Generation Three

Amalie Pavels Tonsberg

Amalie Pavels Tonsberg
3 Aug 1827 – 17 Jul 1899

Daughter of Hans Jacob Pavels and Seline Samueline Bryn

Wife of Arne Larsen-Alnes

Mother of Valborg Marie Sophie Arnesdatter Larsen Alnes

Arne Larsen Alnes

Arne Larsen-Alnes
6 July 1808 – 19 May 1876

Son of Lars Larsen Sletta LØKRA
and Ingrid Arnesdtr Sogge REITEN

Husband of Amalie Tonsberg Pavels

Father of Valborg Marie Larsen-Alnes

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Berte Maria Andreasdatter Sundby

Berte Maria Andreasdatter Sundby
11 Nov 1804 – Abt. 1890

Daughter of Andreas Johannessen BØLSTAD and Maria BOTOLFSDATTER

Wife of Jens Andreason

Mother of Daniel Bolstad Conrad

Jens Andreason

Jens Andreason
born 1801 in Hvidsten, Norway

Son of Andreas Jensen & Anne Catrine Rasmusdatter

Father of Charles Conrad Jenssen

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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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