Person:Olav Åsulvsson Ljosland (1)

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Olav Åsulvsson Ljosland
b.Abt 1664 Ljosland, Åseral, Vest-Agder, Norway
d.Abt 1736 Ljosland, Åseral, Vest-Agder, Norway
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Olav Åsulvsson LjoslandAbt 1664 - Abt 1736
  2. Tjarand Åsulvsson LjoslandEst 1670 - Abt 1743
  3. Olav Åsulvsson LjoslandAbt 1672 - 1734
  4. Kari Åsulvsdatter LjoslandEst 1678 -
  5. Torkjell Åsulvsson LjoslandEst 1680 -
  6. Åsmund Åsulvsson LjoslandEst 1682 -
  7. Gjertrud Åsulvsdatter LjoslandEst 1684 -
  8. Marit Åsulvsdatter LjoslandEst 1686 -
Spouse and Children
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  1. Per Olavsson LjoslandAbt 1698 -
  2. Åsulv Olavsson LjoslandEst 1700 - Abt 1742
  3. Ingeborg Olavsdatter LjoslandEst 1705 -
  4. Anna Olavsdatter LjoslandEst 1708 -
  5. Torlaug Olavsdatter LjoslandEst 1710 -
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Facts and Events
Name Olav Åsulvsson Ljosland
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1664 Ljosland, Åseral, Vest-Agder, Norway
Marriage to Gunhild Sigvaldsdatter
Death[2] Abt 1736 Ljosland, Åseral, Vest-Agder, Norway

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[3]. Presumably the children had nicknames to differentiate them.

References
  1. ↑ Liestøl, Tarjei, and Torleif Eiken. Åseral gard og ætt. (Åseral: Utgjeve av Åseral bygdesogenemd, 1976-1987)
    1:309, Ljosland.

    'Olav [child of Åsulv Olavsson Ljosland and Torlaug Torkjellsdtr. Fiskland], f. 1664 (mil. [based on military records]).'

  2. ↑ Liestøl, Tarjei, and Torleif Eiken. Åseral gard og ætt. (Åseral: Utgjeve av Åseral bygdesogenemd, 1976-1987)
    1:310, Ljosland.

    'Olav Åsulvsson Ljosland, f. 1664, dsk. [dødsskifte: probate] 1736, g. m. Gunnhild Sigvaldsdtr.'

  3. ↑ 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.'

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