When Frederick Torgersen was born on 27 June 1862, in Drammen, Drammen, Buskerud, Norway, his father, Even Torgersen, was 42 and his mother, Oline Rejersdatter, was 42. He died in December 1863, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 1, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Thor, Berger, Erik, Jorgen, Morten, Selmer, Torleif.
Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Torger, a form of Old Norse Thorgeirr, from Thórr, the name of the Norse god of thunder (see Thor ) + geirr ‘spear’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesFrederick Torgersen born 27 June 1862 in Drammen, Buskerud, Norway; died December 1863 in Utah. Remembered at the Pioneer Children’s Memorial, This is the Place Heritage Park; Stone 13 (right side). …
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