When Gunnild Pedersdatter Askim was born in 1748, in Vardal, Gjøvik, Oppland, Norway, her father, Peder Pedersen Askim, was 37 and her mother, Kari Hansdatter Nygaard, was 29. She married Michel Amundsen Fruset on 7 February 1774, in Vardal, Gjøvik, Oppland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 17 March 1828, in Vardal, Gjøvik, Oppland, Norway, at the age of 80, and was buried in Vardal, Gjøvik, Oppland, Norway.
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It listed all family members living on each farm. Also those living in the cities.
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
Eminent Norwegian violinist and composer. Renown Norwegian violinist and composer who toured multiple times in the US. Family friend with Edvard Grieg.
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name Askin, a shortened form of the Norman personal name Asketin, a pet form of Asketill, Askell, which is of Old Norse origin and related to Haskell .
English: variant of Askerne, a habitational name from Askern, in Campsall, near Doncaster (Yorkshire). The placename denoted a house (Old English ærn) by an ash tree (Old English æsc, influenced or substituted by Old Norse askr).
English and Irish: variant of Heskin .
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