Brief Life History of Engebret Hansen
When Engebret Hansen Vestby was born on 4 December 1826, in Vestby, Trysil, Hedmark, Norway, his father, Hans Larsen Sørli Westby, was 36 and his mother, Anne Nilsdatter Eier, was 34. He married Ingeri Olsdatter Mobråten on 14 July 1853. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to United States in 1870 and lived in Nord-Odal, Hedmark, Norway in 1826 and Lime Lake Township, Murray, Minnesota, United States in 1900.
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- Engebret H Hagen in household of Ole Hagen, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Engebret Hansen Vestby - birth-name: Engebret Hansen Vestby
- Ingebret Hansen, "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926"
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1828 · Henrik Ibsen
Birth year of Henrik Ibsen. Norwegian playwright and theatre director and one of the most influential playwrights of his time. His most-known works were Peer Gynt and A Doll's House.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1857 · Theodor Kittelsen
Birth year of Theodor Kittelsen. One of the most popular artists in Norway. He became famous for his nature paintings, as well as his illustrations of fairy tales and legends, especially of trolls.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Selmer, Alf, Erik, Eyvind, Knut, Mauritz, Orvald, Thor.
English: habitational name from any of various places called Westby, for example in Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire, all named with Old Norse vestr ‘west, western’ + bý ‘farmstead, village’.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of twenty or more farmsteads, mainly in southeastern Norway, named in Old Norse as Vestbýr, a compound Old Norse vestr ‘west’ + býr ‘settlement’. Compare 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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