Brief Life History of Johanne
When Johanne Andersen was born on 23 September 1844, in Hundstrup, Sallinge, Svendborg, Denmark, her father, Anders Nielsen, was 27 and her mother, Mette Kirstine Pedersdatter, was 22. She married Niels Rasmussen on 17 September 1866, in Odense, Sankt Knuds, Odense, Odense, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1880 and Ephraim Election Precinct, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 16 September 1926, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Johanne Andersen in household of Anders Nielsen, "Denmark Census, 1850"
- Johannah E. Anderson Christensen, "BillionGraves Index"
- Johanna Anderson in entry for Christian Christensen, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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World Events (8)
1847 · Casino Theatre (Copenhagen)
The Casino Theatre was built as an entertainment center by Georg Carstensen but was converted into a theatre in 1848. After many years of never gaining popularity, it was closed in 1937 and demolished in 1960.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Lars, Nels, Per, Anders, Holger, Jorgen, Thor, Bjorn, Helmer, Alf.
Norwegian, Danish, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Anders, a vernacular form of Andreas . Compare Anderson 1.
Americanized form of Norwegian, North German, and very rare Danish patronymic Anderssen, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Andersson 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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