Brief Life History of Carl Johan
When Carl Johan Baltzersen was born on 20 March 1844, in Nordby, Ås, Akershus, Norway, his father, Niels Baltzersen, was 38 and his mother, Anna Christine Hansen, was 34. He married Martha Paulsen about 1864, in Norway. He died on 8 April 1912, at the age of 68.
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- Carl Johan, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
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World Events (8)
1845 · Nonconformist Act
The Nonconformist Act recognized Christian dissenter churches. It became legal to organize churches of other denominations.
1847 · Nordlyset
First Norwegian-American newspaper was published in the Norwegian language. It was published in Wisconsin.
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.
Name Meaning
From an old-fashioned German spelling variant of Karl , the German version of Charles . It is now increasingly used in the English-speaking world, and for some reason is particularly popular in Wales.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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