This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pedersen, Hansen Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lcC.2ACI/348 Message Board Post: Serine Larsdatter (1840-1905) Housewife (b. 1840, Drange farm, Herad parish, Farsund, Vest-Agder, Norway - d. October 06, 1905, Vanse parish, Farsund, Vest-Agder, Norway) Birth: Serine was born in 1840 to Lars Aadnessen. Marriage: She married Peder Andreas Pedersen (1830-?) on July 26, 1862 at Herad parish in Farsund. Peder was the son of Peder Andreas Hansen of Log (1790-1849); and Maren Sophia Olsdatter of Gullestad (1791-1868). Peder was listed as "Peder Andreas Pederssen". Children: Together they had the following children: Peder Elias Pedersen (1863-before1868); Lars Pedersen (1865) who was baptised on October 01, 1865; Lars Emanuel Pedersen (1869-?) who was baptised on July 18, 1869; Mathilde Sophie Amalia Pedersen (1872-?) who was baptised on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1872; Peder Severin Pedersen (1876-?) who was baptised on March 05, 1876; Anton Martin Teodore Pedersen (1879-?) who was baptised on November 23, 1879; and Inga Pedersen (1885-1928) who emigrated to New York in the United States and married Emil Schneider (1884-1955). All the children were baptised in Farsund. Farsund, Norway: The family appears in the 1865 Norway Census living at 36 Kirkegaden in Farsund, where Peder was working as a "fragtemand". In the 1900 Norway Census they were living at 50b Nykastelgaden Street, Farsund, Vest-Agder, Norway and Peder was working as a "Bagervend" or bread seller. Death: Serine died on October 06, 1905 in Vanse parish in Farsund. Burial: She was buried on October 12, 1905. The Vanse churchbook lists her as: "Baker's wife Serine Pedersen, baker Peder A. Pedersen, born 1840 Drange in Herad."