Brief Life History of Tollef Torgersen
When Tollef Torgersen Hammersmark was born in 1702, in Tonstad, Sirdal, Vest-Agder, Norway, his father, Torger Omundsen Hammersmark, was 33 and his mother, Magnhild Torgrimsdatter Eigeland, was 30. He married Elsa Torkelsdatter Bjørnestad on 26 June 1735, in Tonstad, Sirdal, Vest-Agder, Norway. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He died in 1757, in his hometown, at the age of 55, and was buried in Sirdal, Vest-Agder, Norway.
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Sources (5)
- Tollef Hammersmark in entry for Torchel Tollefsen, "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927"
- Tollef Hammersmarch in entry for Guro Tollefsen, "Norway, Baptisms, 1634-1927"
- Tollef Hammersmark in entry for Torchel Tollefsen, "Norway, Baptisms, 1634-1927"
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World Events (2)
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
Tohl-lic, from tohl, a tool, and lic, like, meaning toollike; or, from toh-lic, compounded of toh, tough, clammy, and lie, like, meaning clammy
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