Brief Life History of Helene Rafaelsdatter
When Helene Rafaelsdatter Harr was born about 1758, in Trondenes, Troms, Norway, her father, Rafael Rafaelsen Harr, was 54 and her mother, Gjertrud Olsdatter, was 46. She had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with Mads Jensen. She died about 1799, in Lavangen, Troms, Norway, at the age of 43, and was buried in Lavangen, Troms, Norway.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Helene Rafaelsdatter Harr - Church record: Christening record or certificate: birth-name: Helene Rafaelsdatter Harr
- Helena Raphaelsdr, "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926"
- Helena Raphaelsdr in entry for Lars Madsen, "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927"
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North German: from a short form of any of the ancient Germanic personal names with the first element hari, heri ‘army’, for example, Hermann , Herbert .
English (Lincolnshire): variant of Hare .
Norwegian (Hårr): habitational name from the farm name Hårr or Haarr south of Stavanger, of uncertain origin. In North America, this surname may also be an altered form of the variant Haarr.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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