When Gunnar Eriksen Berge was born about 1679, in Høyland, Rogaland, Norway, his father, Erik Ormsen, was 42 and his mother, Gunhild Gunnarsdatter Nordland, was 31. He married Liva Andersdotter Berge on 9 February 1709, in Forsand, Rogaland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died in 1748, in Forsand, Rogaland, Norway, at the age of 70.
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The State Church of Norway passed a law which required ministers to keep a written record of all baptisms, marriages, burials.
1n 1700 Norway changed from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar. The day after 18 Feb in the Julian Calendar became 1 March in the Gregorian calendar.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Maren, Johan, Karsten, Alf, Bent, Erik, Gudmund, Knud, Peer, Per, Sten, Thor.
Norwegian and Swedish: variant of Berg , from the dative form. As a Norwegian surname, this is a habitational name from any of numerous farms so named all over the country.
German: topographic name for a person by or on a hill, from an extended form of Berg (formerly with a preposition with dative case, e.g. am Berge).
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