When Ole Hansen Nokelby was born on 27 March 1703, in Løten, Hedmark, Norway, his father, Hans Siffuersen Siversen, was 48 and his mother, Mrs. Hans Siffnersen, was 34. He married Berthe Henriksdatter Dalen in 1727, in Løten, Hedmark, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 1 September 1788, in his hometown, at the age of 85, and was buried in Løten, Hedmark, 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.
from an Old Norse personal name composed of the elements anu ‘ancestor’ + leifr ‘heir, descendant’. St Olaf , King of Norway ( 995–1030 ), aided the spread of Christianity in his kingdom. The name was introduced to Britain before the Norman Conquest, but modern use as a given name in the English-speaking world originated in America, where it was taken by recent Scandinavian immigrants.
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