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Title

Letter from Peder Jacobsen Rølvaag, 1915 December 1

Identifier

p0584_04596

p0584_04597

p0584_04598

Date

1915 December 1

Creator

Rølvaag, Peder Jacobsen, 1846-1931

Description

Peder Jacobsen was born March 14, 1846 to Jacob Peder Mathiassen (1806-1883) and Pernilla Kierstina Erichsdatter (1809-1895), in Rølvaag, Dønnes, Nordland. He died in Nordland on June 16, 1931. His wife, Elerine Johanne Pedersdatter was born September 11, 1844 in Wog, Dønnes, Nordland and died December 8, 1915 in Rølvaag, Dønnes, Nordland. They were married in 1870 July 17, 1870 and had eight children: Johan Kristian Pedersen (1871-1913), Martha Zahl Pedersdatter (1873-1897), Ole Edvard Rølvaag (1876-1931), Mortine Sofie Pedersdatter (1878-1919), Peder Johan Pedersen (1878-1954), Andreas Hermann Rølvaag (1882-1946), Kaja Berg Pedersen (1885-1973), and Martin Pedersen Rølvaag (1888-1889).

Funding to digitize the O.E. Rølvaag Papers was provided to the Norwegian American Historical Association through the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, a component of the Minnesota Clean Water, Land and Legacy constitutional amendment, ratified by Minnesota voters in 2008.

Peder's letter to his son Ole Rølvaag.

Type

Text

Format

Letters (correspondence)

Rights

No Copyright - the United States

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Bibliographic Citation

[Indicate the cited item here]. O.E. Rølvaag Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.

Is Part Of

P0584

O.E. Rølvaag Papers (P0584: Peder Jacobsen Rølvaag Correspondence)

O.E. Rølvaag Papers (P0584)