When Birgit Olsdatter Borge was born about 1688, in Norway, her father, Ole Kittilsen, was 33 and her mother, Astri Torsteinsdatter, was 29. She married Hølje Gullbrandsson Jonsjord on 19 June 1706, in Nore, Nore og Uvdal, Buskerud, Norway. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She died in 1758, in Tinn, Telemark, Norway, at the age of 71, and was buried in Tinn, Telemark, Norway.
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1n 1700 Norway changed from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar. The day after 18 Feb in the Julian Calendar became 1 March in the Gregorian calendar.
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: Spanish Manuel, Carlos, Sergio, Alejandro, Alberto, Alvaro, Angel, Avelina, Cesar, Francisco, Guillermo, Humberto.
Spanish: habitational name from Borge in Málaga province, from Arabic burj ‘tower’.
Danish and Norwegian: variant of Borg ‘fortification’, from the dative case, meaning ‘at the fortification’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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