Magnus Olsen Sperbund

Until the early 20th century, the traditional Norwegian name had three parts: a baptismal or given name, a patronymic or father's name, and a geographic or farm name. The baptismal name was often taken from an ancestor or relative (Magnus had a paternal uncle of the same name). The patronymic was based on the first name of a person's father, so Magnus's patronymic was Olsen because his father's first name was Ole (patronymics came in both masculine and feminine forms: -sen and -datter). The geographic name, finally, changed as often as a person moved from one farm to another. Magnus lived on the Bekkevar farm in the town of Eidsberg for nearly 20 years before he died, so as an adult he was best known as Magnus Olsen Bekkevar. But he was born and raised at the Sperbund farm in Våler, so that's the name I've used for him. I've done the same for all Norwegians born in the 19th century or earlier.

Viet 3.3.1871 i Vaaler sogn, Østfold