Brief Life History of Peder
When Peder Sørensen Årstad was born on 6 April 1825, in Arstad, Hedmark, Norway, his father, Søren Hansen Årstad, was 33 and his mother, Rangdi Hansdatter Mellom, was 26. He married Tore Tostensdatter Brynjulsrud on 14 October 1849, in Sør-Odal, Hedmark, Norway. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Skarnes, Sør-Odal, Hedmark, Norway in 1900. He died on 14 October 1901, in Øpstad, Bjørnafjorden, Vestland, Norway, at the age of 76, and was buried in Nord-Odal, Hedmark, Norway.
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- Peder Sørensen, "Norway Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Peder Sørensen Årstad - birth: 6 April 1825; Arstad, Hedemarkens Amt, Norway
- Peder Sorensen, "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926"
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1845 · Nonconformist Act
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Per, Viggo, Einer, Lars, Morten, Bent, Holger, Jorgen, Knud.
Danish and Norwegian (Sørensen): patronymic from the personal name Søren, Danish form of Latin Severinus (see Severin ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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