1.  Email from Rebecca Pederson, including link to family portrait [link died] (online at Green Square Copenhagen A/S):

On the back of the portrait was a typed letter telling who was in the painting.  It reads (and I am translating it) Portrait of the family Friedrichsen 1857 Father:  Erich David Niels Friedrichsen, immigrant from Germany Mother:  Maria Hansigne Christiane Brandt, born May 20, 1815, died March 17, 1895 Daughter:  Nicoline Cathrine Friedrichsen, born October 5, 1839, died March 30, 1912 Son:  Hans-Jørgen Oluf Friedrichsen, born November 8, 1842, death in America unknown Father lived in Ærøskøbing, and later with the family moved to Nordenbrogaard, Langeland.  Son moved to America circa 1865.

2.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Marie Hansine Christiane Brandt Birth: 20 May 1815, of Aeroskobnig, Svendborg, Denmark Father: Hans Jorgensen Brandt (1770-1833); Mother: Nicoline Christiane Schyth (1786- ) Source: patron submissions