Ane Marie Dorthea Nielsen

Brief Life History of Ane Marie Dorthea

When Ane Marie Dorthea Nielsen was born on 23 March 1843, in Gudum, Fleskum, Ålborg, Denmark, her father, Anders Nielsen, was 47 and her mother, Anne Johanne Johansdatter, was 31. She married Hugh Findlay on 5 July 1862, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 6 June 1872, in Fish Haven, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, at the age of 29, and was buried in Fish Haven Cemetery, Fish Haven, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hugh Findlay
1822–1900
Ane Marie Dorthea Nielsen
1843–1872
Marriage: 5 July 1862
Leon Jared Findlay
1865–1938
Horace Findlay
1866–1868
Dora Althea Findlay
1868–1909

Sources (32)

  • Ane Dorthea Andersdatter in household of Niels Mikkelsen, "Denmark Census, 1850"
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847

EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Isabella Ratray Findlay BIRTH 1 Mar 1821 Fife, Scotland DEATH 21 Feb 1847 (aged 25) Dundee, Dundee City, Scotland CENOTAPH Fish Haven Cemetery Fish Haven, Bear Lake County, Idaho, USA PLOT 13a MEMORIAL ID 10376015

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.

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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Story Highlight

1853: John E. Forsgren Company. Niels Mikkelsen, wife Ane Johanne and 4 children in this company.

Transcript Transcript for Manuscript history of the John E. Forsgren Emigrating Company: Thursday, May 19. At noon we left our camp in Keokuk, and in the evening made camp ten English miles out. Fri …

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