When Karen Arnesen was born on 25 November 1860, in Eidskog, Hedmark, Norway, her father, Arne Christiansen, was 29 and her mother, Olia Hansdr, was 32. She married Karelius Eriksen Jegerud on 27 December 1894, in Eidskog, Hedmark, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 9 May 1952, in Gaustad, Hedmark, Norway, at the age of 91.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Aksel, Alf, Arndt, Egil, Niels, Ottar.
Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Arne, a short form of any of various Norse names of which arn ‘eagle’ is the first element (see Arne 1).
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