Brief Life History of Christian
When Christian Andersen was born on 23 September 1864, in Ranum, Slet, Ålborg, Denmark, his father, Anders Christensen, was 36 and his mother, Maren Pedersdatter, was 24. He married Ida Mellicent Williams on 29 June 1898, in Manti Utah Temple, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He immigrated to United States in 1894 and lived in Joseph, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1900 and Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He died on 29 March 1932, in Marysvale, Piute, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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- Christian Anderson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Christian Anderson, "Utah Marriages, 1887-1935"
- Christian Andersen, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1868 · Magasin Du Nord
Magasin is a Danish chain of department stores that was founded in 1868 in Copenhagen and still exists today. They can be found in Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, and the UK.
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Lars, Nels, Per, Anders, Holger, Jorgen, Thor, Bjorn, Helmer, Alf.
Norwegian, Danish, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Anders, a vernacular form of Andreas . Compare Anderson 1.
Americanized form of Norwegian, North German, and very rare Danish patronymic Anderssen, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Andersson 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Mission of Christian Andersen (tried to type this as Great Grandpa Andersen has written it)
I left Monroe in the morning of July 13 - 1909 for a mission to Denmark, having previously been called to fill a mission there. Arrived in Salt Lake the same day. On the 15th made aringements for …
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