When Mons Larsen was born on 20 April 1800, in Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, his father, Lars Sjursen Teigen, was 42 and his mother, Anna Larsdotter Drevdal, was 41. He married Kari Giertsdr about 1823, in Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 18 May 1886, in Gaupne, Nordre Bergenhus, Norway, at the age of 86.
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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 Erik, Lars, Nels, Niels, Sven, Thor, Knud, Nils, Per, Jorgen, Alf, Bjorn.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Lars, an equivalent of Lawrence . This is also an Americanized form of the cognate Larssen. Compare Larson 1, Larrison , and Lawson 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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