When Emil Theodor Frederik Eskildsen was born on 18 February 1858, in Trinitatis, København, Denmark, his father, Frederik Christian Eskildsen, was 30 and his mother, Augusta Henriette Gundlach, was 24. He married Lena Oelschlager on 22 April 1888, in Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He immigrated to United States in 1868 and lived in København, Denmark in 1860 and Richmond, Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States in 1900. He died on 22 September 1922, in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America, at the age of 64, and was buried in Rosehill Cemetery and Crematory, Union, New Jersey, United States.
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Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Eskild, Old Norse Áskell, Ásketill, a compound of elements meaning ‘god’ + ‘sacrificial cauldron, helmet’. This surname is rare in Norway. Compare Eskelson .
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