Martina Charlotta Nielsen

Brief Life History of Martina Charlotta

When Martina Charlotta Nielsen was born on 11 September 1852, in Blovstrød, Lynge-Kronborg, Frederiksborg, Denmark, her father, Jens Michael Nielsen, was 22 and her mother, Maria Larsdotter or Anderson, was 31. She married Christian Sanders on 23 May 1868, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Fayette, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1880 and Gunnison Election Precinct, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 27 July 1915, in Otto, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Otto Cemetery, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States.

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Family Time Line

Christian Sanders
1850–1925
Martina Charlotta Nielsen
1852–1915
Marriage: 23 May 1868
Esther Martina Sanders
1870–1945
Affelone Eleanor Sanders
1872–1880
Hilda Sanders
1874–1953
Alex Christian Sanders
1876–1961
Frank Edmund Sanders
1878–1925
Frederick Sanders
1880–1881
Loae Amanda Sanders
1882–1971
Rachel Sanders
1884–1918
Paul James Sanders
1886–1918
Hazel Christine Sanders
1889–1969
Jesse Andrew Sanders
1891–1969
Emma Mary Sanders
1893–1968

Sources (28)

  • Marthine Charlotte Nielsen in household of Jens Michal Nilsen, "Denmark Census, 1860"
  • Denmark, Births and Christenings Index, 1631-1900s
  • Martina Carlotta Nielsen Sanders, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1859 · Copenhagen Waterworks

The Copenhagen Waterworks was the first waterworks in Denmark and served the community until 1951. It was one of the first buildings to be built outside Copenhagen's old city walls.

1862

Historical Boundaries: 1862: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

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.

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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