When Mari Olsdatter Krogsrud was born in 1730, in Sør-Odal, Hedmark, Norway, her father, Ola Torsen Opstad, was 37 and her mother, Ronnov Knudsdatter Semb, was 27. She married Hans Sjursen Slåstad on 18 July 1754, in Sør-Odal, Hedmark, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1773, in Slåstad, Sør-Odal, Hedmark, Norway, at the age of 43.
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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.
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.
equivalent of Mary ; compare Mair .
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