Person:Olav Nilsson Tjaldal (3)

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Olav Nilsson Tjaldal
b.Abt 1704 Tjaldal, Åseral, Vest-Agder, Norway
d.Abt 1765 Tjaldal, Åseral, Vest-Agder, Norway
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Sven Nilsson TjaldalAbt 1690 - Abt 1742
  2. Torbjørg Nilsdatter TjaldalEst 1695 -
  3. Gunnulv Nilsson TjaldalAbt 1697 -
  4. Gudleiv Nilsson TjaldalAbt 1700 -
  5. Olav Nilsson TjaldalAbt 1704 - Abt 1765
  6. Asgerd Nilsdatter TjaldalEst 1706 -
  7. Anna Nilsdatter TjaldalEst 1708 -
  8. Olav Nilsson TjaldalEst 1710 - Abt 1759
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Facts and Events
Name Olav Nilsson Tjaldal
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1704 Tjaldal, Åseral, Vest-Agder, Norway
Marriage to Åslaug Åsmundsdatter Tjaldal
Death[2] Abt 1765 Tjaldal, Åseral, Vest-Agder, Norway

Liestøl concluded that both this Olav Nilsson Tjaldal and the Olav Nilsson Tjaldal who married widow Kari Asbjørnsdatter of Ljosland were the sons of Nils Olavsson Tjaldal[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[3]. Presumably the children had nicknames to differentiate them. Note that the two Olavs cannot be the same person, as their children were born during the same years.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Liestøl, Tarjei, and Torleif Eiken. Åseral gard og ætt. (Åseral: Utgjeve av Åseral bygdesogenemd, 1976-1987)
    1:356, Tjaldal.

    'Olav [child of Nils Olavsson Tjaldal], f. 1704 (mil. [based on military records]), g. m. Åslaug Åsmundsdtr. Tjaldal, bnr. [bruksnummer: holding number] 1 og 2.'

  2. ↑ Liestøl, Tarjei, and Torleif Eiken. Åseral gard og ætt. (Åseral: Utgjeve av Åseral bygdesogenemd, 1976-1987)
    1:369, Tjaldal.

    'Åslaug Åsmundsdtr. Tjaldal [child of Åsmund Olavsson Tjaldal and Jorunn Olavsdtr. Holtet], f. i første del av 1720-åra, levde i 1765, g. m. Olav Nilsson Tjaldal, f. 1704, dsk. [dødsskifte] 1765. ... Olav Nilsson var etter alt å døma son til Nils Olavsson Tjaldal.'

    translation: Åslaug Åsmundsdtr. Tjaldal [child of Åsmund Olavsson Tjaldal and Jorunn Olavsdtr. Holtet], born in the first part of the 1720's, living in 1765, married to Olav Nilsson Tjaldal, b. 1704, probate in 1765. ... Olav Nilsson was, all things considered, the son of Nils Olavsson Tjaldal.

  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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