Meaning of S.A., U.A., father's name, 1858 birth records

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Meaning of S.A., U.A., father's name, 1858 birth records

Legg inn av dn35567 » 04 aug 2017 03:51:01

We are wondering what the letters U.A. and S. A. mean after the father's name in the birth records of the 1858 church book for Kongsberg.
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Re: Meaning of S.A., U.A., father's name, 1858 birth records

Legg inn av gj05668 » 04 aug 2017 07:46:08

I believe that the letters are V.A. and S.A. When looking in the Book I also find L.A.

I believe that these are short for:
V.A. = Værksarbeider
S.A. = Sagarbeider
L.A. = Løsarbeider

Mvh Paul

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Re: Meaning of S.A., U.A., father's name, 1858 birth records

Legg inn av Bjørg Lunde » 04 aug 2017 09:43:49

These abbreviations are special for Kongsberg where we first had the silver mines and later the weapon factory.

S.A. = Sølvverksarbeider - worker at the silver mines
V.A. = Våpenfabrikkarbeider - worker at the weapon factory
L.A. = Løsarbeider - worker without permanent employment

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Re: Meaning of S.A., U.A., father's name, 1858 birth records

Legg inn av dn35567 » 04 aug 2017 20:24:45

Takk, Paul Johan and Bjørg !

This is very useful information and I have shared it with other genealogists at our stevne of three lag.

Let me know if we can ever return the favor for some information from the US.

Med beste hilsen,

John
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