Brief Life History of Liv
When Liv Helleksdatter was born on 7 April 1730, in Nes, Bratsberg, Norway, her father, Hellek Halvorsen, was 36 and her mother, Bergit Guttormsdatter, was 37. She married Sveinung Larsson in 1758, in Sauherad, Telemark, Norway. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Marriage Kittil Olsen and Liv Helliksdatter
- Liv Hellicksdr in entry for Asloug Svenungsdatter, "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927"
- Christening of Liv Helliksdatter
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Parents and Siblings
World Events (6)
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.
1801 · 1801 Norwegian Census
It listed all family members living on each farm. Also those living in the cities.
Name Meaning
From an Old Norse personal name identical in form with the vocabulary word hlíf ‘defence, protection’. In modern use it is often associated with Norwegian liv ‘life’, and is sometimes taken as a short form of Elisabet .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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