Brief Life History of Anna Botilda or Tillie
When Anna Botilda or Tillie Christensen was born on 28 December 1885, in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States, her father, Johannes Clausen Christensen, was 30 and her mother, Anne Nissine Nissen, was 26. She married Axel Bent Kjolhede on 16 April 1915, in Grayling, Crawford, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Fairfield Township, Grundy, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Ashland Township, Newaygo, Michigan, United States in 1940. She died on 14 January 1965, in Jackson, Michigan, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Ashland, Ashland Township, Newaygo, Michigan, United States.
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- Tilda Christonsen in household of John Christonsen, "United States Census, 1900"
- Iowa, Births and Christenings Index, 1857-1947
- Web: Isabella County, Michigan, Obituary Index, 1875-2005
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World Events (8)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1887 · The Bagley Memorial Fountain
The Bagley Memorial Fountain was erected in 1887 with funds from the estate of John Judson Bagley. Bagley's will ordered the construction of the drinking fountain which would provide the people of Detroit "water cold and pure as the coldest mountain stream." H.H. Richards was the architect for the Romanesque-style, pink granite, lionhead fountain. It is engraved with the words, "TESTAMENTARY GIFT FOR THE PEOPLE FROM JOHN JUDSON BAGLEY A.D. MDCCCLXXXVII".
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Bent, Anders, Thor, Jorgen, Nils, Einer, Viggo, Folmer.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christen . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the especially Danish and Norwegian variant Kristensen . Compare Christenson and Christianson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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