When Parley Christiansen was born on 7 December 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Niels Christian Christiansen, was 40 and his mother, Dorthe Kjerstine Dahl Clemmensdatter, was 28. He married Dorthea Christine Jensen Scow on 21 April 1881, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Logan, Cache, Utah, United States in 1928. In 1920, his occupation is listed as mayor of gunnison (2 terms), sanpete county commissioner in Gunnison, Sanpete, Utah, United States. He died on 13 May 1930, in Mayfield, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Mayfield, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Eighteen years after the first ward was established and the population of the valley increased exponentially, the first Stake was established.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Nels, Holger, Bent, Carsten, Lars, Per, Sven, Ejner, Johan, Jorgen.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christian . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the Norwegian and Danish variant Kristiansen .
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, or North German patronymic Christensen , a cognate of 1 above. Compare Christianson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesHISTORY OF PARLEY CHRISTIANSEN Written by Lily C. Larson in 1968 Edited by Floyd L. Larson Parley Christiansen was born in Salt Lake City on December 7, 1857. His parents were Niels Christian C …
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