Josefine Randine Olea Olsdatter was born at Øvre Hongset, Brønnøy 17 Jan and christened 6 Apr 1871.[1]
She was the daughter of Ole Henrik Olsen and Rakel Olsdatter
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If you look at a random page of 19th century Norwegian baptisms, you'll see that the column called "Barnets Fulde Navn" - The Child's Full Name - only shows the given name. There is no surname. Instead, people were called by their given name and the "patronym", a Greek word literally meaning "father's name". The first child shown on the page above, Hans, son of "Huusmand" Johannes Hansen Skibsnæss and Maria Arvesdatter, would be called Hans Johannesen. The next child, Kirsten, daughter of "Huusmand" Hans Helgesen Tveten and Maren Olsdatter, would be called Kirsten Hansdatter.
Such was the custom in Norway, as in the other Scandinavian countries. If the father was Ole Nielsen, his son's name might be Lars Olsen (literally "Ole's son"). His daughter might be Olava Olsdatter ("Ole's daughter"). Yes, the son and daughter had slightly different last names. The patronymic naming practice died out mostly during the 19th century, first among the upper strata of the urban population, slowly percolating downwards and outwards. It was abolished altogether with the Names Act of 1923, when inherited surnames became mandatory. Norway was the last of the Scandinavian countries to abandon patronyms, while the Icelanders are still using them. "
She was DAUGHTER of Ole and therefore called OlsDATTER like her mother.
Her father's patronym Olsen was NOT an inherited surname.
Her LNAB should be corrected to Olsdatter.
Her baptism record says that Josefine Randine Olea was baptized as daughter of Ole Olsen and Rakel J. Olsdatter.
If you have read How to enter Norwegian Names in WikiTree (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Norway_Project_Naming_Conventions), you will know:
"What's a patronym?
If you look at a random page of 19th century Norwegian baptisms, you'll see that the column called "Barnets Fulde Navn" - The Child's Full Name - only shows the given name. There is no surname. Instead, people were called by their given name and the "patronym", a Greek word literally meaning "father's name". The first child shown on the page above, Hans, son of "Huusmand" Johannes Hansen Skibsnæss and Maria Arvesdatter, would be called Hans Johannesen. The next child, Kirsten, daughter of "Huusmand" Hans Helgesen Tveten and Maren Olsdatter, would be called Kirsten Hansdatter.
Such was the custom in Norway, as in the other Scandinavian countries. If the father was Ole Nielsen, his son's name might be Lars Olsen (literally "Ole's son"). His daughter might be Olava Olsdatter ("Ole's daughter"). Yes, the son and daughter had slightly different last names. The patronymic naming practice died out mostly during the 19th century, first among the upper strata of the urban population, slowly percolating downwards and outwards. It was abolished altogether with the Names Act of 1923, when inherited surnames became mandatory. Norway was the last of the Scandinavian countries to abandon patronyms, while the Icelanders are still using them. "
She was DAUGHTER of Ole and therefore called OlsDATTER like her mother.
Her father's patronym Olsen was NOT an inherited surname.
edited by Aksel Horvei