When Ole Halvorsen Stenhammer was born in January 1767, in Elverum, Hedmark, Norway, his father, Halvor Hansen Reten, was 40 and his mother, Anne Gundersdatter Øxseth, was 39. He married Birthe Torkildsdatter of Vesterhaug on 5 October 1798, in Elverum, Hedmark, Norway. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died on 6 May 1804, in Reten, Hedmark, Norway, at the age of 37, and was buried in Reten, Hedmark, Norway.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Age, Lars, Alf, Bjorn, Egil, Iver, Knut, Maren, Per, Vidar.
Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Halvor, Old Norse Hallvarthr, composed of the elements hallr ‘(flat) stone’ + varthr ‘guardian, defender’. Compare Halvorson and Holverson .
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