52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks (2021-10)
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is a series of weekly prompts to get you to think about an ancestor and share something about them. The weekly prompt is provided by www.amyjohnsoncrow.com. The prompt for the week of March 7 is "Name's The Same." In my paternal family tree, the name Ole is a name that keeps popping up.
From Wikipedia: Ole is a Danish and Norwegian masculine given name, derived from the Old Norse name Óláfr, meaning "ancestor's descendant".
The oldest Ole in the tree is my fifth great-grandfather Ole Toresen, born in 1721.
The next Ole in the tree is my third great-grandfather Ole Hansen, born in 1813. It is from this Ole that we get our family name Olsen from.
One of Ole Hansen's children was my great, great-grandfather Laurits Olsen, born in 1840. Laurits and his wife Amalie had 7 children. Our last Ole on this side of our tree is their second child and firstborn son. Ole was born in 1876. How would you have liked to have the name, Ole Olsen? Well, Ole didn't and so he decided to continue to use the patronymic naming convention and so he was known as Ole Lauritsen.
My great-grandmother Gulborg Gulbrandsen is my female ancestor that emigrated from Norway. Surprisingly on her tree, we only have 1 documented Ole. My great, great uncle Ole Gulbrandsen, born in 1847.
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| https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Ole |
A real popular name in Norway! Surprised to see some people still use that name today.
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