When Margit Halvorsdatter was born in 1799, in Sauherad Kirke, Sauherad, Telemark, Norway, her father, Halvor Johanesen, was 47 and her mother, Gunhild Ingebretsdatter, was 48. She married Halvor Helliksen on 2 January 1823, in Sauherad, Telemark, Norway. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters.
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It listed all family members living on each farm. Also those living in the cities.
Royal order issued by the King of Norway and Denmark in 1810 required everyone to have a certificate of smallpox vaccination. This was also recorded in the Church records. 33
"Birth year of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote the lyrics to the Norwegian national anthem ""Ja, vi elsker."""
Vernacular form of Margareta .
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