Rasmus Laurits Søvik (1844 - 1914)

Born 12 Aug 1844 in Søvik, Haram, Møre og Romsdal, Norge

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Died 1 Mar 1914 at age 69 in Søvik, Haram, Møre og Romsdal, Norge

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Biography

Rasmus Laurits Eliassen was born at Søvik, Borgund 12 Aug and christened 15 Sep 1844^[1]

Rasmus Lauritz Eliassen married Nikoline Olsdotter in Haram, Møre og Romsdal 16 Jun 1867^[2][3]

Moved back to Søvik, Borgund 1870/71

Rasmus Eliassen at Søvik in Borgund in census 1875^[4]

He passed away in 1914.^[5]

Note

Please read https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Norway_Project_Naming_Conventions

The Patronym as LNAB is the default rule for most Norwegians born before the legal requirements for surnames.

The "farm name" is a location, often a farm or small community. ..... Those were primarily addresses, and would change if and when the family moved elsewhere.

This location statement was often used by migrants arriving in America to identify themselves and differentiate one Olsen from another. It became common practice, particularly in the United States, to adopt this as a "surname". But it would be wrong to assume that it was ever thought of as a surname by individuals of a culture to whom the entire concept of "surnames" was utterly foreign. The modern idea of using the Farm name as a kind of "surrogate surname" in genealogy is mostly an American invention, and at odds with historical facts.

Eventually, Norwegians staying in the home country would also convert their farm names to surnames. This didn't really take hold with the rural population until early 20th century. [long after 1844]

Sources

1. ↑ Ministerialprotokoller, klokkerbøker og fødselsregistre - Møre og Romsdal, SAT/A-1454/528/L0396: Parish register (official) no. 528A07, 1839-1847, p. 49 Quick link: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20050727020798
2. ↑ Ministerialprotokoller, klokkerbøker og fødselsregistre - Møre og Romsdal, SAT/A-1454/536/L0514: Parish register (official) no. 536D01, 1840-1875, p. 100 Quick link: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20050413030100
3. ↑ Ministerialprotokoller, klokkerbøker og fødselsregistre - Møre og Romsdal, SAT/A-1454/536/L0498: Parish register (official) no. 536A07, 1862-1875, p. 187 Quick link: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20070309610545
4. ↑ SAT, 1875 census for 1531P Borgund, 1875, p. 7104 Quick link: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/ft20110207260109
5. ↑ A source for this information is needed.