Peder Andersen of Meberg (1708-1777)

'''Peder Andersen of Meberg (c1740-?) '''

Birth
There is a record for the Christening of a Peder Andersen in Meberg on October 14, 1708. This Peder Andersen's parents were Anders Pedersen and Anna Ansteinsen. This Peder died in 1776. He would have been 54 years old when he fathered Pernille, which would have been possible if his wife was much younger.

Marriage
The following marriage records have been found found for a Peder Anderson in Lista during the appropriate time frame:


 * Petter Andersen married Giertrud Andsdr on January 24, 1746.
 * Petter Andersen married Ingeborg Hansdr on February 6, 1749.

One of these couples may or may not be Pernille's parents. To give an idea of the odds of a match, the population of Lista was approximately 4,200, presumably around 2,100 of which were male. Assuming approximately 50% of all living males in Lista at the time of Pernille were married in the last 20 years, i.e. after 1742, that would yield a population of 1,050 males married between 1742 and 1762. If 1/20 of the males were named Peder, and 1/20 of the Peders had fathers named Anders, that would mean that we would expect to find only 2 or 3 Peder Andersen marriages at most, in the allotted time frame, consistent with the records found. Therefore, it is statistically likely that at least one of these Petter Andersen marriage records belong to the father of Pernille, assuming that he was married in Lista, where he had his child. In fact, it is very likely that both marriage records relate to the same Petter Andersen, who may have married twice. In that case, the mother of Pernille would presumably have been Ingeborg Hansdatter. If this information matches the Peder Andersen born 1708, he would have been 40 years old when he married Ingeborg, and 37 when he married his previous wife Giertrud. Of course, Peder may not have been born in Lista. He may have moved there upon marriage. It should be noted that there is no record of an Ingeborg Hansdatter having been born in the appropriate time frame in Lista.