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GJODERUM: Mariane Pedersen Gjoderum

Mariane was born Mariane Pedersen, the daughter of Peder Nielsen Gjøderum. The name Gjøderum is what is called a "bought" name, or an additional surname that some Danish people added on to their birth names to distinguish themselves from all of the other (in this case) Nielsens in town. This was caused by the fact that the Scandinavian patronymic system left the country with very few surnames, and duplication was very common.

When a "bought" surname was adopted and used by the entire family, my practice has been to regard it as the true surname. In the case of Mariane's family, I have found very little use of the Gjøderum name by Mariane or her siblings, so I have always referred to Mariane as just Mariane Pedersen, the name that appears on her parish birth record.

~ Jeff Geertsen


She became Mariane Geertsen when she married Peter Christian Geertsen in 1862.

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