When Peder Larsen was born on 1 July 1773, in Nysted, Maribo, Denmark, his father, Lars Knudsen, was 29 and his mother, Johanne Madsen, was 35. He married Annicke Hansen on 23 April 1798. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 13 December 1836, in his hometown, at the age of 63, and was buried in Nysted, Maribo, Denmark.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Nels, Niels, Sven, Thor, Knud, Nils, Per, Jorgen, Alf, Bjorn.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Lars, an equivalent of Lawrence . This is also an Americanized form of the cognate Larssen. Compare Larson 1, Larrison , and Lawson 2.
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