Kari Olsdatter Efjen was born in 1728, in Evjen, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway as the daughter of Ole and ?. She married Roald Jonsen on 28 December 1759, in Horg, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.
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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.
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.
It listed all family members living on each farm. Also those living in the cities.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Obert, Thor.
Norwegian: habitational name from a common farm name from Old Norse efja ‘eddy, backwater’.
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