Carl Johan Baltzersen

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 Baltzersen
1844–1912
Martha Paulsen
1842–1919
Marriage: about 1864

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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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