When Christine Hovland was born on 30 April 1851, in Oslo, Norway, her father, Jens Jensen Hovland, was 29 and her mother, Margretha Christensdotter, was 23. She married Charles Frederick Creuzer on 1 December 1872, in Nelson, Buffalo, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States in 1935 and Cushing, Polk, Wisconsin, United States in 1940. She died on 5 February 1946, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 94.
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Historical Boundaries: 1852: Hennepin, Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Gunhild, Selmer, Carsten, Hjalmer, Iver, Juel, Ottar, Thorleif.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads, named in Old Norse as Hofland, from hof ‘pagan temple, place of worship’ + land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’. Compare Hoveland .
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