Petrea Elisa Mathaea Madsen

Brief Life History of Petrea Elisa Mathaea

When Petrea Elisa Mathaea Madsen was born on 14 March 1820, in Gladsakse, Copenhagen, Denmark, her father, Peter Madsen, was 29 and her mother, Emerence Hermana Abel, was 34. She married Bradford Leonard on 2 February 1858, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1856 and lived in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1850. She died on 14 February 1876, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Bradford Leonard
1811–1871
Petrea Elisa Mathaea Madsen
1820–1876
Marriage: 2 February 1858
Catherine Isabelle Leonard
1858–1950

Sources (37)

  • Petree Madsen in household of Peder Madsen, "Denmark Census, 1850"
  • Denmark Births and Christenings, 1631-1900s
  • P M E M Leonard, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"

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World Events (8)

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

1829 · Oldest Leather Goods in Denmark

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.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Jorgen, Per, Viggo, Anders, Carsten, Niels, Thor, Alf, Einer, Jeppe.

Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Mads, a pet form of Mat(t)hias or Mat(t)heus (see Matthew ). This surname is also found in northern Germany. Compare Madson , Matson , and Mattson .

English: variant of Madson .

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

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Peter and Petrea Madsen: Willie Handcart Company Pioneers

Willie Handcart Company Pioneers 1856 Peter (Peder) and Petrea Madsen, father and daughter, traveled with the Willie Handcart Company to the Salt Lake Valley after coming from Denmark on the ship Tho …

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