When Karen Margrethe Mikkelborg was born on 13 June 1779, in Indre Onøya, Lurøy, Nordland, Norway, her father, Christen Christensøn Mikkelborg, was 29 and her mother, Lucia Magdalena Walnum, was 28. She married Jens Ellingsen on 4 June 1815, in Sortland, Sortland, Nordland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She died on 14 September 1844, in Sortland, Sortland, Nordland, Norway, at the age of 65, and was buried in Sortland, Nordland, Norway.
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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
Constitution declared Norway to be an independent kingdom to avoid being ceded to Sweden from Denmark. Celebrated by Norwegians & Norwegian-Americans on May 17th each year.
equivalent of Katherine . It was first introduced to the English-speaking world by Scandinavian settlers in America; it has been used in Britain only since the 1940s, but had become very popular by the 1960s.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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