Peter John Fjeldsted

Brief Life History of Peter John

When Peter John Fjeldsted was born on 19 August 1853, in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, his father, Christian Daniel Fjeldsted, was 24 and his mother, Karen C. Olsen, was 32. He married Birte Marie Jensen on 12 October 1875, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 23 December 1926, in Thomas, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Thomas, Bingham, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Peter John Fjeldsted
1853–1926
Birte Marie Jensen
1857–1940
Marriage: 12 October 1875
Mathias Fjeldsted
1870–1938
Peter Christian Fjeldsted
1876–1952
Mary Amelia Fjeldsted
1879–1969
Bertha Marie Fjeldstead
1882–1947
Martha Caroline Fjeldsted
1885–1969
Ada Bodella Fjeldsted
1887–1986
Edwin Leroy Felsted
1890–1982
Norman Samuel Fjeldsted
1892–1978
Edith Irene Fjeldsted
1896–1989

Sources (48)

  • Peter I Feltsted, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Peter John Fjelsted, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
  • Peter John Fjelsted, "Idaho, Jefferson Star, County Cemetery Records, 1800-2000"

World Events (8)

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

form of the name of the best-known of all Christ's apostles, traditionally regarded as the founder of the Christian Church. The name derives, via Latin, from Greek petros ‘stone, rock’. This is used as a translation of the Aramaic byname Cephas, given to the apostle Simon son of Jona, to distinguish him from another of the same name ( Simon Zelotes ). ‘When Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone’ (John 1:42). According to Matthew 16:17–18, Christ says more explicitly, ‘Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona … thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church’. The name has been in continuous use since the Middle Ages.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

Story Highlight

Peter John Fjeldsted and The Grizzly Bear

When Peter John Fjeldsted was a young boy, about 1865 around the age of 13, 14 or 15, his father Christian Daniel Fjeldsted had broken his leg. Winter was approaching and the family did not have suff …

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