Brief Life History of Randi
When Randi Iversdatter Evjensøyen was born in 1806, in Evjen, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, her father, Iver Sivertsen Aunemoehaugen, was 36 and her mother, Lisbet Jensdatter Melbye, was 30. She married Anders Olsen Solseggen on 26 January 1831, in Orkdal Prestegjeld, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons.
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- Randi Iversdatter in entry for Iver Andersen, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
- Randi Iversdatter Evjen in entry for Anders Olsen Salseggen, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
- Randi Iversdr in entry for Anders, "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927"
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World Events (8)
1810 · Vaccinations
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
1810 · Ole Bull
Eminent Norwegian violinist and composer. Renown Norwegian violinist and composer who toured multiple times in the US. Family friend with Edvard Grieg.
1843 · Edvard Grieg
Birth year of renown musical composer and pianist. Born in Bergen, Norway. Musical composer and pianist whose music is known worldwide. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions brought the music of Norway to develop a national identity,
Name Meaning
Mainly North American and Australian: as a boy's name this originated as a pet form of Randall , Randolf , or Andrew . As a girl's name it may have originated either as a transferred use of the boy's name or else as a pet form of Miranda ( compare Randa ). It is now fairly commonly used as an independent name, mainly by men, in spite of the unfortunate connotations of the colloquial adjective meaning ‘lustful’.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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