When Elisabeth Christensen was born on 30 August 1861, in Voer, Voer, Børglum, Denmark, her father, Jens Christensen, was 23 and her mother, Anna Gertrude Erdmann, was 22. She married Joseph Gine Wright on 30 October 1879, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She immigrated to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1866 and lived in Chester, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900 and Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 13 March 1934, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Spring City Cemetery, Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Bent, Anders, Thor, Jorgen, Nils, Einer, Viggo, Folmer.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christen . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the especially Danish and Norwegian variant Kristensen . Compare Christenson and Christianson .
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