Brief Life History of Lucia
Lucia Olsdatter was born about 1730, in Bø, Vestvågøy, Nordland, Norway. She married Anders Hansson in 1752, in Bø, Vestvågøy, Nordland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters.
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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.
1801 · 1801 Norwegian Census
It listed all family members living on each farm. Also those living in the cities.
Name Meaning
Feminine form of the old Roman given name Lucius, which is probably a derivative of Latin lux ‘light’. The girl's name is common in Italy and elsewhere, and is found as a learned, Latinate doublet of Lucy in England. St Lucia of Syracuse, who was martyred in 304 , was a very popular saint in the Middle Ages; she is often represented in medieval art as blinded and with her eyes on a platter, but the tradition that she had her eyes put out is probably based on nothing more than the association between light and eyes.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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