Posted on: Polk County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Polk/448 Surname: Pederson, Pedersen ------------------------- Responding to your information request on a Pedersen who died in about 1893. My great aunt, Oline Sorlie, older sister to my grandfather came from Valdres in Norway, was married to a man named Pederson. They were in Crookston. He died. Don't kow when. She later married a man named Bratrud. Family records show Oline born Sept. 23, 1863 in Norway, died May 19, 1927. Date of coming to USA is unknown though would have been be or before 1890. Married 1st to one Carol Pederson and second marriage to Ole Bratterud. Spellings of the last names vary from one old record to another.