Sigrid Endresdatter

Brief Life History of Sigrid

When Sigrid Endresdatter was born in 1730, in Fitje, Osterøy, Hordaland, Norway, her father, Endre Torsteisen, was 45 and her mother, Marthe Larsdatter, was 29. She died in 1762, at the age of 32.

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Family Time Line

Endre Torsteisen
1685–1761
Marthe Larsdatter
1701–1755
Endresen
1723–1723
Brita Endresdatter
1725–1725
Siri Endresdatter
1726–1727
Sigrid Endresdatter
1729–1762
Sigrid Endresdatter
1730–1762
Johannes Endresen
1730–1807

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    World Events (2)

    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.

    Name Meaning

    From an Old Norse female personal name derived from sigr ‘victory’ + fríðr ‘fair, beautiful’. The name is now also occasionally used in the English-speaking world.

    Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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