Brief Life History of Carl Georg
When Carl Georg Glad was born on 14 June 1861, in Blokken, Sortland, Nordland, Norway, his father, Christen Ellingsen Glad, was 37 and his mother, Jacobine Marie Glad, was 26. He married Theodora Alvilda Olsen on 28 December 1885, in Sortland, Sortland, Nordland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Sortland, Nordland, Norway in 1900. He died on 4 June 1938, in Blokken, Sortland, Nordland, Norway, at the age of 76, and was buried in Sortland, Sortland, Nordland, Norway.
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- Karl G. Glad in household of Kristen E. Glad, "Norway Census, 1865"
- Karl Georg Glad in entry for Trygve, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
- Karl G. Glad, "Norway Census, 1900"
Spouse and Children
- Marriage
Children (7)
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Parents and Siblings
World Events (7)
1862 · Homestead Act
Homestead Act was passed in the U.S. which made land available for free upon meeting certain conditions. Many Norwegian-Americans acquired land through this process.
1865 · 1865 Norwegian Census
Arranged by county, clerical district, parish. Includes names with their birth years & places, position in family, occupation, indexes to farms & localities.
1882 · Sigrid Undset
Birth year of Sigrid Undset. Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. Her best-known work is Kristin Lavransdatter.
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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