Brief Life History of Amund Kristoffersen Nedre
When Amund Kristoffersen Nedre Sæter was born about 1668, in Sæter, Hedmark, Norway, his father, Kristoffer Amundsen Nedre Sæter, was 41 and his mother, Ingelaug Torsdatter Husmo, was 27. He married Åse Olsdatter Folberg in 1687, in Nes, Akershus, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He registered for military service in 1697. He died in 1698, in his hometown, at the age of 31.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Amund Kristoffersen Nedre Sæter - Published information: military-service: 1697;
- Amund Nedre Saeter in entry for Ole Amundsen, "Norway, Baptisms, 1634-1927"
- Legacy NFS Source: Amund Kristoffersen Nedre Sæter - Published information: military-service: 1697;
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1685 · Norway Church
The State Church of Norway passed a law which required ministers to keep a written record of all baptisms, marriages, burials.
Name Meaning
American shortened (and altered) form of Greek patronymics such as Soteriades, Soteriou, Soteropoulos, Sotiriou , and Sotiropoulos , derived from the personal name Sōtērios, modern pronunciation Sotiri(o)s, an adjectival form meaning ‘redeeming, saving’, based on the vocabulary word sōtēr ‘savior, redeemer’, and referring to Christ (compare Italian Salvatore ). Compare also Sotir .
Hungarian (Sótér): perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a cheesemaker, from Middle High German schotte ‘cheese’, or an occupational name for a maker of wooden plates and troughs, from Middle High German schotteler, or for a peddler, from Middle High German schotte (see Schott ).
German: variant of Sotter, a topographic name from Middle High German sōt ‘spring, well’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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