Person:Sigrid Svensdatter Tjaldal (1)

Liestøl came to the conclusion (presumably because there were no viable alternatives) that she was the youngest daughter of Sven Nilsson Tjaldal and Kari Jonsdatter, in spite of the fact that their oldest daughter was also named Sigrid^[1]. Apparently it was not uncommon for two living children in the same family to have the same name because of the naming conventions of the time, in which the oldest children in a family were named after their grandparents and the younger after their great-grandparents^[4]. Presumably the children had nicknames to differentiate them. Note that the older Sigrid's husband was still alive when the younger Sigrid was having children, so these could not be the same woman.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Liestøl, Tarjei, and Torleif Eiken. Åseral gard og ætt. (Åseral: Utgjeve av Åseral bygdesogenemd, 1976-1987)
   1:357, Tjaldal.

   'Sigrid [child of Sven Nilsson Tjaldal and Kari Jonsdtr.], f. 1734, g. m. Sven Asbjørnsson Helleren. Til H. bnr. [bruksnummer: holding number] 1.'

2. ↑ Norge. Rentekammeret. Folketellingen den 1ste februar 1801, Norge. (Norge, 1801)
   Lister og Mandal (Vest-Agder), Bielland, Aaserald, Helderen.

   In the household of Asbiørn Svendsen and Ane Torgesdatter:
   Hans moder [his mother]: Siri Svendsdatter, 70, Enke efter 1ste ægteskab [widow after first marriage], Fledføring [retirement agreement]

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Den Norske kirke. Bjelland prestegjeld (Vest-Agder). Kirkebøker
   1804 burials in Åseral parish (page 301).

   'den 9 Marti begraven Siri Helderen - 64 aar'

4. ↑ Neil Hofland's NEWBIE NOTES, Karla Mattila Neil Hofland online (www.rootsweb.com/~norway/NewbieNotes.htm), acc.

   'These conventions [naming children after grandparents and great-grandparents] lead to instances where 2 or more living children in the same family could have the same first name. For example, if both Kristoffer and Kari had fathers named Ole, it was likely that they would have 2 children named Ole. There is one instance in Årdal with 4 living Oles in the same family.'

5.   Liestøl, Tarjei, and Torleif Eiken. Åseral gard og ætt. (Åseral: Utgjeve av Åseral bygdesogenemd, 1976-1987)
   1:346, Helleren.

   'Sven Asbjørnsson Helleren [child of Asbjørn Svensson Helleren and Targjerd Knutsdtr.], f. 1724, d. ikr. 1790, g. m. Sigrid Svensdtr. Tjaldal, f. 1734, d. 1804. ... Kona hans Sigrid var etter alt å døma yngste dotter til Sven Nilsson Tjaldal og Kari Jonsdtr.'
   
   translation: Sven Asbjørnsson Helleren [child of Asbjørn Svensson Helleren and Targjerd Knutsdatter], b. 1724, d. about 1790, married to Sigrid Svensdatter Tjaldal, b. 1734, d. 1804. ... His wife Sigrid was, all things considered, the youngest daughter of Sven Nilsson Tjaldal and Kari Jonsdatter.