Brief Life History of Tolef
When Tolef Pedersen was born about 1628, in Eiker, Buskerud, Norway, his father, Peder Pedersen Holst, was 35 and his mother, Anne Tollefsdatter, was 27. He died in 1691, at the age of 64.
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1685 · Norway Church
The State Church of Norway passed a law which required ministers to keep a written record of all baptisms, marriages, burials.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Niels, Bjorn, Knud, Nils, Anders, Jorgen, Egil, Einer, Knut, Peer.
Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Peder (see Peter ). This surname is also found in northern Germany. Compare Petersen 2 and Peterson 1.
English: variant of Peterson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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