Brief Life History of Ole
When Ole Oddsen Sundve was born in 1687, in Vinje, Voss, Hordaland, Norway, his father, Odd Olsen, was 27 and his mother, Orlaug Øyelsdatter Ulvund, was 24. He married Ingeborg Kolbeinsdatter in 1712. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died in 1744, in Vossestrand, Hordaland, Norway, at the age of 57.
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- Ole Sundve in entry for Oyel Olsen, "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927"
- Ole Sunve in entry for Kari Olsen, "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927"
- Ole Sundve in entry for Oyel Olsen, "Norway, Baptisms, 1634-1927"
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World Events (3)
1700 · Norwegian calendar change
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.
1736 · Confirmation & education
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.
1739 · Universal schooling
First school law to begin universal schooling in Norway. They taught the subjects of Christianity, reading, writing, arithmetic. Compulsory schooling from the age of seven and at least until ten to twelve years old.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Alf, Lars.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads, so named from the definite singular form of odde, from Old Norse oddi ‘headland’.
English (of Norman origin): variant of Oden 3 and 4.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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