Peder Torgersen Pedersen - Peder Torgesen Torgersen

Started by Donna Anderson on Sunday, January 30, 2022
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I have tried to research this person and I do NOT think he belongs in my family tree. I can find no indication of him from the first family tree I did. He can be removed from this tree please. Thanks.

Removed how - wife or parents?

There is no doubt abut the marriage, father and children.

His marriage that confirms the father and spouse name https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/327/pv00000002954373

It is by the way impossible to be named both Torgersen and Pedersen, meaning son of Torger and son of Peder, - his sons might be named Pedersen as sons of Peder, but always check with primary sources to avoid fabricating facts.

Actually, the family name is now Peterson. Peder Torgersen Pedersen(1827–1889), wife Sigrid Olsdtr Engeland, son Torger (Tom) Pederson wife Helen Halverson, son Thomas Peter Peterson,

Then someone should fix the names so the are accurate according to the sources.

It reminds me of a tree I once discovered where a person named all ancestors Pedersen. When I asked him his answer was that: Isn't it correct? - my name i Pedersen and his is the Pedersen family tree.

Jackie: No - Peder did never have the name Pedersen - at that time Pedersen was a shorthand for "Son of Peder", - later on that tradition went away and they started to use a fixed last name, - as late as in 1923 by law in Norway. If in doubt: Check his death record: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/267/pg00000003677017

Start searching for sources and use them. You have his complete birth date but absolutely no info where as an example.

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