Names of parents
I would like to add the parents of Karen Christensdatter to her family tree, but I want to be sure I have their names right. Could you help me decipher them? They are the last entry on the page at https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/9560/45821/101. It seems like her father's surname has an unusual addition to it, beyond the patronymic. I'm not sure what to make of that. And I don't know what her mother's surname is at all.
Thank you!
Answers
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Karen is the daughter of Christen Børresen Lones and Marty (the y is crossed out and replaced with what looks like ee, making the name Martee) Torjusdatter. There's another child, a stillborn born on 12 March 1766, on image 127 (linked); in that record, the parents' names are listed as Christen Børresen Lonnes (with two n's) and Marthe Kirstine Torjusdatter.
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The mother's surname is abbreviated as Torjusd.; the "d." is an abbreviation for the feminine ending "datter." I found instances in the book of men with the surname Torjusen, which is the male equivalent of Torjusdatter.
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Fantastic! I never would have found that stillborn daughter. Thank you so much!
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You're very welcome, Kristine! I found the stillborn child by opening the record you attached and then browsing through the pages until I came across another listing with the same parents.
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