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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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.
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.
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