When Johanna Larsdatter was born in November 1673, in Varaldsøy, Hordaland, Norway, her father, Lars Andersen, was 33 and her mother, Ingebor Samsonsen Skjelnes, was 37. She married Helge Bergesen Brattabø in 1695, in Varaldsøy, Hordaland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died in 1760, in Skjelnes, Strandebarm, Hordaland, Norway, at the age of 87.
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The State Church of Norway passed a law which required ministers to keep a written record of all baptisms, marriages, burials.
1n 1700 Norway changed from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar. The day after 18 Feb in the Julian Calendar became 1 March in the Gregorian calendar.
Law of 1736 legally established Confirmation in the Lutheran Church which led to organized education for all children. These became important records which the Pastor kept.
feminine form of Johannes ( see John ).
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