When Andrew Nelson Sr was born on 8 March 1834, in Kalhave, Hornborg, Skanderborg, Denmark, his father, Niels Andersen, was 88 and his mother, Marie Kristine Jensdatter, was 26. He married Metta Gudkjaersen about 1854, in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Øster Snede, Nørvang, Vejle, Denmark in 1845 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 17 September 1909, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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The Casino Theatre was built as an entertainment center by Georg Carstensen but was converted into a theatre in 1848. After many years of never gaining popularity, it was closed in 1937 and demolished in 1960.
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, Utah Territory, United States 1851: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
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.
English: patronymic from the personal name Nell or Nele, either of which might be a pet form of Elias or less commonly of Niel (from Latin Nigellus). See also Neal .
Americanized form of Swedish Nilsson and also of the Danish, Norwegian, and North German cognates Nielsen and Nilsen (compare Nelsen ). Compare also Neilson and Nielson .
History: The Nelson name was an important one in 18th-century VA, starting with Thomas ‘Scotch Tom’ Nelson, who emigrated to VA at the close of the 17th century from Penrith, Cumbria, where the Nelsons were numerous. Scotch Tom settled c. 1700 at Yorktown, VA, where he became a successful merchant and landholder. His son was sheriff and a member of the VA Council, and his grandson, Thomas Nelson (1738–89), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was governor of VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesThe founder of the Nelson Family, Anders Nielsen, changed his name to Andrew Nelson in America. Born in Denmark in 1834, he was an only child. Joined the Mormon Church in 1851. One year later, …
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