Brief Life History of Vilhelm
When Vilhelm Pedersen was born on 20 April 1868, in Lundmark, Vrejlev, Børglum, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Jens Peter Pedersen, was 27 and his mother, Karen Marie Jensdatter, was 32. He married Rosina Schenk on 11 August 1892, in Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 27 December 1898, at the age of 30, and was buried in River Heights, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- 1880 Danish Census for the family of Karen Marie Jensdatter
- Vrejlev parish birth record for Vilhelm Pedersen
- William Peterson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1870 · Giving all the right to vote
The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Niels, Bjorn, Knud, Nils, Anders, Jorgen, Egil, Einer, Knut, Peer.
Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Peder (see Peter ). This surname is also found in northern Germany. Compare Petersen 2 and Peterson 1.
English: variant of Peterson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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