Brief Life History of Randi
Randi Jonsdatter was born about 1665, in Vestfold, Norway as the daughter of Jon Stein Persen. She married Anders Laursson about 1675, in Buskerud, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1749, at the age of 85.
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1685 · Norway Church
The State Church of Norway passed a law which required ministers to keep a written record of all baptisms, marriages, burials.
1700 · Norwegian calendar change
1n 1700 Norway changed from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar. The day after 18 Feb in the Julian Calendar became 1 March in the Gregorian calendar.
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.
Name Meaning
Mainly North American and Australian: as a boy's name this originated as a pet form of Randall , Randolf , or Andrew . As a girl's name it may have originated either as a transferred use of the boy's name or else as a pet form of Miranda ( compare Randa ). It is now fairly commonly used as an independent name, mainly by men, in spite of the unfortunate connotations of the colloquial adjective meaning ‘lustful’.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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