Person:Olav Åsulvsson Ljosland (2)

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Olav Åsulvsson Ljosland
b.Abt 1672 Ljosland, Åseral, Vest-Agder, Norway
d.1734 Listøl, Åseral, Vest-Agder, Norway
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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 -
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Name Olav Åsulvsson Ljosland
Alt Name[1] Olav Åsulvsson Listøl
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1672 Ljosland, Åseral, Vest-Agder, Norway
Residence[1][2] Abt 1700 Listøl, Åseral, Vest-Agder, Norway
Death[2] 1734 Listøl, 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. 1672 (mil. [based on military records]). Til Liestøl.'

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Liestøl, Tarjei, and Torleif Eiken. Åseral gard og ætt. (Åseral: Utgjeve av Åseral bygdesogenemd, 1976-1987)
    vol 2.
  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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