Brief Life History of Niels Peder
When Niels Peder Nielsen was born on 13 February 1847, in Nørre Ørslev, Falsters Sønder, Maribo, Denmark, his father, Peder Nielsen, was 44 and his mother, Kirsten Andersdatter, was 38. He married Caroline Christensen on 15 December 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Nørre Ørslev, Nørre Ørslev, Nykøbing, Denmark in 1855 and Ephraim Election Precinct, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 17 April 1923, in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Niels Pedersen in household of Peder Nielsen, "Denmark Census, 1860"
- Niels Pedersen (Peder Nielsen) birth
- Niels Peter Nielson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Jorgen, Knud, Lars, Nels, Bent, Borge, Holger, Ove, Einer, Oluf.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Niels, a shortened form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas ). Compare Nielson , Neilsen , Nelsen , Nilsen , and Nilson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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