Besse Sjursen Herfindal

Born: 1748 · Hærfendal
Died: 1772
Parents: Sjur Johannessen Herfindal and Borgny Tomasdatter Sædalen

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1748

Born

Hærfendal, Bruvik
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1757

The place and the tree
Poteter til Norge
Besse is 9

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På Hove gård på Tromøy er den første kjente dokumentasjonen i Norge på at det ble dyrket poteter, hvor det står skrevet i toldskriver Nils Aalholms hagedagbok for 31. mai 1757 at det er: «observeret Potatoes at opkomme».
1763

The place and the tree
Barnebidrag for uekte barn
Besse is 15

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I 1763 ble den første ordningen som påla fedre å betale barnebidrag for «uekte» barn, innført. Dessverre fantes det ingen ordning for inndriving av bidragene.
1769

The place and the tree
Befolkning
Besse is 21

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724.000 mennesker i Norge.
1769

Norway
The census of 1769
Besse is 21

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The first census in the proper sense: everyone was counted, but no names were given – only numbers. In some places name lists survive all the same.

Source: folketelling

Picture: Attributed to Peder Als · Public domain
1772

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