When Gunder Ellevsen was born about 1743, in Norway, his father, Ellev Larsen Ytterstad, was 49 and his mother, Thore Jonsdatter, was 31. He married Martha Olsen on 11 June 1768, in Onsøy Kirke, Onsøy, Østfold, Norway. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 6 March 1834, in Onsøy Kirke, Onsøy, Østfold, Norway, at the age of 92, and was buried in Onsøy Kirke, Onsøy, Østfold, Norway.
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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
A uniform system for keeping church records was introduced by royal ordinance in December 1812. Prior to that there were no directions on how to keep church records. It required that a duplicate register be kept in a separate place.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Astrid.
Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Ellef, from Old Norse Eilífr, a compound of ei ‘alone’, ‘sole’ or ‘always’ + lífr ‘living, alive’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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