Caroline Elmina Sorensdatter

18 September 1872–15 February 1961 (Age 88)
Rye, Voldborg, Copenhagen, Denmark

The Life of Caroline Elmina

Caroline Elmina Sorensdatter was born on 18 September 1872, in Rye, Voldborg, Copenhagen, Denmark. She married Jacob Jacobsen on 29 March 1889, in Koosharem, Sevier, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She immigrated to Canada in 1909 and lived in Koosharem Election Precinct, Piute, Utah, United States in 1900 and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1926. She died on 15 February 1961, in Spruce Grove, Parkland County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 88, and was buried in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Hill
1863–1945
Caroline Elmina Sorensdatter
1872–1961
Marriage: about 1897
William Hill
1896–1945
Joseph W Hill
1897–
Ernest Raymond Hill
1899–1968
Arthur Hill
1901–1945
Myrtle Hill
1904–
Milo Hill
1905–1973
Edna Hill
1907–1984
Vera Hill
1910–
Winnifred Hill
1911–2011

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
about 1897
Koosharem, Sevier, Utah, United States
children

(9)

    William Hill

    Male1896–1945Male

    Joseph W Hill

    Male1897–Male

    Ernest Raymond Hill

    Male1899–1968Male

    Arthur Hill

    Male1901–1945Male

    Myrtle Hill

    Female1904–Female

+4 More Children

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 3

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

Age 3

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 24

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.

Name Meaning

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Sources (3)

  • Caroline Hill in household of Joseph Hill, "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926"
  • Caroline E Hle in household of Joseph Hle, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Caroline Sorensen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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