Brief Life History of Anders
When Anders Madsen was born on 3 December 1850, in Tornved, Jyderup, Holbæk, Denmark, his father, Ole Lykke Madsen, was 35 and his mother, Ane Jensen, was 41. He married Annie Maria Jensen on 28 December 1874, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Jyderup, Tuse, Holbæk, Denmark in 1855 and Chester Election Precinct, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1867. He died on 13 May 1936, in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Andrew Madsen, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Legacy NFS Source: Anders Olsen - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Anders (andrew) Olsen or Madsen
- Andrew Madsen, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1852
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
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.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Jorgen, Per, Viggo, Anders, Carsten, Niels, Thor, Alf, Einer, Jeppe.
Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Mads, a pet form of Mat(t)hias or Mat(t)heus (see Matthew ). This surname is also found in northern Germany. Compare Madson , Matson , and Mattson .
English: variant of Madson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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1856: "James G. Willie Company" Ole Madsen, wife Ane and 4 children are in this company. Ole died at Rocky Ridge, Wyo.
John Chislett (1831-1914) The Tragedy of the Willie Handcart Company in 1856: The following narrative is by John Chislett, who was a 24 year old British convert to the church. This narrative came fr …
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