When Margrethe Louise Pedersdatter was born on 11 September 1862, in Eidsfoss, Hof, Vestfold, Norway, her father, Martin Pedersen, was 31 and her mother, Inger Catrine Larsdatter, was 35. She married Iver Carl Magnus Nielsen on 22 March 1885, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 29 May 1954, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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An extremely common given name from the Middle Ages onwards, derived via Old French Marguerite and Latin Margarita from Greek Margarītēs, from margaron ‘pearl’, a word ultimately of Hebrew origin. The name was always understood to mean ‘pearl’ throughout the Middle Ages. The first St Margaret was martyred at Antioch in Pisidia during the persecution instigated by the Emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century. However, there is some doubt about her name, as the same saint is venerated in the Orthodox Church as Marina . There were several other saintly bearers of the name, including St Margaret of Scotland ( d. 1093 ), wife of King Malcolm Canmore and daughter of Edmund Ironside of England. It was also the name of the wife of Henry VI of England, Margaret of Anjou ( 1430–82 ), and of Margaret Tudor ( 1489–1541 ), sister of Henry VIII , who married James IV of Scotland and ruled as regent there after his death. See also Margery , Marjorie .
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Possible Related NamesCharles Magnus Nielsen by Jeffrey S. Hardy Charles Magnus Nielsen was born on 26 January 1856 in Christiania, Norway, to Christopher Nielsen and Maren Sophie Olafsen. Charles received little educati …
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