Brief Life History of Johanne Catherine
When Johanne Catherine Christensen was born on 13 January 1844, in Hornstrup, Nørvang, Vejle, Denmark, her father, Christen Andersen, was 34 and her mother, Anne Margrethe Jensen Moller Ringkloster, was 26. She married Niels Lauridsen Lund I from January 1867 to December 1867, in Thisted, Viborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1880 and Mount Pleasant Election Precinct, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 21 March 1910, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Cathrine Magrethe Lund in household of Niels Lauridsen Lund, "Denmark Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Johanne Catherine Christensen - birth: 13 January 1844; Hornstrup, Vejle, Denmark
- Katherine Lund, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Bent, Anders, Thor, Jorgen, Nils, Einer, Viggo, Folmer.
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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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