Brief Life History of Sigrid Marie Hansine
When Sigrid Marie Hansine Glad was born on 9 July 1866, in Blokken, Sortland, Nordland, Norway, her father, Christen Ellingsen Glad, was 42 and her mother, Jacobine Marie Glad, was 31. She married Christen Ellingsen Falch on 29 December 1898, in Vågan, Nordland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 11 January 1949, in Nordland, Norway, at the age of 82, and was buried in Våge, Lødingen, Nordland, Norway.
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- Sigrid Marie Hansen, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
- Sigrid Glad in entry for Karen Ragnhild, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
- Sigrud Glad in entry for Karen Ragnhild, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
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World Events (7)
1867 · Emigration lists
Earliest passenger lists begin in 1867 for the ports of Oslo and Trondheim. Other ports followed.
1869 · Gustav Vigeland
Birth year of Gustav Vigeland. Well-known Norwegian sculptor. His statues can be seen in Frogner Park in Oslo which sculpture area occupies 80 acres.
1893 · Fridtjof Nansen
Birth year of Fridtjof Nansen. Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Gudrun, Sten.
English: from a short form of the various Old English personal names with the first element glæd ‘shining, joyful’. Compare Gladwin .
Scandinavian and English: nickname for a cheerful person, from Scandinavian, Middle English glad ‘merry’, ‘jolly’. Compare Gladd 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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