Niels Reinert Nielsen Nearly all the ancestry of Niels is from inputs and hard work of Richard Peterson. Richard is a distant relation to this line.
That said, since there aren't currently (Dec-2004) many notes on Niels, I'm using his 'space' to list a number of historical notes on Norway:
Norwegian 'Grandparent' order:
Grandfather = Bestefar or farfar
Great Grandfather = Oldefar
Great Great Grandfather = Tippoldefar
Great Great Great Grandfather = Tipp Tippoldefar (etc)
So, if one were a Tipp Tipp Tipp Tippoldefar, one would be a GGGGG Grandfather!
Vest-Agder fylke, which was called 'Lister og Mandal.' until 01 January 1919
Vestfold fylke, which was called 'Jarlsbert og Larvik' until 01 January 1919
Vestfold (Jarlsberg og Larvik) and
Vest-Agder (Lister og Mandal) is likely a better way to list the placenames for
these two provinces. May
want to read below to see if there are others that could use 'enhancement'.
Origins of names:
Bergen: Old Norse Björgvin, from björg: mountain, vin: pasturage
Finnmark: Norwegian for field of the Finns
Change history:
There have been many minor boundary changes. Probably the most people were
affected ~1955 when Oslo annexed
many of its suburbs from Akershus.
~1922: Name of Nedenes county changed to Aust-Agder; Finmarken changed to
Finnmark; Hedemarken changed to
Hedmark; Søndre Bergenhus changed to Hordaland; Romsdal changed to Møre; Nordre
Trondhjem changed to
Nord-Trøndelag; Kristian changed to Opland; Smaalenene changed to Østfold;
Stavanger changed to Rogaland;
Nordre Bergenhus changed to Sogn og Fjordane; Søndre Trondhjem changed to Sør-
Trøndelag; Bratsberg changed
to Telemark; Tromsøchanged to Troms; Lister og Mandal changed to Vest-Agder;
Jarlsberg og Larvik changed to
Vestfold.
1925: Name of capital of country changed from Kristiania to Oslo.
~1950: Name of Møre changed to Møre og Romsdal.
~1955: Name of Opland changed to Oppland.
1973: Bergen county merged with Hordaland. Before the merger, Bergen was the
capital of both. Bergen's
county number was 13, and its FIPS code, NO03.
Other names of subdivisions:
The letters Ö ö sometimes appear instead of Øø, even in Norwegian sources. The
word 'og' means 'and', and
is sometimes translated.
Aust-Agder: Austur-Agðir (Icelandic); Nedenes (obsolete)
Finnmark: Finmarken (obsolete); Finnmárkku (Finnish); Finnmörk (Icelandic)
Hedmark: Hedemarken (obsolete); Heiðmörk (Icelandic)
Hordaland: Hörðaland (Icelandic); Søndre Bergenhus (obsolete)
Møre og Romsdal: Møre, Romsdal (obsolete)
Nord-Trøndelag: Nordre Trondhjem (obsolete); Norður-Þrændalög (Icelandic)
Oppland: Kristian, Opland (obsolete); Upplönd (Icelandic)
Oslo: Kristiania (obsolete)
Østfold: Austfold (Icelandic); Smaalenene (obsolete)
Rogaland: Stavanger (obsolete)
Sogn og Fjordane: Nordre Bergenhus (obsolete); Sogn og Firða-Fylki (Icelandic)
Sør-Trøndelag: Søndre Trondhjem (obsolete); Suður-Þrændalög (Icelandic)
Telemark: Bratsberg (obsolete); Þelamörk (Icelandic)
Troms: Tromsø(obsolete); Troms-Fylki (Icelandic)
Vest-Agder: Lister og Mandal (obsolete); Vestur-Agðir (Icelandic)
Vestfold: Jarlsberg og Larvik (obsolete)
Would need to know WHEN these changed, and only reflect older names, if they
would have applied at time of
event (BMD). He was born in 1811 at
Drangeid, Nes, Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway. He was the son of
Nils Larsen and
Bergitte (Anne Berthe) Ingvarsdatter. Niels Reinert Nielsen was christened on 30 June 1811 at
Nes, Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway. Unrecognized GEDCOM data: Unknown GEDCOM tag: on 11 April 1836. He married
Guri Olsdatter, daughter of
Ole Gabriel Brynjulvsen and
Berte (Berthe) Rasmusdatter, on 15 April 1836 at
Nes, Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway. Niels Reinert Nielsen died on 28 March 1860 at
Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway. He was buried on 3 April 1860 at
Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway.
