Caroline Christensen

Brief Life History of Caroline

When Caroline Christensen was born on 5 September 1848, in Ugilt, Vennebjerg, Hjørring, Denmark, her father, Christian Christensen, was 27 and her mother, Ane Marie Nielsdatter, was 27. She married Niels Peder Nielsen on 15 December 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Ephraim Election Precinct, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900 and Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States for about 28 years. She died on 24 May 1928, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Niels Peder Nielsen
1847–1923
Caroline Christensen
1848–1928
Marriage: 15 December 1868
Niels Peder Nielsen Jr
1869–1870
Nielsen
1871–1871
Heber Peter Nielsen
1872–1942
Hans Fredrick Nielson
1874–1931
David Waldemar Nielson
1876–1940
Abel Christian Nielsen
1878–1924
Aurelia Christine Nielsen
1880–1954
Aaron Godtfred Nielsen
1882–1963
Moses Marion Nielsen
1884–1950
Anna Marinda Adina Nielson
1886–1970
Caroline Matilda Nielsen
1888–1976
Ernest Hyrum Nielsen
1891–1962
Joseph Richard Nielsen
1893–1940

Sources (48)

  • Caroline Nielson in household of Niels P Nielson, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Caroline Christensen 1848 1848 Birth and Christening
  • Caroline Christensen Nielson, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"

World Events (8)

1854

Historical Boundaries: 1854: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

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 .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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