Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Christenson was born on 14 May 1863, in Tobøl, Holsted, Ribe, Denmark, her father, Christen Christensen, was 50 and her mother, Anne Katrine Christiansdatter, was 39. She married Soren Karl Davidsen on 26 April 1884, in Føvling, Malt, Ribe, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Wittenberg, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States in 1920 and Stanley, South Dakota, United States in 1930. She died on 23 January 1931, in Olivet, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Wakonda, Clay, South Dakota, United States.
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- Elen Davidson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Ellen Christensen, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
- Ellen Kristensen, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1871
Historical Boundaries: 1871: Hutchinson, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Christensson or Kristensson: patronymic from the personal name Christen , Kristen. This is also an Americanized form of the Danish, Norwegian, and North German cognates Christensen and Kristensen . Compare Christeson and Christianson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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