When Lars Larsen Lund was christened on 2 February 1745, in Byrum, Hals, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Lauritz Andersen Lund, was 59 and his mother, Karen Poulsdatter, was 43. He died in February 1745, in his hometown, at the age of 0.
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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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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