Brief Life History of Christen Peter
When Christen Peter Christensen was born on 23 May 1876, in Kvissel, Åsted, Horns, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Anders Christian Christensen, was 42 and his mother, Ane Marie Jensdatter, was 32. He married Anna Jansine Marie Rasmussen on 16 June 1909, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1905 and Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 24 May 1916, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Christian P Christensen, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Christian P Christensen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Christian P Christiansen, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Bent, Anders, Thor, Jorgen, Nils, Einer, Viggo, Folmer.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christen . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the especially Danish and Norwegian variant Kristensen . Compare Christenson and Christianson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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