Brief Life History of Lars
When Lars Jakobsen Frogner was born on 5 November 1831, in Vang, Hamar, Hedmark, Norway, his father, Jakob Larsen Frogner, was 32 and his mother, Anne Syversdatter Øst-Løkja, was 26. He married Olea Hansdatter Skogen on 4 July 1879, in Vang, Hamar, Hedmark, Norway. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 8 May 1896, in his hometown, at the age of 64, and was buried in Hedmark, Norway.
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- 1831 Birth/christening record - Parish registry: SAH, Vang prestekontor, Hedmark, Parish register (official) no. 9, 1826-1841, p. 72 - Scanned archives - The National Archives of Norway
- Lars Jakobsen, "Norway Marriages, 1660-1926"
- 1896 Death/burial record - Parish registry: SAH, Vang prestekontor, Hedmark, H/Ha/Haa/L0019B: Parish register (official) no. 19, 1886-1900, p. 427 - Scanned archives - The National Archives of Norway
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Birth year of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote the lyrics to the Norwegian national anthem "Ja, vi elsker."
1834 · Fox River Settlement
Fox River Settlement in Illinois begun in 1834. It was the first permanent Norwegian-American immigrant settlement in the Midwest.
1855 · Erik Werenskiold
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Bjorn, Lars, Anders, Bent, Gunner, Knut, Nels, Niels, Sven, Thor, Tor.
Danish, Norwegian, North German, and Dutch: patronymic from the personal name Jakob . Compare Jacobsen and Jacobson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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