Brief Life History of Olia
When Olia Jochumsdatter was born in 1805, in Askim, Østfold, Norway, her father, Jochum Christiansen, was 42 and her mother, Inger Svendsdtr., was 31. She married Andreas Erichsen on 22 July 1828. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters.
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- Olea Jocumsdr, "Norway Marriages, 1660-1926"
- Olia Brinestad, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
- Olea Jocumsdr, "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926"
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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
name of Scandinavian origin, originally derived from the Old Norse adjective heilagr ‘prosperous, successful’. It was imported by the Scandinavian settlers who founded the first Russian state in the 9th century. St Olga of Kiev ( d. 969 ) was a Varangian noblewoman who was baptized at Byzantium in about 957 and set about converting her people. The name was introduced to the English-speaking world in the late 19th century, but retains a distinctively Russian flavour.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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