Karen Camilla Sorensen Moller

Brief Life History of Karen Camilla Sorensen

When Karen Camilla Sorensen Moller was born on 13 October 1845, in Hornslet, Kalø, Denmark, her father, Søren Moller Jensen, was 43 and her mother, Ane Kirstine Rasmusdatter, was 42. She married Andrew Nelson Sr on 28 March 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in United States in 1900 and Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States for about 12 years. She died on 27 December 1922, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Nelson Sr
1834–1909
Karen Camilla Sorensen Moller
1845–1922
Marriage: 28 March 1868
Fredrick Nelson
1869–1949
Charles Erastus Nelson
1872–1910
Anna Christina Nelson
1874–1962
Clara Magnetta Nelson
1875–1944
Julia Atine Nelson
1877–1877
Helga Matilda Nelson
1880–1881
Frank K Nelson
1881–1919

Sources (36)

  • Camille Nelson, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
  • Camilla Nelson, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"

World Events (8)

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.

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Jorgen, Borge, Nels, Sven, Anders, Bent, Bernt, Dagny, Gudrun, Hakon, Holger. German Kurt, Hans, Claus, Erwin, Horst, Wilhelm, Wolfgang, Elke, Ernst, Gerda, Gerhard, Gottfried.

North German (also Möller) and Danish (Møller): occupational name for a miller (see Moeller ). The surname Möller of German origin is also found in the Netherlands and some other European countries (compare 2 below). Compare also Moler 2.

Swedish (Möller): occupational name for a miller, of either German or Danish origin (see 1 above).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Moller, Karen Camilla - by Eunice M. Nelson

KAREN CAMILLA MOLLER NELSON BY EUNICE M. NELSON Karen Camilla Moller was born in Denmark on October 13, 1845 at Hornslet, Randers, Denmark, also called Rodskove. Her father, Soren Jensen Moller, …

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