Brief Life History of Guri
When Guri Tostensdotter Hjelle was born about 1635, in Dovre, Oppland, Norway, her father, Torsten Olsen Prestgard, was 42 and her mother, Guri Johannesdotter Hjelle, was 26. She married Just Torresen in 1662, in Lesja, Oppland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Lesja, Oppland, Norway in 1652. She died after 1713.
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1685 · Norway Church
The State Church of Norway passed a law which required ministers to keep a written record of all baptisms, marriages, burials.
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.
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The usual Russian form of George , also used occasionally in the English-speaking world.
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