Joseph Hyrum Carstensen

Brief Life History of Joseph Hyrum

When Joseph Hyrum Carstensen was born on 25 October 1889, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Fredrick Carl Christian Carstensen, was 35 and his mother, Ane Marie Jensen Sahl, was 37. He married Leone Almira Eldredge on 9 September 1914, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States for about 5 years and Salt Lake City Ward 6, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 1 September 1964, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Hyrum Carstensen
1889–1964
Leone Almira Eldredge
1891–1988
Marriage: 9 September 1914
Elaine Carstensen
1919–2021
Joseph Hyrum Carstensen Jr
1927–1989

Sources (32)

  • Hyrum J Carstensen, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Jas Hyrum Carstensen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Joseph Hyrum Carstensen, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1890

Death by suicide of van Gogh.

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.

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

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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Story Highlight

direct translation from dutch to english

(articles written sometime between 1 June 1910- 15 June 1910 in De Ster) Elder Joseph H. Carstensen was honorably discharged from his work in this Mission. He came Oct. 21 1907 in Rotterdam , and the …

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