When Hans Christian Nielsen was born on 14 June 1853, in Herringe, Sallinge, Svendborg, Denmark, his father, Peter Nielsen, was 23 and his mother, Mette Kirstine Hansdatter, was 30. He married Mary Hansen on 20 December 1875, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Borre, Mønbo, Præstø, Denmark in 1860 and Scipio, Millard, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 26 February 1935, in Salina, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in East Side Cemetery, Salina, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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The Copenhagen Waterworks was the first waterworks in Denmark and served the community until 1951. It was one of the first buildings to be built outside Copenhagen's old city walls.
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Jorgen, Knud, Lars, Nels, Bent, Borge, Holger, Ove, Einer, Oluf.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Niels, a shortened form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas ). Compare Nielson , Neilsen , Nelsen , Nilsen , and Nilson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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