Brief Life History of Cecelia
When Cecelia Jorgensen was born on 23 May 1853, in Ålborg, Nordjylland, Denmark, her father, Peter Jorgensen, was 37 and her mother, Louise Janine Hansen, was 27. She married Thomas Morrell on 26 December 1871. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1858 and lived in Cache, Utah, United States in 1860 and Logan, Cache, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 7 October 1926, at the age of 73, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Cecelia Morrell, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Cecelia Yorgensen - birth: about 1853; Denmark
- Cecelia Yorgenson, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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1859 · Logan is Founded
"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""
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, Jorgen, Nels, Lars, Niels, Holger, Anders, Borge, Einer, Folmer, Morten, Bjorn.
Danish and Norwegian (Jørgensen); North German (Jörgensen): patronymic from the personal name Jørgen, Jörgen, from Greek Geōrgios (see George ). Compare Jergensen , Jergenson , Jorgenson , and Yorgensen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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