When Neils Johannesen was born on 3 August 1726, in Slidre, Vestre Slidre, Oppland, Norway, his father, Johan Knutsen Snortheim, was 56 and his mother, Ingri Nilsdatter, was 35. He married Marit Torstensdotter Kvåle on 4 April 1756, in Slidre, Vestre Slidre, Oppland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He died in 1805, in Kvål, Oppland, Norway, at the age of 79.
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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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Ingard, Iver, Morten, Thora. German Otto, Fritz.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Johannes (see John ). It is rare in Germany. Compare Johnson .
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