Brief Life History of Bjorn
Bjorn Halvordsen Skeie was born in 1684, in Skeie, Mandal, Vest-Agder, Norway as the son of Halvor Rolfsen Skeie and Anna Knutsdotter Bakke. He married Siri Torjeisdatter Fister in 1711. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died in 1741, in his hometown, at the age of 57.
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1685 · Norway Church
The State Church of Norway passed a law which required ministers to keep a written record of all baptisms, marriages, burials.
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Age, Lars, Alf, Bjorn, Egil, Iver, Knut, Maren, Per, Vidar.
Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Halvor, Old Norse Hallvarthr, composed of the elements hallr ‘(flat) stone’ + varthr ‘guardian, defender’. Compare Halvorson and Holverson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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