When Knud Nilsen Hippe was christened on 1 November 1700, in Aurdal, Nord-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway, his father, Niels Olsen Hippe, was 36 and his mother, Gjertrud Knudsdatter, was 31. He married Marthe or Marit Thoresdatter on 17 October 1723, in Nord-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died in December 1776, in his hometown, at the age of 76.
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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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nils, Alf, Bjorn, Lars, Per, Nels, Anders, Bente, Tor, Arnfinn, Astrid. German Hans, Kurt, Ralf, Arnulf, Otto.
Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Nils, a shortened form of Nikolaus. This form of the surname is also found in Denmark, but it is rare there. Compare Nelsen .
Altered form of Norwegian Nilssen, a variant of 1, and probably also of the Danish, Norwegian, or North German cognate Nielsen (compare Nilson ).
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