Christina Maria Birkedahl

Brief Life History of Christina Maria

When Christina Maria Birkedahl was born on 11 April 1825, in Rødding, Frøs, Haderslev, Denmark, her father, Bertel Bertelsen Birkedahl, was 49 and her mother, Maren Jørgensdatter, was 46. She married Jörgen Christiansen Smidt on 1 September 1850, in Læborg, Vejen, Ribe, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Richfield Election Precinct, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 28 December 1900, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jörgen Christiansen Smidt
1823–1908
Christina Maria Birkedahl
1825–1900
Marriage: 1 September 1850
Theldeven Maren Smidt
1851–1867
Christian Smidt
1853–1858
Bertel Birkedahl Smidt
1855–1857
Marie Birkedahl Smith
1857–1857
Susane Smith
1859–1861
Jorgen Smith
1861–1938
Christine Maria Smith
1863–1906
Caroline Smith
1864–1869
Wilhelmina Smith
1864–1919
Joseph Smith
1867–1926

Sources (27)

  • Christine Marie in household of Lorenz Berkedahl, "Denmark Census, 1840"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Christina Maria Birkedahl - Church record: Birth record or certificate: birth: 11 December 1825; Rødding, Haderslev, Denmark
  • Christine Maria Birkedal, "Denmark, Marriages, 1635-1916"

World Events (8)

1829 · Oldest Leather Goods in Denmark

Kuffert Sorensen was established in 1829 by Carl Peter Sorensen as a leather goods company. Today the business has five locations and each are run by a member of the Sorensen family.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Simplified form of Latin Christiana, feminine form of Christianus ( see Christian ), or a Latinized form of Middle English Christin ‘Christian’ (Old English christen, from Latin).

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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Brief History of Jorgen Smith, Christina Birkedahl and their daughter Mary Smith

Mary Smith Written by my Grandmother Mary Haws Worthen My Great Grandparents Jorgen Smith and Christina Birkedahl were married in Denmark [in] 1850. They lived there until 1856, they with their thre …

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