When Niels Peter Larsen was born on 20 April 1827, in Vejby, Børglum, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Lars Christian Nielsen, was 31 and his mother, Mette Nielsen, was 30. He married Karen Kirstine Svendsen on 13 April 1855, in Vejby, Vejby, Børglum, Hjørring, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Vejby, Vejby, Børglum, Hjørring, Denmark for about 5 years and Sanpete, Utah, United States for about 3 years. He registered for military service in 1848. In 1880, at the age of 53, his occupation is listed as farming. He died on 20 November 1911, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Kuffert Sorensen was established in 1829 by Carl Peter Sorensen as a leather goods company. Today the business has five locations and each are run by a member of the Sorensen family.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy. A two-chamber parliament is established.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Nels, Niels, Sven, Thor, Knud, Nils, Per, Jorgen, Alf, Bjorn.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Lars, an equivalent of Lawrence . This is also an Americanized form of the cognate Larssen. Compare Larson 1, Larrison , and Lawson 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesAs a young man, Niels Peter and some friends heard about the Mormon Missionaries who were in the area, and decided to disrupt their meeting and dunk the missionaries in the North Sea. However, as the …
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