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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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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