Gerda Kristine Knudsen

Female1 May 1884–

Brief Life History of Gerda Kristine

When Gerda Kristine Knudsen was born on 1 May 1884, in Norway, her father, Konrad Martin Knudsen, was 36 and her mother, Dina Andrea Didriksen, was 35. She lived in East Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington, United States in 1900.

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Family Time Line

Konrad Martin Knudsen
1847–1938
Dina Andrea Didriksen
1848–1905
Anni Mathilde Konradsen
1874–
Knud Knudsen
1877–
Anna Knudson
1880–1968
Gerda Kristine Knudsen
1884–
Peter Tobias Knudsen
1887–1947
Conrad Knudsen Jr
1891–1972

Sources (2)

  • Gertie Knudsen in household of Conrad Knudsen, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Gerda Kristine Knudsen, "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (6)

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World Events (8)

1886

Age 2

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1893 · Fridtjof Nansen

Age 9

Birth year of Fridtjof Nansen. Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Age 32

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Knud, Niels, Holger, Jorgen, Ove, Alf, Alfhild, Anders, Baard, Berger, Einer.

Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the Danish personal name Knud, derived from Old Norse Knútr meaning ‘knot’. Knud was a Danish royal name, Latinized as Canutus.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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