When Thale Johanne Johannesdatter Gunnestad was born on 6 March 1825, in Sande, Vestfold, Norway, her father, Johannes Halvorssen Gunnestad, was 44 and her mother, Gunhild Johanne Kristoffersdatter Skjordal, was 29. She married Iver Paulsen Rori on 18 July 1855, in Skedsmo, Akershus, Norway. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter.
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Birth year of Henrik Ibsen. Norwegian playwright and theatre director and one of the most influential playwrights of his time. His most-known works were Peer Gynt and A Doll's House.
Birth year of Colonel Heg Hans Christian Heg emigrated in 1840 with his parents to Muskego, Wisconsin. Norwegian American Civil War hero, abolitionist, journalist, anti-slavery activist, politician and soldier. He was best known for leading the Scandinavian 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment on the Union side in the American Civil War.
Birth year of Theodor Kittelsen. One of the most popular artists in Norway. He became famous for his nature paintings, as well as his illustrations of fairy tales and legends, especially of trolls.
Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name for someone living in a nook or recess (Old English halh).
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