Brief Life History of Margrete Larsdatter
When Margrete Larsdatter Sandum was born in 1796, in Sandum, Gjerdrum, Akershus, Norway, her father, Lars Jensen, was 24 and her mother, Berte Olive Nilsdatter Tuppenhaug, was 32. She married Halvor Jacobsen Fjeldstadbakken on 25 October 1818, in Gjerdrum, Akershus, Norway. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 25 May 1861, in Gjerdrum, Akershus, Norway, at the age of 65, and was buried in Gjerdrum, Akershus, Norway.
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- Magrethe Larsdr, "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926"
- Magrethe Larsdatter, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
- Margrete Larsdatter, "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
1814 · Syttende Mai (17th May)
Constitution declared Norway to be an independent kingdom to avoid being ceded to Sweden from Denmark. Celebrated by Norwegians & Norwegian-Americans on May 17th each year.
Name Meaning
Romanian: from a pet form of the personal name Alexandru (see Alexander ).
Indian: variant of Sandhu .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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