When Karen Marie Pedersen was born on 20 August 1848, in Kirke Hvalsø, Roskilde, Denmark, her father, Peder Nielsen, was 31 and her mother, Caroline Sophia Sørensen, was 25. She married Hans Rasmussen on 6 July 1869. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1868 and lived in Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1900 and Cache, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 11 March 1915, in Moore, Butte, Idaho, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Butte, Idaho, United States.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Niels, Bjorn, Knud, Nils, Anders, Jorgen, Egil, Einer, Knut, Peer.
Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Peder (see Peter ). This surname is also found in northern Germany. Compare Petersen 2 and Peterson 1.
English: variant of Peterson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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