Mette Catherine Andersen

Brief Life History of Mette Catherine

When Mette Catherine Andersen was born on 29 September 1846, in Bredstrup, Nørre Nærå, Skam, Odense, Denmark, her father, Hans Andersen, was 26 and her mother, Maren Jensdatter, was 19. She married Soren Juul Sorensen in 1875, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Nørre Nærå, Skam, Odense, Denmark for about 10 years. She died on 21 February 1903, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Soren Juul Sorensen
1844–1898
Mette Catherine Andersen
1846–1903
Marriage: 1875
Ane Marie Sørensen
1869–1947
Annie Catherine Sørensen
1872–1950
Soren L Sorensen
1874–1961
Minnie Mae S. Pendleton
1878–1912
Rosina Sorensen
1881–1935
Martin Andersen Sorensen
1884–1904
George Arthur Sorensen
1886–1964

Sources (27)

  • Mette Cathrine Hansen, "Denmark Census, 1855"
  • Mette Catherine Andersen Sorensen, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Catherina Anderson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1847 · Casino Theatre (Copenhagen)

The Casino Theatre was built as an entertainment center by Georg Carstensen but was converted into a theatre in 1848. After many years of never gaining popularity, it was closed in 1937 and demolished in 1960.

1847

EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Christian Barfuss BIRTH 1 Jun 1800 Bern, Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland, Bern, Switzerland DEATH 16 Apr 1847 (aged 46) Bern, Switzerland BURIAL Logan City Cemetery Logan, Cache County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 27371672

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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