When Åse Olsdatter Folberg was born about 1672, in Neskollen, Nes, Akershus, Norway, her father, Ole Amundsen, was 50 and her mother, Berte Folberg, was 40. She married Amund Kristoffersen Nedre Sæter in 1687, in Nes, Akershus, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Sæter, Hedmark, Norway in 1711. She died in 1742, in Neskollen, Nes, Akershus, Norway, at the age of 71.
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The State Church of Norway passed a law which required ministers to keep a written record of all baptisms, marriages, burials.
1n 1700 Norway changed from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar. The day after 18 Feb in the Julian Calendar became 1 March in the Gregorian calendar.
Law of 1736 legally established Confirmation in the Lutheran Church which led to organized education for all children. These became important records which the Pastor kept.
Swedish: ornamental name, probably from the placename element flo ‘small water, swamp’ (compare 2 below) + berg ‘mountain, hill’.
Norwegian: habitational name from a farm so named in eastern Norway, from flo ‘puddle, small lake’ + berg ‘mountain, hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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