Brief Life History of Mari
When Mari Olsdatter Nyhus was born about 1801, in Sør-Odal, Hedmark, Norway, her father, Ole Hansen Nyhus, was 35 and her mother, Rønnaug Bergersdatter Slåstadbråten, was 32. She married Christopher Hansen Mobraaten on 15 January 1843. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Mari Olsdatter Nyhus - birth-name: Mari Olsdatter Nyhus
- Mari Olsdr, "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926"
- Mari Olsdtr in entry for Knud Olsen, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
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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
1832 · Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Birth year of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote the lyrics to the Norwegian national anthem "Ja, vi elsker."
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Hjalmer, Ordell, Sigfred. German Gerhard, Hans.
Scandinavian (mainly Norwegian): habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads and places called with ny ‘new’ + hus ‘house, farm’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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