When Christiana Petersen was born on 14 June 1850, in Veddum, Skelund, Ålborg, Denmark, her father, Niels Pedersen, was 49 and her mother, Johanne Pedersdatter, was 40. She married William Powell on 14 September 1866, in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 12 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Skelund, Hindsted, Ålborg, Denmark in 1860 and Utah, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 11 March 1926, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1860: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Lars, Niels, Jorgen, Holger, Anders, Einer, Aksel, Bent, Gunner, Knud.
Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Peter .
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Pedersen or Pettersen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesA Biographical Life Sketch ANNE MARIE PEDERSEN LARSEN A BIOGRAPHICAL LIFE SKETCH BY HER SON OLUF LARSEN Source: LDS Church Archives Microfilm No. MS6840. Transcribed by: Lois F. …
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