Peter Christian Petersen [19200] ^10834,10835

   Andre navne for Peter var Christian Peter Pedersen og Christen Peter Petersen.

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Information from Madeline (Petersen) Peterson:
Christen was called "Little Chris." He walked a lot and was described as short and with a bit of a hunch back. He
had a saying that he liked: "After breakfast walk a mile. After supper rest a while." .

At the age of 11 yrs. came to the United States with his mother who was coming over to keep house for her sister's recently widowed
husband, who she ended up marrying.
To our knowledge we do not know if the sister's husband adopted him or not but he was raised and treated equally with the other children born to that marriage.
Christian was an illegitimate child and his real father's name was Jens Christensen.
Christian lived and married in Dannebrog, NE. He married Karen Trina Kaae on 1 Nov 1891 at Marquette, NE.
they farmed in that area near St. Libory for the next 5 years. in 1915 they went to Dannevirke where they operated a store for
two years. After that they returned to Dannebrog and lived there until the death of his wife in 1933.
He spent the next seven years living with his son Carl and family in Cheyenne, WY. Sometime during the last year or so he moved to Rawlins, WY to live with another son, Elmer where he was planning to spend the winter. Death came at the age of 78 yrs. in Jan of 1941.
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Christen Peter Dies in Rawlins
Printed in the Rawlins, Wyoming newpaper

Christen Peter Petersen, 78, father of Mrs. Leonora Titus and E.J. Petersen of Rawlins, died at 103 East Buffalo Street at 5:30 o'clock yesterday morning. The elderly man, whose health had rapidly declined the past week came to this city from Dannebrog, Neb., in December to make his home.

The last rites for Mr. Petersen will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Collins-McKelvey Chapel, the remains to be sent to Dannebrog, Neb., for interment.

Mr. Petersen was born June 18, 1862 in Denmark and came to the United States when but 10 years old. As a young man he was a stonemason, making his living at this employment for about 10 years. He turned to farming, however, and a few years ago retired.

In 1933 he was preceded in death by his wife, Karen Petersen. He leaves four children, Ed W. Petersen of Ravenna, Neb., Carl F Petersen of Cheyenne, Mrs. Titus, and E.J. Petersen of this city, and nine grandchildren.


Printed in the Dannebrog News

CHRIS P. PETERSEN
Last Rites Held Here Monday

Funeral Services were held in Dannebrog Monday for Chris P. Petersen, Former Resident here whose death occurred Friday at the home of a son in Rawlins, Wyoming. With the Jacobsen Mortuary in charge, services were held at the Lutheran Church, the Rev. L.C. Hansen officiating. Interment was made in Oak Ridge Cemetery.

Pall Bearers were A.O. Andersen, Chris Christensen, Jacob Sorensen, A.M. Jensen, W.F. Lauritsen and P.C. Pedersen.


OBITUARY

Christen Peter Petersen, son of Jens M. Petersen and wife Karen Petersen, was born June 18 1862 at Skjoldborg, Jutland, Denmark and died of a heart attack January 14, 1941 at the home of his son Elmer in Rawlins, Wyoming.

At the age of 11 Mr. Petersen came to this country with his parents and settled at Dannebrog, Nebraska. He lived in this community until 25 years of age. As a young man he followed the trade of stone mason.

On November 1 1891 he was married at Marquette, Nebraska to Karen Trine Kaae. They farmed a year on a place near Marquette and four years at Chapman. After leaving Chapman they farmed at St. Libory until 1915 when they went to Dannebrog where they operated a store for two years. Mr. Petersen and wife came to Dannebrog and her Mr. Petersen lived until the death of Mrs. Petersen, August 25, 1933.

The past seven years he has lived most of the time with his son Ferdinand in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He went to the home of the son in Rawlins Wyoming shortly before last Christmas and was planning to stay for the winter.

Preceding him in death were his wife, also on son Alfred, who died at Dannevirke, September 22, 1916 at the age of 13 years.

Left to mourn are three sons; Ferdinand Petersen of Cheyenne, Edmund Petersen of Ravenna, Elmer Petersen of Rawlins, and one daughter Leonora of Rawlins.

There are also four brothers, P.S. Petersen and P.O. Petersen of Dannebrog, E.M. Petersen of Grand Rapids, Michigan and Anton C Petersen of Sioux City, Iowa; two sisters, Mrs. Niels Christensen and Mrs. Laurence Sorensen of Boelus.

The deceased was 78 years, 7 months, and four days of age at the time of his death.

NOTE: In the U.S. the name Christian was used earlier in his life, later it was Christen and Chris. Christen is the name on his death certificate.

Christen was born as Peder Christian Pedersen in Visby, Hassing, Thisted, Denmark. Christen came to America with his mother, Karen Pedersen by request of Jens M. Petersen, widowed by his first wife Dorothea who was Karen's sister. Karen and Jens later married.

Peter blev gift med Karen Trine Andersen Kaae [19202] [MRIN: 6799], datter af Jens Andersen Kaae [20387] og Mette Marie Christensdatter [20388], den 1 Nov. 1891 i Marquette, Hamilton, Nebraska, United States. (Karen Trine Andersen Kaae [19202] blev født den 13 Aug. 1871 i Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States og døde den 24 Aug. 1933 i Dannebrog, Howard, Nebraska, United States.)

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Farm of Jens Andersen Kaae, Karen's father, near Marquette, Hamilton, Nebraska