cover image: Portrait of Lars Jacobsen Roestvig and his second wife Martha Serine, Madagascar, ca.1885

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Portrait of Lars Jacobsen Roestvig and his second wife Martha Serine, Madagascar, ca.1885

Lars Jakobsen Roestvig was a missionary in Madagascar from 1874-1911. He attended The School of Mission and Theology 1868-1873.He received the St. Olavs Order in 1912. In Morondava, Madagascar on September 10, 1876 he married Anne Elisabeth 1846-1878, maiden name Figved. After she died he married Martha Serine 1862-1941, maiden name Olsen, in Tulear, Madagascar on April 14, 1881(on picture).
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Authors

Carl Koerner, Stavanger, Norway

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m4129
Date published
circa 1885
Dates
circa 1885
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 10.5 x 6.4 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Madagascar
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Madagascar
Reference
impa-m4129 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-NMS-711-734
Rights
Misjonsmarka 12, NO-4024 Stavanger, Norway Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University USC does not control copyright for these images. For usage permission, contact Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University. Information is available at https://www.vid.no/en/historical-archive/ . post@vid.no
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/749c02d595e7f93d2ff6e0e817a2b877

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