When Dorthe Pedersen was born on 24 September 1809, in Gudum, Bøvling, Denmark, her father, Peder Pedersen Svendsen, was 44 and her mother, Else Sorensdatter, was 40. She married Ebbe Jessen on 2 March 1841, in Sankt Michaelis, Fredericia, Vejle, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1854 and lived in Fredericia, Trinitatis, Elbo, Vejle, Denmark in 1845. She died on 29 April 1883, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden.
Kuffert Sorensen was established in 1829 by Carl Peter Sorensen as a leather goods company. Today the business has five locations and each are run by a member of the Sorensen family.
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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