Brief Life History of Lars Christian
When Lars Christian Ellingsen was born on 19 September 1814, in Valberg, Vestvågøy, Nordland, Norway, his father, Christopher Ellingsen, was 47 and his mother, Karen Ryberg, was 39. He married Lucie Christine Blix on 23 October 1849, in Borge, Nordland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 27 May 1850, in his hometown, at the age of 35, and was buried in Valberg, Vestvågøy, Nordland, Norway.
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- Lars Elengsen Walberg, "Norway Marriages, 1660-1926"
- Lars Christen Elingsen, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
- Lars Christian Ellingsen, "Norway Marriages, 1660-1926"
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World Events (5)
1825 · Sloopers
First organized group of emigrants to leave Norway. First emigration to America began with the Sloopers who left in an undersized sloop “Restauration” sailed from Stavanger, Norway on July 4th, 1825.
1825 · Sondre Norheim
Birth of Sondre Norheim. Emigrated in 1884 with his wife and children and settled in North Dakota. Norwegian skier and pioneer of modern skiing. He is known as the father of Telemark skiing. He made important innovations in skiing technology by designing new equipment.
1834 · Fox River Settlement
Fox River Settlement in Illinois begun in 1834. It was the first permanent Norwegian-American immigrant settlement in the Midwest.
Name Meaning
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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