When Marita Steffensdatter was born about 1695, her father, Steffen Olsen, was 18 and her mother, Ingeborg Rasmussen, was 18. She married Elling Mathiasen about 1720, in Manger, Radøy, Hordaland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1744, in Halland, Manger, Hordaland, Norway, at the age of 50.
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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.
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.
20th-century elaboration of Maria , with the suffix -isa abstracted from such names as Lisa and Louisa.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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