Brief Life History of Karen
Karen Carlsdatter Grube was born about 1708, in Bragernes, Buskerud, Norway. She married Anders Bragernes Nilsen about 1734, in Bragernes, Buskerud, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died after 1746, in her hometown.
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Family Time Line
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- Legacy NFS Source: Mrs Anders Nilsen -
- Legacy NFS Source: Mrs Anders Nilsen -
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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
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Ernst, Klaus, Wolfgang, Grete, Wilhelm.
German and Danish:
topographic name for someone who lived in a depression or hollow, from Middle High German gruobe ‘pit, hollow’. See also Gruber .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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