When Brithe Nielsdatter was born in 1763, in Havrå, Osterøy, Hordaland, Norway, her father, Nils Halldorsen, was 40 and her mother, Britha Johannesdatter, was 37. She married Johannes Nilsen on 2 September 1782, in Haus, Hordaland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1858, in Nedre Romslo, Haus, Hordaland, Norway, at the age of 95, and was buried in Osterøy, Hordaland, 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
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.
Contracted form of Brighid .
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