Dortea Andrea Knutsdatter Meskestad

Brief Life History of Dortea Andrea Knutsdatter

When Dortea Andrea Knutsdatter Meskestad was born on 30 December 1825, in Meskestad, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway, her father, Knut Haldorsøn Meskestad, was 38 and her mother, Magrete Kirstine Baltzarsdatter, was 36. She lived in Buskerud, Norway in 1825. She died in 1843, at the age of 18, and was buried in Sandsvær, Buskerud, Norway.

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Family Time Line

Knut Haldorsøn Meskestad
1787–1854
Magrete Kirstine Baltzarsdatter
1789–1837
Halvor Knudsen
1819–1844
Baltzar Knudsen
1822–1903
Dortea Andrea Knutsdatter Meskestad
1825–1843
Hans Martin Knutsøn Meskestad
1829–1889
Maren Helene Knutsdatter Meskestad
1832–1887

Sources (4)

  • Dørthea Andrea, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
  • Dortea Andrea, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
  • Dorthea Andrea Knudsdatter, "Norway, Burials, 1666-1927"

World Events (5)

1828 · Henrik Ibsen

Birth year of Henrik Ibsen. Norwegian playwright and theatre director and one of the most influential playwrights of his time. His most-known works were Peer Gynt and A Doll's House.

1829 · Colonel Hans Christian Heg

Birth year of Colonel Heg Hans Christian Heg emigrated in 1840 with his parents to Muskego, Wisconsin. Norwegian American Civil War hero, abolitionist, journalist, anti-slavery activist, politician and soldier. He was best known for leading the Scandinavian 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment on the Union side in the American Civil War. 

1832 · Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

"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."""

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Gonzalo, Pedro, Roberto, Ana, Armando, Enrique, Idalia, Juan, Luis, Marcelo, Reynaldo.

Portuguese and Galician: topographic name from the preposition d(e) ‘from’ + horta ‘garden’ (from Latin hortus), or a habitational name for someone from any of numerous places called with this word in Portugal and Galicia (Spain).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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