Harry Sehested Nielsen

30 September 1892–9 December 1932 (Age 40)
Parleys Park, Summit, Utah, United States

The Life of Harry Sehested

When Harry Sehested Nielsen was born on 30 September 1892, in Parleys Park, Summit, Utah, United States, his father, Niels Sehested Nielsen, was 40 and his mother, Karen Marie Sorensen, was 37. He married Ruth Martha Folland on 16 January 1926. He lived in Park City, Summit, Utah, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 9 December 1932, at the age of 40, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, East Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harry Sehested Nielsen
1892–1932
Ruth Martha Folland
1895–1968
Marriage: 16 January 1926

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
16 January 1926

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(8)

    Niels Marius Christian Schested Nielsen

    Male1882–1882Male

    Anna Kirstine Nielsen

    Female1884–1930Female

    Jenny Birgithe Nielsen

    Female1886–1900Female

    Jorgen Marijus Christian Nielsen

    Male1887–1887Male

    Jorgen Sehested Nielsen

    Male1888–1889Male

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 4

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1896 · Utah becomes a state

Age 4

After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

Age 11

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

Name Meaning

Danish, Norwegian, and North German (especially Schleswig-Holstein): patronymic from the personal name Niels, a reduced form of Nikolaus ( see Nicholas ) or Cornelius .

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

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Sources (3)

  • Harry Neilson in household of Henry Folland, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Harry S. Neilson in household of Niels S. Neilson, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Harry Neilson, "Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966"

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