Brief Life History of Christine Ipsdatter
When Christine Ipsdatter Benson was born on 11 June 1826, in Bornholm, Denmark, her father, Jeppe Bendtsen, was 30 and her mother, Maren Kirstine Hansdatter Kofoed, was 31. She married Mons Anderson on 3 July 1854, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Aaker, Åkirkeby, Bornholm, Denmark in 1840 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 28 December 1909, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Lehi City Cemetery, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Christena Anderson in household of Muntz Anderson, "United States Census, 1860"
- Arkivalieronline---Birth & Christening Record for Christine---Born 11 June 1826, Åkirkeby, Åker, Sønder, Bornholm, Denmark, Entry # 30
- Utah, U.S., Select Marriages, 1887-1966
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1829 · Oldest Leather Goods in Denmark
Kuffert Sorensen was established in 1829 by Carl Peter Sorensen as a leather goods company. Today the business has five locations and each are run by a member of the Sorensen family.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1849
Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy. A two-chamber parliament is established.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the medieval personal name Ben(ne), a pet form of Benedict (see Benn ) + -son.
English: habitational name from a place in Oxfordshire named Benson, from Old English Benesingtūn ‘settlement (Old English tūn) associated with Benesa’, a personal name of obscure origin, perhaps a derivative of Bana meaning ‘slayer’.
Americanized form of any of various Scandinavian patronymics from the personal name Bengt, Bendt, etc., Scandinavian forms of Benedict , e.g. Swedish Bengtsson , Danish Bendtsen, Danish and Norwegian Bentsen . Compare Bensen 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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