Anders Christian Brixen

Brief Life History of Anders Christian

When Anders Christian Brixen was born on 16 August 1858, in Helligsø, Vestervig, Denmark, his father, Peder Christian Christensen Brixen, was 27 and his mother, Kirsten Marie Madsdatter, was 30. He married Julia Matilda Gutke on 16 August 1880, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 29 June 1900, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Anders Christian Brixen
1858–1900
Julia Matilda Gutke
1859–1948
Marriage: 16 August 1880
Martin Gutke Brixen
1892–1979

Sources (26)

  • Andrew C Brixen, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Anders Christian Brixen - Government record: birth: 16 August 1858; Helligso, Thisted, Denmark
  • Andrew C Brixen, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"

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World Events (8)

1859 · Copenhagen Waterworks

The Copenhagen Waterworks was the first waterworks in Denmark and served the community until 1951. It was one of the first buildings to be built outside Copenhagen's old city walls.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Bryden .

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

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Andrew Christen Brixen

Andrew Christen Brixen was the son of Peder Christian Brixen and Kjersten Marie Madsdatter Gramstrup who later americanized her name to Christine Madsen Brixen. He was born in 1858 in the town of Hell …

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