Brief Life History of Gjertrud Marie Jakobsdatter
When Gjertrud Marie Jakobsdatter Sørstokke was born on 3 August 1840, in Kopervik, Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway, her father, Jacob Olsen, was 31 and her mother, Barbro Pedersdatter, was 31. She married Ole Johanneson Johnson on 28 July 1859, in Avaldsnes, Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway in 1840 and South Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States for about 10 years. She died on 24 May 1929, in Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States.
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- Gertrude Johnson in household of Ole Johnson, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Gjertrude Marie Jakobsdatter Sorstakke - Published information: birth-name: Gjertrude Marie Jakobsdatter Sorstakke
- Gjertrud Marie Jacobsdr, "Norway Marriages, 1660-1926"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Buena Vista, Iowa, United States
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
from gēr, gār ‘spear’ + þrūþ ‘strength’; the name of two famous 13th-century nuns of the Cistercian Abbey of Helfta near Eisleben, whose spiritual writings had a great influence.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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