Emma Hansdatter

Brief Life History of Emma

When Emma Hansdatter was born on 18 August 1851, in Farum, Frederiksborg, Denmark, her father, Hans Jensen, was 33 and her mother, Christena Jensine Madsen Nielsdatter, was 30. She married Niels Christian Edlefsen on 29 September 1866, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 24 November 1923, in Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Niels Christian Edlefsen
1827–1898
Emma Hansdatter
1851–1923
Marriage: 29 September 1866
Edlef Backsenblohm Edlefsen
1860–1931
George Cannon Edlefsen
1862–1864
Charles Edlefsen
1867–1949
Brigham Edlefsen
1869–1869
Emma Edlefsen
1870–1870
Mary Edlefsen
1877–1923
Magdalene “Lane” Edlefsen
1881–1959
Victor B Edlefsen
1891–1972

Sources (19)

  • Emma J Edlefsen in household of Herman Hemmer, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Emma J. Edlefson, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
  • Emma Jensen, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1859 · Logan is Founded

"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

Old French name, of Germanic (Frankish) origin, originally a short form of compound names such as Ermintrude containing the word erm(en), irm(en) ‘entire’. It was adopted by the Normans and introduced by them to Britain, but its popularity in medieval England was greatly enhanced by the fact that it had been borne by the mother of Edward the Confessor, herself a Norman. In modern times, it was only in moderate use early in the 20th century but rose sharply in favour in the 1970s and has since remained perennially popular.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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