Gertrude Pedersen

Brief Life History of Gertrude

When Gertrude Pedersen was born on 30 July 1834, in Tårnby, Tårnby, Copenhagen, Denmark, her father, Peder Crellisen, was 34 and her mother, Karen Andreasen Agerlin, was 24. She married Jacob Bastian on 24 April 1857, in Westmorland, England, United Kingdom. She lived in Tårnby, Sokkelund, Copenhagen, Denmark for about 15 years. She died on 16 September 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 23, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Bastian
1835–1924
Gertrude Pedersen
1834–1857
Marriage: 24 April 1857

Sources (29)

  • Gjertrud Pedersen in household of Karen Agerlin, "Denmark Census, 1855"
  • Gjertrud Pedersen, "Denmark, Marriages, 1635-1916"
  • Gertrude Pedersen Bastian, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (4)

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.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847 · Casino Theatre (Copenhagen)

The Casino Theatre was built as an entertainment center by Georg Carstensen but was converted into a theatre in 1848. After many years of never gaining popularity, it was closed in 1937 and demolished in 1960.

Name Meaning

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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From the Life History of Jacob Bastian

Written March 1917, by Arthur L. Crawford (Grandson of Jacob Bastian) Gertrude Petersen, the daughter of a sidow-broker, was young, beautiful, intelligent and refined. She had been Jacob Bastian's f …

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