[#1359] Last Names in the Census

[Gjest Nancy Gustafson]

I need help explaining what my g-g-grandfather's last name means. He appears in the 1865 Census on the Torring farm in Beitstaden. His last name is shown as ANDREASS.%JAKOBS.% What does this mean? Is he the son of Andreas or the son of Jakob?

[Gjest Knut Bryn]

Just ignore %JAKOBS%. The meaning is that the recorder in 1865 for some reason wrote "Jakobsen" at first. When discovering this was wrong, he run a line through it and wrote the right patronymicon which is "Andreassen".