When Anne Ostensdatter was christened on 20 April 1777, in Røyken, Buskerud, Norway, her father, Østen Joensen, was 30 and her mother, Kristi Andersdatter, was 26.
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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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