Pernilla Pehrsdotter

Brief Life History of Pernilla

When Pernilla Pehrsdotter was born on 9 December 1816, in Kells Nöbbelöf, Onsjö härad, Malmöhus, Sweden, her father, Pehr Pehrsson, was 32 and her mother, Cecelia Pehrsdotter Palm, was 31. She married Nils Anderson on 6 December 1850, in Billeberga, Malmöhus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 17 December 1901, in Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nils Anderson
1816–1907
Pernilla Pehrsdotter
1816–1901
Marriage: 6 December 1850
Edward Heinrich Anderson
1858–1928

Sources (20)

  • Paternelia Andersen in household of Neils Andersen, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Birth and Christening for Pehrnilla Pehrsdotter, 1816, Kells Nöbbelöf Parish, Sweden, Malmöhus Church Records, 1541-1918; index 1646-1860; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YS5S-1HM?cc=1974200&wc=MC6Y-9NB%3A311793301%2C311549401%2C311862201
  • Pernilla Pehrsdr, "Sweden, Marriages, 1630-1920"

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World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

contracted form of Latin Petronilla. See Petronel .

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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