When Gulbrand Tostensen was born on 13 March 1781, in Eiker, Buskerud, Norway, his father, Tosten Gunuldsen, was 48 and his mother, Ingebor Hansdtr., was 38.
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It listed all family members living on each farm. Also those living in the cities.
Royal order issued by the King of Norway and Denmark in 1810 required everyone to have a certificate of smallpox vaccination. This was also recorded in the Church records. 33
A uniform system for keeping church records was introduced by royal ordinance in December 1812. Prior to that there were no directions on how to keep church records. It required that a duplicate register be kept in a separate place.
Americanized form of Norwegian Tostensen: patronymic from the personal name Tosten, a variant of Thorsten (see Thorstensen ). Compare Thostenson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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