Elen Rebecca Paulsdatter

Brief Life History of Elen Rebecca

When Elen Rebecca Paulsdatter was born in 1798, in Nordland, Norway, her father, Poul Jacobsen, was 25 and her mother, Ane Maria Olsdatter, was 24. She married Morten Lorentzsen on 19 October 1823, in Alstahaug kirke, Alstahaug prestegjeld, Nord-Helgeland prosti, Sør-Hålogaland bispedømme, Norway. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Alstahaug, Nordland, Norway in 1801. She died on 10 February 1888, in Nordland, Norway, at the age of 90, and was buried in Alstahaug, Nordland, Norway.

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Family Time Line

Morten Lorentzsen
1792–1841
Elen Rebecca Paulsdatter
1798–1888
Marriage: 19 October 1823
Ole Johan Mortensen
1825–
Ane Johanna Mortensdatter
1826–1830
Ane Chierstina Mortensdatter
1829–1854
Paul Mortensen
1831–
Mathias Mortensen
1834–
Elen Petrina Mortensdatter
1840–

Sources (23)

  • Elen Rebecca Paulsdatter, "Norway Census, 1801"
  • Elen Rebeka Paulsdatter, "Norway Marriages, 1660-1926"
  • Elen Rebekka Paulsdtr, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"

World Events (8)

1801 · 1801 Norwegian Census

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

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

1825 · Sloopers

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.

Name Meaning

form of Helen , now also used outside Wales. It is identical with the Welsh vocabulary word elen ‘nymph’, but this is unlikely to be the origin. It is found in Welsh texts from an early period as an equivalent of Helen, for example as the name of the mother of Constantine, finder of the True Cross.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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