Soren Peter Rasmussen

Brief Life History of Soren Peter

When Soren Peter Rasmussen was born on 30 August 1851, in Holme, Havreballegård, Denmark, his father, Michel or Mikkel Rasmussen, was 41 and his mother, Ingeborg Sorensdatter, was 34. He married Katherine Ann Jost on 10 May 1877, in Chester, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to United States in 1861 and lived in Chester, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1880 and Riverdale, Weber, Utah, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1867. He died on 10 April 1939, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Mount Pleasant City Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Soren Peter Rasmussen
1851–1939
Katherine Ann Jost
1841–1916
Marriage: 10 May 1877
Andy Jost Rasmussen
1877–1969
William Sherman Rasmussen
1878–1954
Arthur Freeman Rasmussen
1881–1969
Katie Mable Rasmussen
1883–1940
Howard Peter Rasmussen
1884–1966

Sources (31)

  • Peter Rassmussen, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Soren Peter Rasmussen - Government record: birth: 30 August 1851; Denmark
  • Peter Rasmussen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1855

EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER A. Marie Dinnesen Neilson BIRTH 13 Feb 1829 Denmark DEATH 2 Jan 1855 (aged 25) BURIAL Mount Pleasant City Cemetery Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 42004366 · View Source

1863

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

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, Lars, Jorgen, Niels, Bent, Holger, Thor, Borge, Knute, Per, Alf.

Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Rasmus .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Story Highlight

1859: "James S. Brown Company" Mikkel Rasmussen, wife Ingeborg and family are in this company

Transcript for Peter Rasmussen autobiography: In 1857 my father and mother sent three of the older children on to Salt Lake City with handcarts. I had an uncle, Rasmus Rasmussen, in Spring City, who …

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