Brief Life History of Gulbrand
When Gulbrand Thoresen was born on 14 June 1793, in Vestfossen, Haug, Eiker, Buskerud, Norway, his father, Thor Gulbrandsen, was 28 and his mother, Anne Tostensdatter, was 24. He married Ingeborg Maria Hansdatter Osterud on 16 March 1820. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He died on 29 April 1874, in Eiker, Buskerud, Norway, at the age of 80, and was buried in Eiker, Buskerud, Norway.
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- Gulbrand Thoresen im Eintrag für Hans Halvorsen, „Norway Marriages, 1660-1926“
- Gulbrand Thoresen, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
- Gulbrand Thorsen, "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926"
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1801 · 1801 Norwegian Census
It listed all family members living on each farm. Also those living in the cities.
1810 · Vaccinations
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
1825 · Sloopers
First organized group of emigrants to leave Norway. First emigration to America began with the Sloopers who left in an undersized sloop “Restauration” sailed from Stavanger, Norway on July 4th, 1825.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Birgit, Borge, Britt, Lars, Nils, Paal, Thoralf.
Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Thor .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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