Brief Life History of Christian Peter
When Christian Peter Lausen was born in August 1862, in Denmark, his father, Peter Lausen, was 18 and his mother, Frederekke Margrethe JoHansen Mathiesen, was 16. He married Bertha Levantha Bean on 11 June 1882. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died on 20 February 1938, in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Fairview Park Cemetery, DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois, United States.
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- Christian P Sausen, "United States Census, 1930"
- Christian Peter Lausen, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Christian P Lausen, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Magasin Du Nord
Magasin is a Danish chain of department stores that was founded in 1868 in Copenhagen and still exists today. They can be found in Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, and the UK.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Holger, Bente, Ingard, Niels, Ansgar, Astrid, Bent, Bjorn, Erik, Evald, Jorgen, Knud.
North German, Danish, and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Claus , a shortened form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas ). In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variants Claussen and Klausen . Compare Clauson 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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