When Anne Syversdatter was born about 1706, in Lesja, Oppland, Norway, her father, Syver Eriksen, was 48 and her mother, Brit Palsdatter, was 32. She married Ola Jakobsen about 1741, in Lesja, Oppland, Norway. She died in 1743, at the age of 38.
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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.
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.
variant of Anne , in common use as a given name in most European languages. Among people with a classical education, it has from time to time been associated with Virgil's Aeneid, where it is borne by the sister of Dido , Queen of Carthage. This Phoenician name may ultimately be of Semitic origin, and thus related to the biblical Anne. However, the connection, if it exists, is indirect rather than direct.
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