Brief Life History of Thorvald Lorents
When Thorvald Lorents Pedersen was born on 15 April 1909, in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway, his father, Alfred Thorvald Martin Pedersen, was 30 and his mother, Jeanette Lucie Sofie Eilertsen, was 29. He married Kirsten Olsen on 18 November 1933, in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 9 May 1984, in his hometown, at the age of 75.
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- Thorvald Lorents Pedersen, "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927"
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1912 · Sonja Henie
Birth year of Sonja Henie. She was an Olympic figure skater and a movie star. She won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies' figure skater.
1913 · Gerhard Naeseth
Birth year of Gerhard Naeseth Well-known Genealogist who specialized in Norwegian-Americans and Norwegian immigration. Director and founder of the Vesterheim Genealogical Center, now called the Norwegian-American Genealogical Center and Naeseth Library in Madison, Wisconsin.
1940 · Norway in WW II
German occupation of Norway from 9 April 1940 to 9 May 1945. Much damage was done to northern Norway.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Niels, Bjorn, Knud, Nils, Anders, Jorgen, Egil, Einer, Knut, Peer.
Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Peder (see Peter ). This surname is also found in northern Germany. Compare Petersen 2 and Peterson 1.
English: variant of Peterson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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