Karen Olsdatter

1 May 1735–1781 (Age 45)
Mo, Nordland, Norway

The Life Summary of Karen

Karen Olsdatter was born on 1 May 1735, in Mo, Nordland, Norway as the daughter of Ola Johnsen. She married Elias Jonsen on 13 July 1753, in Mo kirke, Mo, Nordland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1781, in Mo, Nordland, Norway, at the age of 46.

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Family Time Line

Elias Jonsen
1723–1777
Karen Olsdatter
1735–1781
Marriage: 13 July 1753
Johannes ELIASSEN Fra Litj Alteren og Sjaavig
1754–1818
Christen ELIASSEN
1755–1766
Marta Margrethe Eliasen
1758–1778
Ole Eliassen
1760–1760
Ole Eliasen
1762–1823
Jon Eliasen
1764–1849
Marit Eliasdatter
1767–1797
Christen Eliassen
1770–1772
Abelone Eliasdatter
1774–
Elias Eliasen
1777–1848

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    13 July 1753Mo kirke, Mo, Nordland, Norway
    • Children

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (2)

    World Events (2)

    1736 · Confirmation & education
    Age 1
    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
    Age 4
    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

    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.

    Sources (1)

    • Karen Ollesdatter, "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927"

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