When Parley Pratt Petersen was born on 2 June 1864, in Gårdsholt, Voer, Børglum, Denmark, his father, Peter Petersen, was 32 and his mother, Marie Thomasdatter, was 22. He immigrated to Wyoming, Otoe, Nebraska, United States in 1866. He died on 17 August 1866, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 2.
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Lars, Niels, Jorgen, Holger, Anders, Einer, Aksel, Bent, Gunner, Knud.
Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Peter .
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Pedersen or Pettersen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesParley Pratt Petersen was born on 2 June 1864 in Gaardsholt,Voer, Hjorring, Denmark to Peter and Marie Thomasdatter Petersen. He was the youngest of four children, two girls and two boys, all born in …
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