Second Generation

6. Maria Larson was born in April 1863 in Norway. She died on 14 December 1922 at the age of 59 in Lake, South Dakota.

Maria Larson and Hans Pederson were married on 26 December 1882 in Gran, Hadeland, Norway. They appeared in the census in 1900 in Franklin, Lake, South Dakota. Hans Pederson was born on 9 October 1864 in Gran, Hadeland, Norway. In 1900 he was a farmer in Franklin, Lake, South Dakota. He died in 1930 at the age of 66 in Lake, South Dakota.

Maria Larson and Hans Pederson had the following children:

16	i.	Mary Pederson was born in June 1882 in Oslo, Norway. She immigrated in 1886. She died in 1903 at the age of 21 in South Dakota.
17	ii.	Louis M. Pederson was born in 1885 in Oslo, Norway. He immigrated in 1886. He died in March 1886 at the age of 1.
18	iii.	Martin Pederson was born in July 1888 in South Dakota.
19	iv.	Thorvald "Tom" Pederson was born in May 1890 in Minnesota.
20	v.	Harry H. Pederson was born in May 1894 in Madison, South Dakota. He died in 1967 at the age of 73 in Colton, Minnehaha, South Dakota.
21	vi.	Otto "Swede" Pederson was born in June 1896 in South Dakota.
22	vii.	Peter Pederson was born in November 1898 in South Dakota. He died in 1963 at the age of 65 in South Dakota.
23	viii.	Hilda Matilda Pederson was born in 1901 in Dell Rapids, SD. She died on 5 December 1988 at the age of 87 in Ladysmith, Rusk, WI.
24	ix.	Hjalmer Pederson was born on 25 April 1906 in South Dakota. He died in November 1978 at the age of 72 in Minot, Ward, North Dakota.