Marta Nielsdtr

Female1703–18 April 1773

Brief Life History of Marta

When Marta Nielsdtr was born in 1703, in Time, Rogaland, Norway, her father, Per Einarsen, was 47 and her mother, Ingrid Pedersen, was 37. She married Tollef Aarstad on 8 November 1733, in Time, Rogaland, Norway. She died on 18 April 1773, in her hometown, at the age of 70, and was buried in Time, Rogaland, Norway.

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Family Time Line

Tollef Olsen
1725–1786
Marta Nielsdtr
1703–1773
Marriage: 1744
Ola Tollefsen
1745–1795

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    Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1744Time, Rogaland, Norway
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (3)

    World Events (2)

    1736 · Confirmation & education

    Age 33

    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

    Age 36

    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

    contracted form of Märeta, an obsolete variant of Merete . The name is also popular in Sweden.

    Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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