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Frederik Lassen & Asta Nielsen

Married August 8, 1930

Thorning, Viborg, Denmark

 

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Photos of a Young Family, clockwise from top left:

Asta Outside with Flowers

Frederik holding Grete while resting in the wheelbarrow. He always wore those wooden shoes around the farm.

Aase with Rolf the dog, Grete, Peder, Birgit & Inge in the Cart

Asta, Grete, Peder, Aase & Birgit

 

 

af children portrait

Birgit, Inge, Grete, Aase & Peder Lassen

 

 

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Photos of a Maturing Family, clockwise from top left:

Peder, Birgit, Inge & Grete Out for a Walk

Birgit, Inge & Aase

Frederik & Asta Relaxing in the Den at Home

Frederik (in a newspaper hat!) Grete, Asta and Hanne Enjoying Afternoon Coffee (with Grete's dog Figger)

 

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Retirement, clockwise from top left:

Frederik & Asta's 60th Wedding Anniversary (August 8, 1990)

Frederik Digging Potatoes

Asta on the Patio with her Sister Signe

 

 

Click on an album to see the pictures inside.

af early married life album

Courtship & Early Married Life

on Bjørnekær

52 photos

af later married life album

Later Married Life

on Gremmersteen

70 photos

af retirement album

Golden Wedding

& Retirement

39 photos

 

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