When Jonas Falch was born on 31 December 1810, in Risvær, Nordland, Norway, his father, Andreas Jonassen Falch, was 34 and his mother, Birgithe Marie Røst Rasch, was 29. He married Karen Catharina Ellingsen in 1831, in Lødingen, Lødingen, Nordland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 12 May 1907, in Risvær, Nordland, Norway, at the age of 96, and was buried in Våge, Lødingen, Nordland, Norway.
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A uniform system for keeping church records was introduced by royal ordinance in December 1812. Prior to that there were no directions on how to keep church records. It required that a duplicate register be kept in a separate place.
Constitution declared Norway to be an independent kingdom to avoid being ceded to Sweden from Denmark. Celebrated by Norwegians & Norwegian-Americans on May 17th each year.
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,
Welsh or English: unexplained. This surname is no longer found in Britain.
South German: nickname for a blond-haired man, from Middle High German falch ‘yellow’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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