When Gunder Bergersen was born on 27 March 1707, in Sør-Odal, Hedmark, Norway, his father, Berger Larsen, was 43 and his mother, Marta Torkelsdatter, was 40. He married Marte Pedersdatter Ellingsrud on 29 June 1735, in Sør-Odal, Hedmark, Norway. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died in 1742, in Sør-Odal, Hedmark, Norway, at the age of 35.
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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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Berger, Bjorn, Ove, Selmer, Sven.
Americanized form of Norwegian Bergersen: patronymic from a personal name, Berger, a variant of Birger ‘one who saves, protects, or helps’. Compare Bergeson .
Americanized form of Swedish Birgersson, a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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