Brief Life History of Boel
When Boel Olsdotter was born on 15 October 1753, in Åkarp, Gislöv, Malmöhus, Sweden, her father, Ola Sjunnesson, was 31 and her mother, Hanna Persdotter, was 40. She married Sjunne Persson on 10 May 1772, in Reslöf, Onsjö, Malmöhus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 7 November 1801, in Reslöf, Onsjö, Malmöhus, Sweden, at the age of 48, and was buried in Reslöf, Onsjö, Malmöhus, Sweden.
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- Sweden, Reslöf, birth record for Pernilla Sjunnesdotter
- Boel Olasdr in entry for Sjunne Parsson, "Sweden Marriages, 1630-1920"
- Sweden, Reslöv, birth record for Arad
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Name Meaning
Biblical name, composed of two different Hebrew elements, Yah(weh) and El, both of which mean ‘God’ the implication of the name is that the Hebrew God, Yahweh, is the only true god. This is a common name in the Bible, being borne by, among others, one of King David's ‘mighty men’ (1 Chronicles 11:38), and a minor prophet who lived in the 8th century bc . The name has been perennially popular as a Jewish name; it was also taken up by the Puritans and other Christian fundamentalists. The name has long been in regular use in North America but was uncommon in Britain until the 1990s. Well-known bearers of the name include the American singer and entertainer Joel Grey ( b. 1932 ), the West Indian cricketer Joel Garner ( b. 1952 ), and the American film director Joel Coen ( b. 1954 ). The French form Joël is also used in the English-speaking world.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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