Brief Life History of Peter Olaf
When Peter Olaf Thomassen was born on 29 August 1836, in Drammen, Drammen, Buskerud, Norway, his father, Johan Joseph Thomassen, was 31 and his mother, Anne Bolette Bronn, was 26. He married Petrine Rasmine Petersen on 22 August 1858, in Holmens, København, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870 and Skannerup, Gjern, Skanderborg, Denmark in 1890. In 1880, at the age of 44, his occupation is listed as clerk in railroad depot in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 28 October 1891, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Peter A Thomassen, "United States Census, 1880"
- Peder Oluf Thomasen, "Denmark, Marriages, 1635-1916"
- Peter O Thomassen, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1843 · Edvard Grieg
Birth year of renown musical composer and pianist. Born in Bergen, Norway. Musical composer and pianist whose music is known worldwide. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions brought the music of Norway to develop a national identity,
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1852
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Stockholm.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Tor, Jorgen, Lars, Oddmund, Per. Dutch Pieter, Frans.
Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Thomas .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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