When Anne Halstensdatter was born on 23 March 1734, in Røyken, Akershus, Norway, her father, Halsteen Hansen Grini, was 35 and her mother, Rønnaug Christensdatter, was 42. She married Even Heggen Amundsen on 5 December 1756. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 27 May 1810, in Norway, at the age of 76.
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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.
It listed all family members living on each farm. Also those living in the cities.
variant of Anne , in common use as a given name in most European languages. Among people with a classical education, it has from time to time been associated with Virgil's Aeneid, where it is borne by the sister of Dido , Queen of Carthage. This Phoenician name may ultimately be of Semitic origin, and thus related to the biblical Anne. However, the connection, if it exists, is indirect rather than direct.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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