Margit Knutsdatter

Brief Life History of Margit

When Margit Knutsdatter was born in 1715, in Hol, Buskerud, Norway, her father, Knud Levordsen, was 55 and her mother, Birgit Paalsdatter, was 33.

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Family Time Line

Knud Levordsen
1660–1760
Birgit Paalsdatter
1683–1763
Levor Knutsen
1703–1749
Eivind Knutson Sindrol
1703–1758
Birgit Knutsdatter
1703–
Berthe Knudsen
1726–
Marthe or Margith Knudsen
1729–
Ingebjorg Knutsdtr
1707–
Svend Knudsen
1709–
Margit Knutsdtr
1714–
Margit Knutsdatter
1715–

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    World Events (3)

    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.

    1801 · 1801 Norwegian Census

    It listed all family members living on each farm. Also those living in the cities.

    Name Meaning

    Vernacular form of Margareta .

    Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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