Person:Olav Sørensson Svindal (4)

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Olav Sørensson Svindal
b.10 Feb 1836 Svindal østre, Grindheim, Vest-Agder, Norway
d.16 Apr 1892 Øidne ytre, Grindheim, Vest-Agder, Norway
Parents and Siblings
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m. 27 Dec 1822
  1. Olav Sørensson Svindal1823 - 1824
  2. Elisabet Sørensdatter Svindal1825 -
  3. Olav Sørensson Svindal1827 - 1885
  4. Anna Sørensdatter Svindal1830 -
  5. Søren Sørensson Svindal1832 - 1909
  6. Randi Sørensdatter Svindal1835 - 1835
  7. Olav Sørensson Svindal1836 - 1892
  8. Tobias Sørensson Svindal1839 -
  9. Randi Sørensdatter Svindal1841 - 1918
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m. 6 Nov 1873
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Facts and Events
Name Olav Sørensson Svindal
Gender Male
Birth[1] 10 Feb 1836 Svindal østre, Grindheim, Vest-Agder, Norway
Baptism[1] 20 Feb 1836 Grindheim, Vest-Agder, Norway
Residence[3] 1866 Svindal, Grindheim, Vest-Agder, Norway
Marriage 6 Nov 1873 Grindheim, Vest-Agder, Norwayto Anne Marie Olavsdatter Oydne
Death[2] 16 Apr 1892 Øidne ytre, Grindheim, Vest-Agder, Norway
Burial[2] 23 Apr 1892 Grindheim, 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[4]. Presumably the children had nicknames to differentiate them.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Den Norske kirke. Bjelland prestegjeld (Vest-Agder). Kirkebøker
    1836 baptisms in Grindheim parish (page 102), baptism #6.

    Ole, født den 10 Februar 1836, døpt 20 Februar 1836, forældrene [parents]: Søren Olsen, Gundvor Sørensdtr østre Svindahl

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Den Norske kirke. Bjelland prestegjeld (Vest-Agder). Kirkebøker
    1892 burials in Grindheim parish register copy (page 229), male burial #6.

    Olav Sørensen [of] ytre Øidne, Gaardmand, gift [married farmer], født 1836 [in] østre Sveindal, døde 16 april, begravet 23 april, jordfæstet [funeral held] 12 juni

  3. ↑ Norge. Rentekammeret. Folketellingen den 31ste desember 1865, Norge. (Norge, 1866)
    Lister og Mandal (Vest-Agder), Bjelland, Grinnem, vestre Svindal.

    Søren Sørensen, 34, født i Bjellands Prgj., Gaardbr Selveier [farmer and farm owner]
    Kone [wife]: Ranni Olsdatter, 21, født i Bjellands Prgj.
    deres Datter: Gunvor Sørensdatter, 1, født i Bjellands Prgj.
    [his mother]: Gunvor Sørensdatter, 64, født i Nordre Undals Prgj., e [widow], Foderaadskone [woman with retirement agreement]
    [his brother]: Ole Sørensen, 30, født i Bjellands Prgj., ug [unmarried], Handelsmand [merchant]
    Inderste: [lodger]: Berte Olsdatter, 47, født i Bjellands Prgj., ug [unmarried]

    It is possible that the lodger is Søren's aunt (the sister of his father), who was born in 1819, and thus would have been 47 in 1866.

    Note that the farm name (vestre Svindal) appears to be an error. The couple is identified as being of østre Svindal in the baptism records of their children born immediately before and after this census. The farm name østre Svindal does not appear in the transcribed records of this census, so it seems likely that the records from østre Svindal were unintentionally combined with the records from vestre Svindal and transcribed with the latter farm name.

    Note that this census was actually taken in 1866.

  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.'

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