When Johan Ellingsen was born on 29 October 1812, in Hustad, Lødingen, Nordland, Norway, his father, Christen Ellingsen, was 50 and his mother, Christiana Falch, was 41. He married Margrethe Sophie Kibsgaard on 6 November 1843, in Flakstad, Nordland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Nordland, Norway in 1812. He died on 19 February 1900, in Å, Moskenes, Nordland, Norway, at the age of 87, and was buried in Moskenes, Nordland, Norway.
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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.
Place where the Norwegian Constitution was signed on 17 May.
Birth year of renown musical composer and pianist. Born in Bergen, Norway. Musical composer and pianist whose music is known worldwide. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions brought the music of Norway to develop a national identity,
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Per, Egil, Nils, Selmer, Svein, Sven.
Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Elling, from Old Norse Erlingr, meaning ‘son of an earl’.
North German: habitational name from a place called Ellinghausen, Ellingesen, or similar.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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