Brief Life History of Margit
When Margit Jørgensdatter was born on 20 February 1853, in Øvre Ramse, Åmli, Aust-Agder, Norway, her father, Jørgen Sommundsen, was 31 and her mother, Gunvor Torsteinsdatter, was 28. She married Ole Olsen on 7 June 1873, in Åmli, Aust-Agder, Norway. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. She immigrated to United States in 1878 and lived in Svea Township, Barnes, North Dakota, United States in 1910 and Barnes, North Dakota, United States in 1920. She died on 9 December 1927, in Meadow Lake Township, Barnes, North Dakota, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Litchville, Barnes, North Dakota, United States.
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- Margaret Tvedt in household of Knut Tvedt, "United States Census, 1910"
- Margith Jörgensdatter, "Norway Marriages, 1660-1926"
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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1855 · Erik Werenskiold
Birth year of Erik Werenskiold Norwegian painter and illustrator. He was especially known for his drawings of the Asbjørnsen and Moe fairytale collection.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Vernacular form of Margareta .
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