When Caroline Sophia Sørensen was born on 28 September 1822, in Kirke Hvalsø, Kirke Hvalsø, Roskilde, Denmark, her father, Søren Sigvardsen, was 44 and her mother, Karen Sørensen, was 35. She married Peder Nielsen on 12 April 1845, in Jystrup, Ringsted, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Kirke Hvalsø, Hvalsø, Roskilde, Denmark in 1834 and Mantua, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 11 July 1908, in Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Mantua Cemetery, Mantua, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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The Casino Theatre was built as an entertainment center by Georg Carstensen but was converted into a theatre in 1848. After many years of never gaining popularity, it was closed in 1937 and demolished in 1960.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Per, Viggo, Einer, Lars, Morten, Bent, Holger, Jorgen, Knud.
Danish and Norwegian (Sørensen): patronymic from the personal name Søren, Danish form of Latin Severinus (see Severin ).
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