When Johanna Dorthea Mortensdatter was born on 26 July 1857, in Malangseidet, Balsfjord, Troms, Norway, her father, Morten Andersen, was 30 and her mother, Malene Willumsdatter, was 23. She married Edvard Lars Hansen Tomasjord on 30 August 1883, in Svartnes, Balsfjord, Troms, Norway. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1932, in Balsfjord, Troms, Norway, at the age of 75.
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School Act of 1860 which required permanent schools in both towns and rural areas.
Birth year of Andreas Bloch. Well-known painter and illustrator. He is remembered primarily for his drawings. His works are represented in both the National Gallery and in the Oslo City Museum.
Birth year of Sigrid Undset. Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. Her best-known work is Kristin Lavransdatter.
feminine form of Johannes ( see John ).
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