Johan Erik Carstensen

Brief Life History of Johan Erik

When Johan Erik Carstensen was born on 24 September 1885, in Søndre, Nørlyng, Viborg, Denmark, his father, Carsten Johansen Carstensen, was 25 and his mother, Ane Margrethe Pedersen, was 20. He lived in Viborg, Denmark in 1890 and Asmild, Nørlyng, Viborg, Denmark for about 5 years. He died on 5 December 1955, at the age of 70, and was buried in Redlands, San Bernardino, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Carsten Johansen Carstensen
1860–1930
Ane Margrethe Pedersen
1865–
Johan Erik Carstensen
1885–1955
Olga Petrine Carstensen
1887–
Peter Martin Karl Carstensen
1888–1936
Ivan Carstensen
1890–
Thora Karstensen
1892–1985
Heinrik Carstensen
1894–
Kaj Carstensen
1896–
Christian Carstensen
1899–1899
Nathalie Carstensen
1899–
Aksel Carstensen
1902–

Sources (8)

  • Johan Erik Pedersen in household of Caroline Johanne Carlsen, "Denmark Census, 1906"
  • John Erik Carstensen, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
  • John Erick Carstensen, "Find a Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Carsten, Ove, Sven, Viggo. German Hans, Kurt, Otto, Egon, Ingeborg, Lorenz, Siegfried.

North German, Danish, and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Carsten . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the especially Danish and Norwegian variant Karstensen.

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

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