Brief Life History of Nicolai Severin
When Nicolai Severin Mörk was born on 4 July 1833, in Skien, Telemark, Norway, his father, Niels Abraham Mørch, was 41 and his mother, Marta Larsdatter, was 39. He married Oline Marie Sivertsen Berg on 1 December 1859, in Skien, Telemark, Norway. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 3 July 1905, in his hometown, at the age of 71.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Nikolai Mork - Church record: Birth record or certificate: birth-name: Nicolai Severin Mørk
- Nikolai Severin Mørk in entry for Karen, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
- Nikolai Svensen Mørk in entry for Endre Berg Mørk, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
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1834 · Fox River Settlement
Fox River Settlement in Illinois begun in 1834. It was the first permanent Norwegian-American immigrant settlement in the Midwest.
1843 · Edvard Grieg
Birth year of renown musical composer and pianist. Born in Bergen, Norway. Musical composer and pianist whose music is known worldwide. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions brought the music of Norway to develop a national identity,
1855 · Erik Werenskiold
Birth year of Erik Werenskiold Norwegian painter and illustrator. He was especially known for his drawings of the Asbjørnsen and Moe fairytale collection.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Bent, Erik, Gudrun, Hjalmer, Jarl, Jorgen, Nils, Viggo.
Danish (Mørk) and Swedish (Mörk): nickname for someone with dark hair or a swarthy complexion, from Danish mørk, Swedish mörk ‘dark’ (Old Norse myrkr, whence also the English word murk(y)).
Norwegian: habitational name from any of about 20 farmsteads so named, from Old Norse mǫrk ‘outlying pasture, wood’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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