Sophia Amalia (Prahl) Smith (1704 - 1765)

Born 4 Apr 1704 in Stavanger, Norway

Wife of Anders Larsen Smith — married 24 Jul 1732 in Stavanger, Norway

Descendants

Died 16 Jan 1765 at age 60 in Stavanger, Norway

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Biography

When Sophia Amalia Prahl was born on 4 April 1704, in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway, her father, Jørgen Nilsen Prahl, was 47 and her mother, Mette Jensdatter Godtzen, was 38. She married Lars Knudsen Westlye on 24 July 1732, in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter.

She married Anders Smith 12 September 1741 in Stavanger. "12 September, Anders Larsen Smits and Madame Sophia Amalia Prahl, married."^[1]

She died on 16 January 1765, in Rogaland, Norway, at the age of 60, and was buried in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. Her remains were buried at Domkirke in Stanger 23 January 1765. "Sophia Amalia Prall, Anders Smits hustru, age 61 years."^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Domkirken sokneprestkontor, SAST/A-101812/001/30/30BA/L0003: Ministerialbok nr. A 3 /1, 1738-1760, s. 14 https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/15873/12.
2. ↑ Domkirken sokneprestkontor, SAST/A-101812/001/30/30BA/L0005: Ministerialbok nr. A 5, 1744-1788, s. 82 https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/15875/81.

• "Norway Marriages, 1660-1926", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW62-FP6 : 20 February 2020), Sophia Amalia Prahl in entry for Anders Larsen Smith, 1741.