Generation Four

Seline Samueline Bryn

Seline Samueline Bryn
09 Jun 1792 – 23 Feb 1880

Daughter of Jacob Bryn and Marie Samuelsdatter

Wife of Hans Jacob Pavels

Mother of Amalie Tonsberg Pavels

Hans Jacob Pavels

Hans Jacob Pavels
24 Apr 1789 – 22 May 1868

Son of Jacob Jacobsen Pavels
and Helene Christine Elisabeth DE TONSBERG

Husband of Seline Samueline Bryn

Father of Amalie Pavels Tonsberg

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Andreas Johannesen Bølstad

Andreas Johannesen Bølstad
1765 – 26 Jul 1814

Son of Peder Olsen BØLSTAD and Aase ANDERSDTR

Father of Berte Marie Andreasdatter Sundby

Heritable family names (surnames) were generally adopted rather late within Scandinavia. Nobility were the first to take names that would be passed on from one generation to the next. Later, clergy, artisans and merchants in cities took heritable names. Family names were still used together with primary patronyms (father’s name plus an affix denoting relationship), which were used by all social classes. This meant that most families until modern times did not have family names. Scandinavian patronyms were generally derived from the father’s given name with the addition of a suffix meaning ‘son’ or ‘daughter’. Sometimes the family name of the mother would be given to the children if that name carried status or an inheritance came from the mother’s side. The names of family farms or other place names were also used. A nobleman had the right to write himself to (Norwegian: til) the seat farm(s) or the estate(s) on which he resided, for example ‘Hans Kaas til Rostrup’.

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