Brief Life History of Eliza Wilhelmina
When Eliza Wilhelmina Wilhelmsen was born on 6 February 1855, in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, her father, Niels Wilhelmsen, was 30 and her mother, Ane Kirstine Nielsen, was 32. She married Charles Hereford Brewer on 3 November 1873, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Rich, Utah, United States in 1870 and Fish Haven, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1900. She died on 31 March 1929, in St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.
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- Wilhelmena Wilhelmson in household of Neils Wilhelmson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Wilhelmnia W. Brewer, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
- Mina E Wilhelmson in entry for Carrie Brewer, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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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.
1864
Historical Boundaries 1864: Owyee, Idaho Territory, United States 1864: Oneida, Idaho, Territory, United States 1875: Bear Lake, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
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 Alf, Erik. German Hans, Kurt, Bredt.
Norwegian, Danish, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Wilhelm . Compare Wilhelmson and Williamsen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Charles Brewer
Charles Hereford Brewer and Eliza Wilhelmina Brewer Charles Hereford Brewer was born in Somersetshire, England, May 16, 1853, to John T. and Louisa Hereford Brewer. When three years of age he came …
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