Help reading a name - 1768 record

JulieVWilcox

I would appreciate some help determining the surname of the groom, Laurs —— in this marriage record. Here is a link to the page - the marriage is the last entry on the right side, married 21 Oct 1768 at Værum, Randers:

https://arkivalieronline.rigsarkivet.dk/da/billedviser?bsid=171263#171263,28747659

sorry I can't add an image of the marriage record. The bride is Margrethe Pedersdatter.

Norm Baker

The name is Laurs Ladsen. To make sure that is correct, I was able to locate the first child born to him-a daughter named Metthe. That record is here (top entry on the right-hand page): https://arkivalieronline.rigsarkivet.dk/da/billedviser?bsid=171263#171263,28747661 .

This is, I think, the same couple listed in the 1787 census in a neighboring parish, Vissing. There are no children listed so I can't be entirely sure they are the same. The name Lassen is the same as Ladsen: https://www.danishfamilysearch.com/cid476491 .