When Elmira Molly Christenson was born on 4 April 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, William Ludvig Christenson, was 32 and her mother, Annie Sophia Calding, was 27. She married Michael L Cody about 1876, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Gunnison, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1870 and Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Montana, United States in 1900. She died on 2 January 1937, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Information: 1864: Deer Lodge, Idaho Territory, United States 1864: Deer Lodge, Montana Territory, United States 1889: Deer Lodge, Montana, United States
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Christensson or Kristensson: patronymic from the personal name Christen , Kristen. This is also an Americanized form of the Danish, Norwegian, and North German cognates Christensen and Kristensen . Compare Christeson and Christianson .
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