When Tolleiv Mauritsen Hompland was born about 1674, in Hompland, Vest-Agder, Norway, his father, Maurits Olsen Hompland, was 26 and his mother, Siri Tolleivsdatter Skreå, was 35. He married Siri Johannesdatter Bjunes d.y. about 1700, in Hompland, Vest-Agder, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died in 1741, in Hompland, Vest-Agder, Norway, at the age of 68.
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The State Church of Norway passed a law which required ministers to keep a written record of all baptisms, marriages, burials.
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.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Alf, Peer, Thor, Viggo.
Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Laurits, a vernacular form of Laurentius (see Lawrence ).
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