Ingard, Iver, Morten, Thora. German Otto, Fritz.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Johannes (see John ). It is rare in Germany. Compare Johnson .
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