When Ole Gundersen Garthuus was born in 1796, in Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway, his father, Gunder Olsen Torsrud Garthus, was 38 and his mother, Beret Olsdatter Voll, was 18. He married Marith Jacobsdatter Garthuus on 29 September 1832, in Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He died in 1880, in his hometown, at the age of 84.
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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
First organized group of emigrants to leave Norway. First emigration to America began with the Sloopers who left in an undersized sloop “Restauration” sailed from Stavanger, Norway on July 4th, 1825.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Alf, Knut, Anders, Astrid, Bjorn, Fredrik, Gudrun, Helmer, Hilmar, Hilmer, Johan.
Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Gunder, from Old Norse Gunnarr, a compound of gunn ‘battle’ + arr ‘warrior’. Compare Gunderson and Gunnerson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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