Brief Life History of Rasmine
When Rasmine Pedersen was born on 8 April 1849, in Farre, Sporup, Skanderborg, Denmark, her father, Peder Mortensen, was 38 and her mother, Karen Marie Rasmusdatter, was 36. She married Poul Nielsen in 1870, in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Sporup, Gjern, Skanderborg, Denmark for about 20 years and Sabro, Sabro, Skanderborg, Denmark in 1880. She died on 2 September 1910, in Dover, Skanderborg, Denmark, at the age of 61, and was buried in Dover, Skanderborg, Denmark.
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- Rasmine Nielsen Født Petersen in household of Poul Nielsen, "Denmark Census, 1880"
- Danish Church records - Birth of Rasmine Pedersen (1849-1910)
- Rasmine Pedersen in entry for Karl Marius Nielsen, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
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1850 · Translation of the Book of Mormon into Danish
Erastus Snow and Peter Hansen translated the Book of Mormon into Danish after six months of being in the country. This translation was the first full translation of the Book of Mormon into another language, after English.
1859 · Copenhagen Waterworks
The Copenhagen Waterworks was the first waterworks in Denmark and served the community until 1951. It was one of the first buildings to be built outside Copenhagen's old city walls.
1868 · Magasin Du Nord
Magasin is a Danish chain of department stores that was founded in 1868 in Copenhagen and still exists today. They can be found in Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, and the UK.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Niels, Bjorn, Knud, Nils, Anders, Jorgen, Egil, Einer, Knut, Peer.
Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Peder (see Peter ). This surname is also found in northern Germany. Compare Petersen 2 and Peterson 1.
English: variant of Peterson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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