Kirsten Hansdatter

Brief Life History of Kirsten

When Kirsten Hansdatter was born on 25 November 1813, in Lillebrænde, Nykøbing, Denmark, her father, Hans Jeppesen, was 42 and her mother, Regina Jensdatter, was 38. She married Jens Peder Nielsen Rase on 10 July 1840, in Torkilstrup, Nykøbing, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1855 and lived in Torkilstrup, Falsters Nørre, Maribo, Denmark in 1850 and Virgin, Kane, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 21 April 1893, at the age of 79, and was buried in Virgin, Washington, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Simon Andersen
1823–1904
Kirsten Hansdatter
1813–1893
Marriage: 16 November 1850
Dorthe Regine Jensen
1842–1855
Birthe Kristine Jensdatter
1844–1879
Jørgen Jensen
1848–1855
Ane Margrethe Simonsen
1852–1852
Karen Simonsen
1852–1858
Ane Regine Andersen
1855–1858

Sources (20)

  • Kristen Anderson in household of Simon Anderson, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Kirsten Hansdr, "Denmark, Marriages, 1635-1916"
  • Christine Hansen Nielsen Andersen, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1814

Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

form of Christine , now also well established in the English-speaking world. A well-known bearer of the name was the Norwegian opera singer Kirsten Flagstad ( 1895–1962 ).

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

Story Highlight

1854: Steamship "Cimbria" Simon Andersen, wife Kirsten and 4 children passengers from Copenhagen to Hull, England.

A Compilation of General Voyage Notes: On the twenty-third, twenty-fourth, and twenty-seventh of November, 1854, about five hundred Scandinavian Saints sailed from Copenhagen, Denmark, on board the s …

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