Brief Life History of Ole
When Ole Auensen was born on 19 May 1816, in Skoger, Vestfold, Norway, his father, Auen Ellevsen, was 65 and his mother, Karen Olsdatter, was 31. He married Anna Gurine Torkelsdatter on 6 January 1839, in Skoger, Vestfold, Norway. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Sande, Jarlsberg og Larvik, Norway in 1875. He died in 1883, in Skoger, Vestfold, Norway, at the age of 67.
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- Ole Auenssen, "Norway Census, 1875"
- Ole Ouensen, "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926"
- Ole Ovensen in entry for Adolph, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
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World Events (8)
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.
1825 · Sondre Norheim
Birth of Sondre Norheim. Emigrated in 1884 with his wife and children and settled in North Dakota. Norwegian skier and pioneer of modern skiing. He is known as the father of Telemark skiing. He made important innovations in skiing technology by designing new equipment.
1834 · Fox River Settlement
Fox River Settlement in Illinois begun in 1834. It was the first permanent Norwegian-American immigrant settlement in the Midwest.
Name Meaning
from an Old Norse personal name composed of the elements anu ‘ancestor’ + leifr ‘heir, descendant’. St Olaf , King of Norway ( 995–1030 ), aided the spread of Christianity in his kingdom. The name was introduced to Britain before the Norman Conquest, but modern use as a given name in the English-speaking world originated in America, where it was taken by recent Scandinavian immigrants.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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