When Anne Andersdatter was born about 1682, in Tromøy, Aust-Agder, Norway, her father, Anders Aasuldsen, was 61 and her mother, Birgitte Kiddelsen, was 37. She married Christopher Olsen on 6 September 1696, in Øyestad, Aust-Agder, Norway. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 11 June 1743, in her hometown, at the age of 62.
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The State Church of Norway passed a law which required ministers to keep a written record of all baptisms, marriages, burials.
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.
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.
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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