Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Peder Jacobsen, 1911 July 12
- Title
- Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Peder Jacobsen, 1911 July 12
- Identifier
- p0584_05040
- p0584_05041
- Date
- 1911 July 12
- 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.
- Ole Rølvaag's letter to his father Peder. Copies created by Jennie in 1933.
- Type
- Text
- Format
- Letters (correspondence)
- Contributor
- Rølvaag, Peder Jacobsen, 1846-1931
- 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.
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Citation
Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931, “Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Peder Jacobsen, 1911 July 12,” Digital Collections, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/items/show/7834.