When Kari Nielsdatter was christened on 30 October 1735, in Hvaler, Østfold, Norway, her father, Niels Arnesen, was 24 and her mother, Ellen Hansdatter, was 19. She married Frans Willumsen on 3 March 1776, in Hvaler, Østfold, Norway. She was buried in Hvaler, Østfold, Norway.
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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.
It listed all family members living on each farm. Also those living in the cities.
Norwegian equivalent of Katherine .
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