When Peder Laursen was born in 1834, in Stavtrup, Kolt, Ning, Århus, Denmark, his father, Laurs Simonsen, was 46 and his mother, Ane Marie Dorthe Pedersen, was 36. He died on 23 May 1835, in his hometown, at the age of 1.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Aksel, Bent, Birgit, Kresten.
Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Laur, a short form of Laurits or Laurits, vernacular forms of Laurentius (see Lawrence ). This surname is also found in northern Germany.
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