When Ragna Olivia Ivarsdatter was born on 8 December 1849, her father, Ivar Isachsson, was 26 and her mother, Ingeborg Elizabeth Olsen, was 24. She lived in Oslo, Norway in 1849 and Norway in 1865. She died on 11 September 1866, in Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 16, and was buried in Pioneer Children's Memorial, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Birth year of Erik Werenskiold Norwegian painter and illustrator. He was especially known for his drawings of the Asbjørnsen and Moe fairytale collection.
Birth year of Theodor Kittelsen. One of the most popular artists in Norway. He became famous for his nature paintings, as well as his illustrations of fairy tales and legends, especially of trolls.
From the Old Norse personal name Ragna, a short form of the various female compound names formed with regin ‘advice, decision’ (also, ‘the gods’), for example Ragnhild . The name, used in the Viking period, was revived in the late 19th century. In modern use it is usually taken as a feminine form of Ragnar .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
Ragna Olivia Ivasdatter, born 8 December 1849 in Aker, Oslo, Akershus, Norway; died 11 September 1866 by Sweetwater, Wyoming. Remembered at the Pioneer Children’s Memorial, This is the Place Heritage …
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