Brief Life History of Malena
When Malena Larsdatter Hovda was born about 1688, in Hjelmeland, Rogaland, Norway, her father, Lars Sjurssen, was 52 and her mother, Malena Larsdatter Landsnes, was 32. She died in Fister, Hjelmeland, Rogaland, Norway.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- see HJELMELAND KOMMUNE, Gardar og Folk, 1990, Volume III, p. 248
- Ancestry Family Trees
World Events (3)
1700 · Norwegian calendar change
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.
1736 · Confirmation & education
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.
1739 · Universal schooling
First school law to begin universal schooling in Norway. They taught the subjects of Christianity, reading, writing, arithmetic. Compulsory schooling from the age of seven and at least until ten to twelve years old.
Name Meaning
Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads, so named from the dative singular of Old Norse hófthi ‘rounded peak’, from hǫfuth ‘head’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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