When Christian Nielsen Garff was born on 23 February 1848, in Eskebjerg, Ugerløse, Holbæk, Denmark, his father, Niels Jørgensen Garff, was 37 and his mother, Marie "Mary" Jacobsdatter, was 27. He married Augusta Elizabeth Hanson on 29 June 1874, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870 and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 10 March 1927, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy. A two-chamber parliament is established.
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Americanized form of German Scharf or Scharff . Compare Sharff .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesCompany: Christian Christiansen Company (1857) Narrative: Most of the people in the Christian Christiansen handcart company were Scandinavians (Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes). They numbered about 330 …
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