Brief Life History of Rasmus
When Rasmus Svendsen was born in July 1833, in Buskerud, Norway, his father, Svend Halvorsen, was 34 and his mother, Birgit Rasmusdatter, was 27. He married Magrete Tordsdr on 29 September 1803, in Eiker, Buskerud, Norway.
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- Rasmus Svendsen, "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926"
- Rasmus, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
- Rasmus Svendsen, "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926"
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1834 · Fox River Settlement
Fox River Settlement in Illinois begun in 1834. It was the first permanent Norwegian-American immigrant settlement in the Midwest.
1843 · Edvard Grieg
Birth year of renown musical composer and pianist. Born in Bergen, Norway. Musical composer and pianist whose music is known worldwide. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions brought the music of Norway to develop a national identity,
1865 · 1865 Norwegian Census
Arranged by county, clerical district, parish. Includes names with their birth years & places, position in family, occupation, indexes to farms & localities.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Bjorn, Erik, Knut, Lars, Niels, Per, Thor, Astrid, Britt, Carsten, Einer, Evald.
Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Svend, from Old Norse Sveinn, originally a byname meaning ‘boy, servant’. Compare Svenson , Swanson , Swendsen , Swensen , and Swenson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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