Brief Life History of Karen Hansine
When Karen Hansine Nielsen was born on 11 February 1850, in Sankt Knuds, Odense, Odense, Denmark, her father, Hans Nielsen, was 47 and her mother, Maren Hansdatter, was 31. She married Christian Korup Jeppesen on 19 January 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Odense, Denmark for about 5 years and Orem, Utah, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 9 August 1943, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Sina Nelson Jeppesen in household of Christian Jeppesen, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Legacy NFS Source: Karen Hansena Nielsen - Government record: birth-name: Karen Hansine Neilson
- Karen Hansena Nielsen Jeppesen, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1853
The Provo City Cemetery was dedicated in 1853.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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 Erik, Niels, Jorgen, Knud, Lars, Nels, Bent, Borge, Holger, Ove, Einer, Oluf.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Niels, a shortened form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas ). Compare Nielson , Neilsen , Nelsen , Nilsen , and Nilson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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