Emil Theodor Frederik Eskildsen

Brief Life History of Emil Theodor Frederik

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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Family Time Line

Emil Theodor Frederik Eskildsen
1858–1922
Lena Oelschlager
1866–1945
Marriage: 22 April 1888
Theodore Emil Eskildsen
1889–1960
Eskilsen
1890–
Adele Eskildsen
1890–1918
Ralph E Eskilsen
1892–1966
August B. C. D. Eskildsen
1895–1958
Lillian Charlotte Eskildsen
1899–1941
Mabel Ruth Eskildsen
1901–1903
Maisie Eskildsen
1904–1983
Edna F. Eskildsen
1905–1989
Bessie Eskildsen
1909–1976

Sources (18)

  • Emil Eskildsen, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Emil T. Eskildsen, "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985"
  • Emil T Eskildsen, "New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903; 1916-1929"

World Events (8)

1859 · Copenhagen Waterworks

The Copenhagen Waterworks was the first waterworks in Denmark and served the community until 1951. It was one of the first buildings to be built outside Copenhagen's old city walls.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Ludvig.

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 .

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

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