When Lars Peter Larsen was born on 11 October 1883, in Jerslev, Børglum, Denmark, his father, Kristian Larsen, was 32 and his mother, Elsine Marie Pedersen, was 30. He married Ane Marie Kristensen on 30 December 1908, in Albæk, Hjørring, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Skæve, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark for about 19 years and Dybvad, Rødekro, Sønderjylland, Denmark in 1930. He died on 13 December 1953, in Dybvad, Sæby, Nordjylland, Denmark, at the age of 70, and was buried in Skæve Kirke, Nordjylland, Denmark.
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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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