When Christen Christensen was born on 29 July 1817, in Flarup, Ydby, Refs, Thisted, Denmark, his father, Christen Christensen, was 28 and his mother, Maren Christensdatter, was 27. He married Karen Lauritzen on 25 March 1845, in Thisted, Viborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He immigrated to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1866 and lived in Ydby, Refs, Thisted, Denmark for about 6 years and Gettrup, Refs, Thisted, Denmark for about 10 years. He died on 21 November 1899, in Gunnison, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Gunnison, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christen . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the especially Danish and Norwegian variant Kristensen . Compare Christenson and Christianson .
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Possible Related NamesColleen Keeler was my grandmother and the great-great-granddaughter of Christen Christensen and Karen Lauritzen. Christen was the oldest of seven children born to his parents in the old town of Flaru …
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