When Gitle Johannesen was born in 1712, in Åsen, Rogaland, Norway, his father, Johannes Hansson Bjerkreim, was 19 and his mother, Thyri Jacobsdatter, was 20. He married Inger Olsdatter in 1729, in Hjelmeland, Rogaland, Norway. He died in 1798, in Ogna, Hå, Rogaland, Norway, at the age of 86.
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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 Lars, Ingard, Iver, Morten, Thora. German Otto, Fritz.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Johannes (see John ). It is rare in Germany. Compare Johnson .
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