Brief Life History of Johanne
When Johanne Pedersdatter was born on 29 April 1810, in Lille Brøndum, Bælum, Ålborghus, Denmark, her father, Peder Sørensen Bak, was 33 and her mother, Anne Marie Nielsen, was 30. She married Niels Pedersen on 5 November 1831, in Bælum, Ålborghus, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1862 and lived in Skelund, Hindsted, Ålborg, Denmark for about 20 years. She died on 6 January 1879, in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Ephraim Pioneer Cemetery, Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Johanne Pedersen in household of Niels Nielsen, "Denmark Census, 1860"
- Parrish Birth Record for Anne Kirstine (Kristine) Nielsen
- Johanne Pederson Bach Pederson, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1824
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER A Gustram BIRTH 24 Nov 1821 DEATH 3 Oct 1824 (aged 2) BURIAL Ephraim Pioneer Cemetery Ephraim, Sanpete County, Utah, USA PLOT 13 MEMORIAL ID 67193998 · View Source
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.
Name Meaning
and Norwegian feminine form of Johan .
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