Anna Samsonsdatter Sundal

Brief Life History of Anna Samsonsdatter

When Anna Samsonsdatter Sundal was born in 1728, in Sunndal, Kvinnherad, Hordaland, Norway, her father, Samson Gotskalksen Sundal, was 25 and her mother, Margete Jensdatter Årsand, was 30. She married Olav Kjetilsen Braatun on 17 April 1746, in Kvinnherad, Hordaland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She died in 1808, in Kvinnherad, Hordaland, Norway, at the age of 80.

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Family Time Line

Olav Kjetilsen Braatun
1725–1769
Anna Samsonsdatter Sundal
1728–1808
Marriage: 17 April 1746
Kristi Olsdatter Braatun
1747–1811
Margrete Olsdatter Braatun
1749–1749
Kjetil Olsen Braatun
1750–1750
Margrete Olavsdatter Bråtun
1754–1844
Guro Olsdatter Braatun
1756–1836
Kjetil Olsen Braatun
1760–1792
Anna Olavsdtr. Bråtun
1764–1819
Boel Olsdatter Braatun
1764–1842

Sources (10)

  • Braatun, Enes in 1801 census for 1224P Kvinnherad
  • Ane Samsonsdr, "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926"
  • Anna Samsonsdr in entry for Boel_, "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927"

World Events (3)

1736 · Confirmation & education

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.

1739 · Universal schooling

First school law to begin universal schooling in Norway. They taught the subjects of Christianity, reading, writing, arithmetic. Compulsory schooling from the age of seven and at least until ten to twelve years old.

1801 · 1801 Norwegian Census

It listed all family members living on each farm. Also those living in the cities.

Name Meaning

Indian: from a personal name from Sanskrit sundara ‘beautiful’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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