Peder (Per) and Mariane Simons. Indrekvam
vickieh	Can anyone give me some advice to find the parents of Peder (Per) and Mariane Simons. Indrekvam. I have found their marraige record on the Digitalarkivet. They were married 24 June 1872 in Sogn and Fjordane county. Groom's home parish Forde, groom home Botnen. I have also found their burial records: Peder 27 October 1912, birth year 1841, Marianne 9 November 1913, birth year 1838. I find them on the 1865 and 1900-telling, but I don't know how to find the names or other information about their parents.
thelebrity	According to the marriage records Peder Simonsen was born at the Botnen farm in Førde in 1841. Mariane Simonsdatter was born at the Indrekvam farm in Førde in 1840. The original marriage records will most likely mention the parents of both Peder and Mariane. I didn't find anyone that looked related to Peder at the Botnen farm in thee 1865 census. But at one of the Indrekvam farms there was a Simen Eliassen that could very well be Mariane's father: http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=arkivverket/ft1865/f61432&variabel=0&postnr=4708&fulle=true&spraak=7[url][/url] Per Helge Seglsten
vickieh	Reply from Vickie: My cousins in Bergen believe that the occupants of this farm Indrekvam referred to in your post - were cousins of my grandfather (relatives of Peder, not Marianne) When my grandfather was born in 1884, Peder and Marianne lived at a place that the Bergen relatives call Haajen (called Bjorndalshaug on the digitalarkivet telling-1900)Naustdal rural district in Sogn and Fjordane county. On the 1865 telling we find Marianne as a maidservant at the farm Vefring Thingnaes, and Peder as a farm hand on the farm Krogenaes yttre. I have been unsuccessful in finding baptism records for Peder and Marianne on the digitalarkivet. Some of the marraige records on the digitalarkivet show parents of the bride and groom - but Peder and Marianne's does not.
thelebrity	The marriage record states that Mariane Simonsdatter was born at Indrekvam. The patronym Simonsdatter means that her father's name was Simon (or Simen), it has nothing to do with her husband's patronym being Simonsen. Having seen the marriage records I would still think that the Simon at Indrekvam was related to Mariane. The marriage records usually contain the fathers of the bride and groom after approx. 1820. Hopefully the original marriage records will reveal them. Maybe someone at the Digitalarkivet discussion forum is willing to do a look up. Per Helge Seglsten
Brining	Vickie At the LDS site I found a MARIE KARINE SIMONSEN Birth: 25 AUG 1838 Christening: 15 SEP 1838 Forde, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway Parents: Father: SIMEN ELIASSEN Mother: ANE SOPHIE JOHANESDR If you go to http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp and type in Simen Eliasson as father and Anne Johannesdatter as mother you will get her record and others in the family. Carla
Brining	Also at the familysearch site I found possibility for Peder PEDER ANDREAS SIMONSEN Birth: 29 APR 1841 Christening: 01 MAY 1841 Forde, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway Parents: Father: SIMEN OLSEN Mother: AGATE PEDERSDR Carla
vickieh	Thank you both so much!! I believe you are right. Peder and Mariane named their only daughter Anne Sofie (probably named after Mariane's mother). When I had searched records before I expected the names to match better. I didn't expect Mariane to be "Marie Karine" and Peder Simonsen to be "Peder Andreas Simonsen". I was also searching for info. about Ludvig Botten who my Grandpa lived with and worked for when he arrived in the US, and from the website you gave me I find a brother of Peder, listed as Ludvig Peder Henrik Simonsen with the same date of birth as Ludvig Botten, so I now think they are the same person, my Grandpa's uncle!