Brief Life History of Ole Edvard Olsen
When Ole Edvard Olsen Zahl was christened on 21 April 1808, in Alstahaug, Nordland, Norway, his father, Ole Hansen Zahl, was 38 and his mother, Elisabeth Christiana Jacobsdatter Friderichsen, was 25.
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- Ole Edvard Olesen, "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927"
World Events (3)
1810 · Vaccinations
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
1810 · Ole Bull
Eminent Norwegian violinist and composer. Renown Norwegian violinist and composer who toured multiple times in the US. Family friend with Edvard Grieg.
1812 · Record-keeping
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Reiner. Scandinavian Carsten.
German: nickname or topographic name from a shortened form of Middle High German zagel ‘tail’, which also denoted a narrow piece of land, or from a shortened form of a compound name formed with this element, as for example Hasenzahl (‘hare's tail’). This surname is also found in Norway.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Tsal, a pet form of the Biblical name Betzalel.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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