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Name =  Albert George Andersen

Dates on Tombstone = 8-20-1880  -  1-9-1885

Buried in Lot 7

Parents = James & Maren Sophia Andersen

ANDERSEN, ALBERT GEORGE
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Name =  Albert James Andersen

Dates on Tombstone = 11-10-1885  -  12-3-1952

Buried in Lot 7

Parents = James & Maren Sophia Andersen

Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
December 4, 1952

Anderson Rites Set For Friday

Funeral services for Albert James Anderson, 67, will be held this
Friday afternoon at 1:30 from the Elim Lutheran Church at Swaburg,
with the Rev. Edward T. Chindvall officiating.  Interment will be
in the church cemetery under the direction of Wollmer & Warne.

Pallbearers will be Edwin Dam, Ed Mallette, Oscar Wittmann, Harold
Mallette, Louis Graver and Glen Johnson.

Mr. Anderson, a lifelong resident of the Swaburg community, was
born Nov. 10, 1885, on the farm northeast of Hooper, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Anderson and spent his entire life in farming.

Surviving him are a sister, Mrs. Alfred Anderson, and two nephews,
Alvin and Ray Olsen of Hooper.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, Mrs. James
Olsen, and two brothers, Julius and Albert.




ANDERSEN, ALBERT JAMES    
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Name =  Alfred Andersen

Dates on Tombstone = 11-20-1890  -  11-15-1976

Buried in Lot 25

Spouse = Marie Andersen (1925)

Parents = Peter Jacob & Sophia Karen (Hansen) Andersen

Obituary - Summary

The Oakland Independent
November 25, 1976

Alfred Andersen, 85, died on Nov. 15, 1976 at Scribner.   He was
Born on Nov. 30, 1890 in Washington County to Peter Jacob & Sophie
Andersen.  He married Marie Andersen on Feb. 18, 1925.  They retired
to Uehling in 1957.  She died on Dec. 18, 1973.  He was preceded in
death by his parents, his wife, brother, Walter, and sister, Mary
(Mrs. Louis) Petersen.  He was survived by 3 sisters; Mrs. Dena
McBroom, Mrs. Emma Sohl and Mrs. Annie Jacobson.  He was buried at
the West Admah Cemetery. 



 

ANDERSEN, ALFRED
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Name =  Ane Andersen

Dates on Tombstone =  12-28-1823  -  3-7-1907

Buried in Lot 2

Spouse = Jens Andersen

Parents =

Summary

The Oakland Independent
March 15, 1907

Mrs. Anna Andersen, mother of Mrs. James Anderson, died Friday
evening after a few weeks illness.  She lived on a small farm about
1 mile north of Admah.  Survivors are 1 daughter, Mrs. James
Anderson, several grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
She was buried at the Danish Lutheran Cemetery where her husband and
daughter(Marie J. Williamson) are buried.

ANDERSEN, ANE
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Name =  James Andersen

Dates on Tombstone = 9-13-1848  -  4-21-1929

Buried in Lot 7

Spouse = Maren Sophia Andersen (1879)

Parents = Andrew & Mary (Hansen) Petersen

Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
April 25, 1929

James Andersen, an old time and highly respected resident of Craig
township in Burt county, 12 miles to the northeast of Hooper, and
an uncle of Mrs. J. R. Bott of this city, passed away Sunday, April
21, 1929, following a lengthy illness from ailments incident to old
age.

Mr. Andersen had attained the age of 80 years, 7 months and 18
days, he having been born in Denmark September 18, 1848.  He came
to this country when a young man and for a time was engaged in
railroading in Wyoming.  Over forty years ago he settled on the
farm in Burt county that had been his home ever since.

Mrs. Andersen died a number of years ago, and the close surviving
relatives are the four children who reside in the community
northeast of Hooper. These are Mrs. James Olsen, Mrs. Alfred
Andersen, Albert and Julius Andersen.

Funeral services will be held this Thursday afternoon at 1:30 from
the Danish church in the Admah vicinity.

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Washinton County History

James Andersen

James, son of Andrew and Mary (Hansen) Petersen, was born in
Venslov, Soro County, Slagelse, Sjaelland, Denmark, on September 13,
1848.  He and all but two of his thirteen brothers and sisters,
their spouses, and families - along with the parents - came to
America in the 1870's or thereabouts, and settled in Burt and
Washington Counties.  However, for a time James was engaged in
railroading in Wyoming.

Maren Sofie Andersen was born in Flemtoft, Denmark, on September 14,
1859, to James and Anna Andersen.  She came to America with her
parents in 1868, settling near Admah, Washington County, where she
lived until her marriage.

Rev. A. M. Andersen united James and Mary in marriage on December
29, 1878, at Clark Creek in Burt County with Christian and Karen
Andersen, his siser, as witnesses.

James started farming in Burt County about 1889, and this is where
they made their home.  Grandsons LeRoy and Alvin Olsen still farm
there.  The first homestead house is still there, although the
larger home was moved in.  Andrew Petersens had many children
farming in Burt and Washington counties, but James was the last and
only one to stay on a homestead site.  All of the others eventually
moved to Blair, Ruskin, Racine, Colorado, North Dakota, or Canada.

There were five children born to this unuon: Albert George, who died
at age five, Mrs. James (Ella) Olsen; Albert James; Julius; and Mrs.
Alfred (Marie) Andersen.  There are two grandsons.

A stroke of paralysis, suffered on January 17, brought on the direct
cause of Mary's death four days later on Januray 21, 1918, at only
age 58.  James died on April 21, 1929, following a lengthy illness
from ailments incident to old age, but not until after he had
attained an age somewhat over eighty.  Both funeral services were
held at the West Admah Church, and they are both buried in that
cemetery near other loved ones.  Submitted my Mrs. Joan Allgor. 

ANDERSEN, JAMES    
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Name =  Jens Andersen

Dates on Tombstone = 2-22-1823  -  10-9-1883

Buried in Lot 2

Spouse = Ane Andersen

Parents =  

Jens Andersen was born in Denmark on Feb. 22, 1823.  He married his
wife, Ane, there and 2 daughers were born at Flemtoft, Denmark;
Maren Sophia (Andersen) on September 14, 1859 and Maria J.
(Williamson) on August 27, 1842.  The family emigrated to the USA in
1868 and settled at Admah, Washington, County, Nebraska.  Jens died
on Oct. 9, 1883 and is buried in lot 2 of the West Admah Cemetery.
Jens was survived by his wife, Ane, and daughters, Maren Sophia
(Mrs. James Andersen)and Marie J. (Mrs. Peter W. Williamson).  

ANDERSEN, JENS
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Name =  Julius Walter Andersen

Dates on Tombstone = 6-5-1890  -  1-20-1946

Buried in Lot 7

Parents = James & Maren Sophia Andersen

Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
January 24, 1946

Rites Held For Swaburg Citizen

Swaburg - Julius Andersen, a life-long resident of the Swaburg
community, passed away suddenly Sunday noon at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Alfred Andersen, where he had been taken for care last
week following a recent illness.  He had been in failing health the
past two months.

The son of a pioneer Danish family, the late Mr. and Mrs. James
Andersen, the deceased was born on the farm here June 5, 1890, and
had attained the age of 55 years, 7 months and 15 days.  During the
past 20 years he had made his home with his brother, Albert, with
whom he was associated in farming.

His parents, a brother and a sister preceded him in death. He is
survived by the brother, Albert, and sister, Mrs. Alfred Andersen,
and by two nephews, Alvin and Leroy Olsen, all of the Swaburg
community.

Funeral services directed by Wollmer & Warne of Hooper were held at
the Elim Lutheran church Wednesday afternoon with Rev. Drell E.
Bernhardson as the officiating pastor.  Interment was made in the
Andersen family plot in the Danish Lutheran cemetery at Admah.

Music for the services was by Mr. and Mrs. John Monson and Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Nyquist with Mrs. Alvis Petersen as organist. Harry,
Glen and Arthur Johnson, Clifford and Edward Mallette and Philip
Axelson served as pallbearers.




ANDERSEN, JULIUS WALTER    
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Name =  Maren Sophia Andersen

Dates on Tombstone = 9-14-1859  -  1-21-1918

Buried in Lot 7

Spouse = James Andersen (1879)

Maiden Name = Maren Sophia Andersen

Parents = Jens & Ane Andersen

Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
January 31, 1918

Mrs. Jas. Andersen Dead

The funeral of the late Mrs. James Andersen, of the Argo
neighborhood, an aunt of Mrs. J. R. Bott of Hooper, was held last
Friday morning from her late home at 11:00 o'clock, and at 12:00 at
the Danish Church nearby, Rev. Harlt of Davey, Nebr., having charge
of the services at both places.  Interment was in the church
cemetery.

Mary Sofie Andersen was born in Flemtoft, Denmark, September 14,
1859, and death came to her Monday, January 21, 1918, at the age of
58 years, 5 months and 7 days.  A stroke of paralysis which she
suffered on January 17 was the direct cause of her demise.

She came to America with her parents in 1868, settling near Admah,
Washington county.  She was married to James Andersen on December
29, 1879.  To this union were born five children, four now being in
the immediate home neighborhood.  One child died in infancy.  The
living, who, with the bereft husband, are left to mourn the loss of
a very beloved mother and wife are, Mrs. James Olson, Albert and
Julius Andersen and Miss Marie Andersen.

Mrs. Andersen was a most estimable lady and held in the highest
esteem by all who knew her.  The sympathy of the community goes out
to the sorrowing ones during this sad hour of bereavement.

ANDERSEN, MAREN SOPHIA    
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Name =  Marie Andersen

Dates on Tombstone = 1-23-1893  -  12-18-1973

Buried in Lot 25

Spouse = Alfred Andersen (1925)

Parents = James & Maren Sophia Andersen

Maiden Name = Marie Andersen

Obituary - Summary

The Oakland Independent
December 27, 1973
Page 6

Mrs. Alfred Andersen, 80, died on Dec. 18, 1973 at West Point.  She
was born on Jan. 23, 1893 near Swaburg to Mr. & Mrs. James Andersen.
She married Alfred Andersen on Feb. 18, 1925 at Elim Lutheran
Church.  She was preceded in death by her parents, 2 brothers, and 1
sister.  She is survived by her husband, and 2 nephews; Alvin &
LeRoy Olsen.  She was buried at the West Admah Cemetery.





ANDERSEN, MARIE
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Name =  Peter Jacob Andersen

Dates on Tombstone = 11-17-1855  -  3-21-1934

Buried in Lot 25

Spouse = Sophia Karen Hansen (1883)

Parents =

Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
March 29, 1931

Swaburg Pioneer Called by Death

Peter Jacob Andersen, pioneer resident of Uehling, passed away at
his home there on Wednesday evening of last week.  Mr. Andersen
suffered a stroke several years ago which left him a semi-invalid
and since last fall had been confined to his bed most of the time.
He also suffered from dropsy.

The deceased was born in Denmark on November 17, 1855, and
emigrated to the United States in 1878, coming first to Fremont.
For a few years he worked as a farm hand in the Argo vicinity.
Following his marriage to Miss Karen Hansen at Admah on Mar. 2,
1883, they established a home in that vicinity.  Mr. and Mrs.
Andersen observed their golden wedding anniversary last year.  Nine
years ago they retired from the farm and have since resided in
Uehling.

Mr. Andersen was a gentleman of the finest character.  He was a
devout Christian and active in the work of his church. With the
disbanding of the Danish Lutheran congregation at Admah, he and his
family united with the Elim Congregation at Swaburg, where he was a
faithful and regular attendant until his health failed.

Besides the wife, one son and four daughters remain to mourn the
passing of a devoted father.  The children are Mrs. Louis Petersen
(Marie) of near Herman, Mrs. Dena McBroom of Swaburg, Alfred and
Mrs. Arthur Lueninghoener (Emma) of Admah and Mrs. Herman Jacobsen
(Anna) of Argo.  Fourteen grandchildren and four great-
grandchildren, three brothers, and one sister also survive.  One
child died in infancy(1) and one son, Walter, passed away in 1921,
following an illness contracted when serving in the World War.

The funeral was solemnized Saturday afternoon, with a prayer
service at the late home and the formal service at the Elim
Lutheran church, his pastor, Rev. Arnold Thoren, officiating.  Miss
Helen Monson presided at the organ and was accompanist for the male
quartet in several song numbers.  The beautiful floral tribute and
the large attendance bespoke the love and esteem in which the
departed venerable pioneer was held.  Burial was made in the family
lot in the Danish cemetery at Admah.  Relatives of the deceased
acted as pall bearers.

(1) This child is Hans Theodore Andersen, born on Oct. 22, 1883
and died in 1884. He is buried at St. Johannes Argo Cemetery in 
Burt County, NE.




Note: This picture was furnished by Judi Davis, and Mary Lou Roost 
sent it to me on Sept. 3, 2003.
 



ANDERSEN, PETER JACOB    
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Name =  Sophia Karen Andersen

Dates on Tombstone = 1-6-1857  -  2-27-1957

Buried in Lot 25

Spouse = Peter Jacob Andersen (1883)

Maiden Name = Sophia Karen Hansen

Parents = Hans & Maren Hansen

Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
February 28, 1957

Saturday Rites For Centenarian

Funeral services for Mrs. Sophia Anderson, east of Uehling, will be
held Saturday at 1:30 p.m., at the Wollmer & Warne Funeral Home,
and at 2 p.m., at the Elim Lutheran Church with Rev. E. T.
Chindvall in charge.  Burial will be in West Admah Cemetery.

Mrs. Anderson was born in Denmark January 6, 1857, and came to
America at the age of 19.  She was baptized and confirmed in the
Danish Lutheran Church in Denmark.  She was married to P. J.
Anderson in 1883 and they lived on a farm in Burt County. She
joined the Elim Church in 1932.  Mr. Anderson died in 1934.  Since
that time she has made her home with her daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Jacobsen, where she died.

Survivors are four daughters; Mrs. Louis Peterson, Mrs. Dena
McBroom, Mrs. Emma Lueninghoener and Mrs. Annie Jacobsen; one son,
Alfred Anderson; 14 grandchildren, 36 great grandchildren and two
great-great grandchildren.

The body will lie in state from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday evening at the
Wollmer & Warne Funeral Home.

Note: Her son Hans Theodore Andersen (1883-1885) is buried at 
      St. Johannes, Argo, Cemetery.




Note: This picture was furnished by Judi Davis, and Mary Lou Roost 
sent it to me on Aug. 31, 2003.
 


ANDERSEN, SOPHIA KAREN        
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Name =  Pvt. Walter H. Andersen

Dates on Tombstone = 5-16-1893  -  3-20-1921

Buried in Lot 25

Parents = Peter Jacob & Sophia Karen (Hansen) Andersen

Obituary 

The Hooper Sentinel 
March 24, 1921

A World War Veteran Amswers Taps

Death at 4 o'clock a.m., Sunday, March 20, 1921, took from this life
Walter H. Anderson, aged 27 years 10 months and 4 days, son of Mr.
and Mrs. P. J. Anderson of the Admah neighborhood, ten and a half
miles northeast of Hooper.  Death occurred at the Wise Memorial
hospital, Omaha, where Mr. Anderson had been for the past two months
receiving treatment for nephritis under government care, he having
served in the army during the recent World war.

Mr. Anderson was born at Admah on May 16, 1893, and that
neighborhood has always been his home and among whose people he has
been known as a young man of sterling worth and character.  He was
known and highly esteemed by all, and his death brings a sorrow to
the friends and neighbors as well at to the immediate family.  In
the late war he was called to the colors September 23, 1917, leaving
Tekamah for Camp Funston, Kans. for training as private in Co. K.
355th infantry.  He was later transferred to Co. C. 137th infantry,
35th division, serving with this company throughout its twelve
months' stay in France.  He went through the Argonne battle and
other conflicts.  He was gassed during an engagement, and his demise
is an outcome of this injury.  He spent a month in a hospital in
France and two months in one after his return to his home country.
He received his discharge from service July 22, 1919, returning to
the farm home at Admah.  During all this time the gassing received
in service had been bothering him and about two months ago he was
taken to Omaha to secure relief.  The government all this time
looked after his care, and he also was receiving a disability
pension payment.

The remains were brought to Hooper Tuesday morning and taken out to
the Anderson home in Admah, where funeral services were held at one
o'clock that afternoon, and also at the Admah Danish Lutheran
church.  The services were conducted by Rev. Hald of Davey and Rev.
Petersen of Fremont.  Six members of Cornelius Tillman post, No. 18,
American Legion of Hooper, acted as pallbearers.  Interment was made
in the church cemetery.  The services were largely attended by those
who came to pay their last respects to one whom had grown up among
them as a man well thought of.

His death brings deep sorrow to the parents, one brother, Alfred,
and four sisters, Mrs. Louis Petersen, Mrs. McBroom and Misses Emma
and Anna.  Their bereavement is consoled if such can be, by the true
heartfelt sympathy of all in this community.
 
ANDERSEN, WALTER HANS     
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Name =  Anders Christensen

Dates on Tombstone = 7-27-1851  -  7-21-1935

Buried in Lot 13

Spouse = Nielsine Laurentse Nielsen (1886)

Parents = Christen & Dorthe (Pedersdr) Andreasen
          Keldby, Praesto, Denmark    FHL film 50623

Brothers = Peder Christensen & Andreas Christensen

Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
July 25, 1935

Swaburg Pioneer is Called by Death

Anders Christensen, one of the last of the old settlers of the
Swaburg community, passed away Sunday evening, July 21, at the
Lutheran Good Samaritan hospital in Fremont, at the age of 83
years, 11 months and 23 days.  His death followed a long siege of
illnes from ailments incidental to old age.

Mr. Christensen was born on July 27, 1851, at Kielby, Magle paa
Morn, Denmark, where he was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran
faith and grew to young  manhood.  He came to the United States and
direct to Dodge county, Nebr., in 1874, where an older brother
lived.  He took up a homestead 2 1/2 miles northeast of the present
town of Uehling, but after a couple of years sold it and bought the
farm in the Swaburg vicinity that had ever since been his home, and
in which community he had become to be a highly respected resident.

He was united in marriage on May 16, 1886, to Nielsine Laurentse
Nielsen, and they took up their married life on the farm he owned.
Though no children were born to this union, they, however, took
into their home a nephew and a niece, Leslie W. and Martha
Lauersen, the later now Mrs. Henry Egbers, whom they gave the
tender care of devoted parents.

He is survived by his wife, and beside the above named nephew and
niece, the following nephews and nieces as the close surviving
relatives Chris and Emil Christensen of Craig, Laurence C. Lauersen
of Fremont, Floyd E. Lauersen of Brewster, S. D., Raymond Lauersen
of Fordyce, Frederick Lauersen of Omaha, Mrs. Matilda Petersen of
Los Angeles, Mrs. Vera Wedergren of Tekmah, Mrs. Minnie McMullen of
Fremont, and Mrs. Celia Egbers of this locality..

The funeral arrangements in charge of Wollmer & Warne are for the
funeral to be held Friday afternoon with services at 1:30 at the
home and at 2 o'clock from the Admah Danish Lutheran church, with
Rev. F. G. Rasmussen of Fremont as the officiating minister.  Mr.
Christensen was a Charter member of the Danish Brotherhood lodge
and members from this order will act as pall bearers, and conduct
the services at the grave in the church cemetery.

CHRISTENSEN, ANDERS    
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Name =  Andreas Christensen

Dates on Tombstone = 5-27-1841  -  7-22-1900

Buried in Lot #4

Parents = Christen & Dorthe (Pedersdr) Andreasen
          Keldby, Praesto, Denmark     FHL film 50623

Brothers = Peder Christensen & Anders Christensen

Summary
The Oakland Independent
July 27, 1900
Page 1

Andrew Christensen, 65, died Sunday evening at his home 1 mile north
of Argo.  He operated a store there and was unmarried. 



  

CHRISTENSEN, ANDREAS
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Name =  Ane M.(Antonio) Christensen

Dates on Tombstone = 9-22-1894  9-24-1978

Buried in Lot 22

Parents = Christen & Gjurtrude Marie (Jorgensen) Christensen

Omaha World Hearld
September 27, 1978

Christensen, Ane Marie, age 84 years, died Sept. 24, 1978 at 5611 R
St.  Survived by her sisters, Anna E. Gerhardt, Omaha, Emma
Stenvers, Uehling, Neb., 4 nieces. 

Services Wednesday 2 PM at the Larkin Chapel.  Interment West Adamah
Cemetery, Hooper, Nebr., Pastor Robert E. Schirck, officiating.
Larkin Funeral Home, 24th J St.  7330493.

Note: Mary Jo Kubie sent this obituary to me on August 3, 2003


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Name =  Catherine Christensen

Dates on Tombstone = 3-24-1842  -  7-22-1932

Buried in Lot #4

Spouse = Peder Christensen (1872)

Maiden Name = Catherine Fredrickson

Parents = Fredrick & M. (Johnson) Larson

Children of Peder & Catherine Christensen:
1. Emil 11-1878
2. Laurine Mathilde 8-1875 2-1876 (Buried West Admah)
3. Mathilda 6-1879 (Peterson)
4. Ernest 6-1907 8-1907 (Buried West Admah) 
5. Christian 1873  1958 (Mallette) (Buried Argo)

1880 Nebraska, Dodge, Logan, 523A
?, Peter    wm 42         Farmer      Den Den Den
   Catrina  wf 38 wife    Kiepen Haus Den Den Den
   ?        wm  6 Sohn                NE  Den Den
   Emilea   wm  4 Sohn                NE  Den Den
   Mateslda wf  1 Dau                 NE  Den Den
   Anders   wm 28 Bruder  Farmer      Den Den Den


1900 Nebraska, Dodge, Logan, 246A
Christensen, Peter     Head Aug 1832 62 M 28     Den 1868
             Catherine Wife Mar 1842 58 M 28 3 3 Den
             Emil      Son  Nov 1878 21 S        NE
             Mathilda  Dau  Jun 1879 20 S        NE

1910 Nebraska, Dodge, Logan, 150A
Christensen, Peter     Head          73 M 38     Den 1867  
             Katharine Wife          68 M 39 5 ? Den 1868 



          

CHRISTENSEN, CATHERINE
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Name =  Ernest Christensen

Dates on Tombstone = 6-16-1907  -  8-30-1907

Buried in Lot #4

Parents = Peter & Catherine (Frederickson) Christensen

CHRISTENSEN, ERNEST
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Name =  Gjurtrude Marie Christensen

Dates on Tombstone = 1-29-1872  -  6-23-1958

Buried in Lot 22

Spouse = Christen Christensen (1903)

Maiden Name = Gjurtrude Marie Jorgensen 

Parents = Carl & Sarah F. (Nielson) Jorgensen

Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
June 26, 1958

Mrs. Christensen, 86, is Taken by Death

Mrs. Gjurtrude Christensen, 86, longtime resident of the Uehling
and Hooper vicinities, died Monday at the home of a daughter, Mrs.
William Stenvers, north of Hooper.  She had been in failing health
five years.

Born Jan. 29, 1872, in Denmark, she and Christen Christensen were
married in 1903 and came to this country the same year. They
settled in the Argo neighborhood southeast of Uehling.  Mr.
Christensen died in 1914 and she lived in Uehling a number of years
before coming to live with her daughter 30 years ago.

Survivors are her daughters, Mrs. Stenvers, Mrs. Anna Gerhardt and
Antonie Christensen both of Omaha; brother Lars Jorgensen of
Berkeley , Calif.; four grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
A daughter preceded her in death.

Service are to be at 2 p.m., Thursday in the Congregational Church
in Uehling.  Burial well be in the West Admah Cemetery southeast of
Uehling.  Wollmer & Warne Funeral Home is in charge.

CHRISTENSEN, GJURTRUDE, MARIE    
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Name =  Hanne Margrede Christensen

Dates  =  1836   -   6-5-1884

Buried in Lot E

Parents =

2nd Wife of Hans Christensen





CHRISTENSEN, HANNE MARGREDE
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Name = Hans Christensen

Dates on Tombstone = 2-11-1842   -   Unreadable

Buried in Lot E

Spouse =

Parents =

CHRISTENSEN, HANS
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Name =  Laurine Mathilde Christensen

Dates on Tombstone = 8-8-1875  -  2-13-1876

Buried in Lot #4

Parents = Peder & Catherine (Fredrickson) Christensen





CHRISTENSEN, LAURINE MATHILDE
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Name =  Nielsine Laurentze Christensen

Dates on Tombstone = 3-22-1861  -  11-30-1951

Buried in Lot 13

Spouse = Anders Christensen (1886)

Maiden Name = Nielsine Laurentze Nielsen

Parents =

Obituary - Mrs. Anders Christensen

The Hooper Sentinel
December 6, 1951
Page 1

Mrs. Christiansen Dies in Fremont

Funeral services for Mrs. Anders Christensen, 90, were held at 1:20
p.m., Wednesday, at the Wollmer & Warne Funeral Home in Hooper, and
at 2 o'clock at the Elim Lutheran church, Swaburg, with Rev. Drell
E. Bernhardson officiating.

Music for the services was by Mrs. Orvill Bergquist and Mrs. Drell
E. Bernhardsen, with Mrs. Alvis Petersen as organist.  Pallbearers
were Richard and Donald Egbers, Arthur and Russell Johnson, Edward
Mallette and Harlold Bergquist.

Interment was made in the Elim Lutheran church cemetery.

Mrs. Christensen died last Friday night at the Lutheran Home for the
Aged in Fremont following a lingering illlness. Survivors include a
number of nieces and nephews.

She was born May 22, 1861, in Denmark, and came to the United States
in 1884.   On May 16, 1886, she was married to Anders Christensen
and settled on a farm northeast of Hooper, where she lived until
1943 when she moved to the Lutheran home.

Her husband preceded her in death in 1935.

Obituary - Summary

The Oakland Independent
December 6, 1951
Page 3

Mrs. Rancie Christensen, 89, died Friday at Fremont.  She was born
on May 22, 1862 in Denmark and came to the USA at the age of 23 with
her brother, Soren Lauersen.  She married Anders Christensen in
1886.  He died in 1935.  They had no children.  Among the surviving
nieces and nephews are Mrs. Carl Egbers and Leslie Lauersen.  She was
buried at the West Admah Cemetery.  

CHRISTENSEN, NIELSINE LAURENTZE
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Name =  Peder Christensen

Dates on Tombstone = 8-22-1837  -  3-15-1914

Buried in Lot #4

Spouse = Catherine Fredrickson (1872)

Parents = Christen & Dorthe (Pedersdr) Andersen
          FHL film 50623

Brothers = Andreas Christensen & Anders Christensen

Children of Peder & Catherine Christensen:
1. Emil 11-1878
2. Laurine Mathilde 8-1875 2-1876 (Buried West Admah)
3. Mathilda 6-1879 (Peterson)
4. Ernest 6-1907 8-1907 (Buried West Admah) 
5. Christian 1873  1958 (Mallette) (Buried Argo)

1880 Nebraska, Dodge, Logan, 523A
?, Peter    wm 42         Farmer      Den Den Den
   Catrina  wf 38 wife    Kiepen Haus Den Den Den
   ?        wm  6 Sohn                NE  Den Den
   Emilea   wm  4 Sohn                NE  Den Den
   Mateslda wf  1 Dau                 NE  Den Den
   Anders   wm 28 Bruder  Farmer      Den Den Den

1900 Nebraska, Dodge, Logan, 246A
Christensen, Peter     Head Aug 1832 62 M 28     Den 1868
             Catherine Wife Mar 1842 58 M 28 3 3 Den
             Emil      Son  Nov 1878 21 S        NE
             Mathilda  Dau  Jun 1879 20 S        NE

1910 Nebraska, Dodge, Logan, 150A
Christensen, Peter     Head          73 M 38     Den 1867  
             Katharine Wife          68 M 39 5 ? Den 1868 






CHRISTENSEN, PEDER	
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Name = Calvin C. Christiansen

Dates on Tombstone = 7-28-1892  -  12-18-1972

Buried in Lot 16

Parents = James R. & Elizabeth (Larson) Christiansen

Obituary - Summary

The Oakland Independent
December 21, 1972
Page 4

Calvin Christiansen, 80, died the preceding Monday at Blair.   He
was born on July 23, 1892 near Admah to James R. & Elizabeth
(Larson) Christiansen.  He is survived by 3 sisters; Mrs. Ella
Lauersen, Mrs. N. A. Greenwood and Mrs. Julia Petersen.  He was
buried at the West Admah Cemetery. 

CHRISTIANSEN, CALVIN C.
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Name = Elizabeth Christiansen

Dates on Tombstone = 3-7-1867  -  7-27-1956

Buried in Lot 16

Spouse = James R. Christiansen (1885)

Maiden Name = Elizabeth Larson

Parents = Valborg Larson

Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
August 2, 1956

Christiansen Rites Held Tuesday

Funeral services were held Tuesday at the First Lutheran Church,
Oakland, for Mrs. J. R. Christiansen, age 89, Pastor H. C.
Jorgensen was in charge with interment at West Admah cemetery under
the direction of Wollmer & Warne.  Music was furnished by Roger
Stricklett, soloist, accompanied by Mrs. Glen Anderson, at the
organ.  Pallbearers were J. R. Christiansen, David Greenwood,
Richard Greenwood, Donald Hansen, Eugene Hansen and Richard
Petersen.

Mrs. Christiansen was formerly of the Admah community and was
united in marriage to Mr. Christiansen September 12, 1885. They
made their home on a farm and six years ago moved to Oakland.

Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. N. A. Greenwood, Craig, Mrs.
Thorwald Petersen, Herman, Mrs. Leslie Lauersen, Oakland; three
sons, Calvin, Craig, E. R., Fremont, Wm. R., Fremont; eighteen
grandchildren and twenty-two great grandchildren.  She was preceded
in death by her husband, two daughters and one son.

CHRISTIANSEN, ELIZABETH
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Name = Hans Christiansen

Dates on Tombstone = 2-11-1842  -  1875

Buried in Lot 6

Hans Christiansen is the first person to be buried at West Admah Cemetery 

Parents =

Spouse = Maren Petersdatter

Hans and "Mary"  or Maren (Peterdatter) Christiansen came to the
Argo area from Denmark in 1870; (Washington Co in 1884, Sheridan
Township, described as E.1/2, N.E. 1/4 29=80; S1/2, S. W. 1/4 28 =
80 (Admah), VIG records, Dana College).  Hans was born 11 Feb 1827,
Sjaelland.  He died of pneumonia 7 May 1875 and was the first burial
at West Admah, date of burial not recorded.

By - Joan E. Allgor

After the death of Hans Christiansen, his wife, Maren, married
Andreas Larsen on Dec. 22, 1877.  Both Maren and Andreas are buried
at the Blair city cemetery.  Maren was born (?) at Venslev,
Sjaelland, Denmark, and died 13 Sep 1896 at Blair.  Andreas Larsen
was born at (?) Karrebok, S. Sjaelland, Denmark and died (?) 2
Mar 1932 at Minden, NE, and was buried at the Blair Cemetery on
Mar 4, 1932.

CHRISTIANSEN, HANS
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Name = Hans Christiansen

Dates on Tombstone = 9-13-1825  -  11-25-1901

Buried in Lot 16

Parents =
 
Spouse 1 = S. Christena
Spouse 2 = Ane Marie Madsen (1888)  born 1837

The Washington County History

Hans Christiansen

Hans Christiansen, a harness maker by trade, was born in Sjaelland,
(Zealand) Denmark, September 13, 1825.  His wife, Christine, was
born in Copenhagen, Denmark, November 19, 1833.  Their only child,
our father James Robert, was also born in Copenhagen, September 3,
1859.  After service in the Danish-German War our grandfather
decided to migrate to America to seek a better life for his family. 
They arrived in Omaha in 1863 and moved on to Utah by ox-train,
reaching Salt Lake City before winter.  Christine walked the 1,100
miles, sometimes carrying their son.

Disapponted and disillusioned by Utah, Hans worked in mines up in
the mountains until he had enough money for a team of oxen, a wagon
and provsions to take Christine and James Robert back to Omaha.
They left Utah in the spring of 1865 and arrived in the fall.  It
was a long and dangerous journey for the little family through
hostile Indian territory.

Back in Omaha, Grandfather worked in the railroad yards and
Grandmother fed borders until they accumulated enough money to begin
farming.  In 1869 they filed a claim on eight acres.  This became
the Homestead.  Later, nintey acres were purchased from the railroad
and were always called 'the railroad land.'

Our maternal grandmother, Valtabor Larson, was born in Norway,
December 2, 1824, and died July 2, 1916.  As a young widow with two
small daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth, our mother, she accompanied
her brothers and sisters and their families to the United States.
They settled near Huxley, Iowa.  Later, she and her daughters moved
to Burt County, just north of Washington County.

During the early years on the Homestead the nearest store and post
office was Fontanelle, eight miles away.  Each week Christine walked
across the meadows, lacking roads, to get the mail and a few
groceries.  The long walk to Utah had trained her for this 'short
walk.'  Later, the Admah store and a blacksmith shop were built
close-by.  When she died September 27, 1876, there was no cemetery
near so she was buried on the Homestead but was moved to the West
Admah Cemetery when it was established.

When Grandpa Christiansen remarried, Father went to work for the
railroad and helped lay the first rails from Fremont to the Wyoming
border.  After he returned home his father and stepmother purchased
a farm near Oakland, Nebraska, on which they built and operated a
store until Grandpa's death, March 25, 1901.  Meanwhile, our
parents, James Robert Christiansen and Elizabeth Larson, had met and
were married September 12, 1885.  They lived on the Homestead until
Father died July 24, 1922.  The Homestead is now owned by his son,
E. R. Christiansen.

As a boy our father attended Hewett School District 17 which, in
turn, all of his children attended.  For may years he served as
Director of this said school.  He was also Justice of Peace and was
township assessor until his death.

Grandpa and Grandma Christiansen found the better life they were
seeking right here in Nebraska.  

E. R. Christiansen, Ella Christiansen Lauersen and 
Julie Christiansen Petersen. 

1900 Nebraska, Burt, Craig, 114B
Christiansen, Hans  Head wm Sept 1824 75  m 12     Den Den Den 1864 36
              Marie Wife wf Jun  1837 62  m 12 5 3 Den Den Den 1882 18

CHRISTIANSEN, HANS
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Name = Howard Christiansen

Dates on Tombstone = 2-16-1894  -  5-13-1894

Buried in Lot 16

Parents = James R. & Elizabeth (Larson) Christiansen 

CHRISTIANSEN, HOWARD
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Name = James R. Christiansen

Dates on Tombstone = 9-03-1859  -  7-24-1922

Buried in Lot 16

Spouse = Elizabeth Larson (1885)

Parents = Hans & S. Christena Christiansen

Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
August 3, 1922

James Robert Christiansen was born in Saland, Denmark, September 3,
1859, and died at his home near Admah, July 24, 1922, from over
four months' illness.

He came to the United States in March, 1863, reaching Salt Lake
City that fall.  Early in the spring of 1865 he left Utah with ox-
team for Omaha, Nebr., arriving there late in the fall of the same
year.  He lived in Omaha until the spring of 1869, when he moved
with his parents to a homestead in Sheridan and took a prominent
part in the upbuilding of the county, and in his active days was a
leader in the prohibition movement.  He was a man of high ideals, a
thoroughly Chris- precinct, Washington county where he has since
made his home.

In 1886 he was married to Elizabeth Larson and to this union ten
children were born, two of whom died in infancy.

Besides many friends who esteemed him as a man of honest, upright
character, he leaves to mourn the loss of a kind, affectionate
husband and father, his wife, five daughters - Mrs. N. A.
Greenwood, Craig; Mrs. Carl Hanson, Lyons; Mrs. T. W. Petersen,
Herman; Ella and Lillie at home - and three sons, E. R., living
near, and Calvin and William at home, and two granddaughters.

The funeral was held at the home at 2 o'clock last Wednesday, the
services being conducted by Rev. James Petersen, pastor of the
Admah Lutheran church.  An escort of Masonic brothers conducted the
body to the West Admah Lutheran cemetery, where the burial was in
charge of the Masonic order of Herman.

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The Washington County History

James Christiansen

Our father, James Robert Christiansen, was born in Copenhagen,
Denmark, September 3, 1859, and died July 24, 1922.  Elizabeth
Larson, our mother, was born in Norway March 7, 1867 and died July
27, 1956.  They were married September 12, 1885.  They farmed land
homesteaded by his parents, Hans and Christine Christiansen.

Nearby was a blcksmith shop and a store which carried a limited
supply of "necessities" and housed a post office and voting place.
Not far away was the West Admah Cemetery and the Danish Lutheran
Church.

Cristena (June 4, 1889-April 7, 1977) married Newton Greenwood;
children: Rachel, David, Marvin.  Rachel married Carrol Larson;
children: James, Sherman, Warren.  James married Betty; children;
James, Terry Lee, Matthew.  Sherman married Donna Moore; children;
Tammy, Donald.  At present Warren is single.  David married Evelyn
Linden; children; Dale, Jeanne.  Dale married Margaret Rockwell;
children; Kara, Kristin.  Jeanne married Charles Hastings; no
children. Marvin married Joan Miller; children; Michelle, Scott.

Jessie (August 4, 1890-April 9, 1953) married Carl Hanson; children;
Mae, Howard, Eugene, Donald.  Mae and Howard died at an early age.
Eugene married Iola; children; Vickie, Rickie, Sheri, Donald and
wife Shirley have no children.

Calvin (July 28, 1892-December 18, 1972) was a veteran of World War
I, never married.

E. R. (Earnest) born June 9, 1896, married Melvina Harmon; children;
Velva, Twins Violet and Vivan and a son J. R.   Velva married
Marshall Hardy; children; Barbara, married Jeffry Taylor; they have
a son Joel.  Vivian married Merlin Flanders; children; Roger, Kirk. 
Roger married Marsha Eggert, has a son James.  Kirk married Susan
Woodard; no children.  J. R. married Cindy Maestas; children; Twins
Shelley and Robbie, Erik and Elizabeth.

Julie (March 23, 1898) married Thorvald Petersen (July 5, 1895)
children; Darleen, Janice, Phyllis, Richard.  Howard and James died
as infants.  Darleen married Ned Sackett; children; Jane and Calvin.
Jane married Donald Eppley; children; Amy, Sarah.  Calvin married
Karen Blum; children; Holly, Nathan.  Janice married Robert Johnson;
son John married Julie Butler.  Phyllis married Roger Stricklett;
children; Roger, Julie, Joy.  Roger married Diane Durick; no
children.  Julie is home at present.  Joy married Dan Baker;
children; Danielle, Noelle, Justin, twins Jushua and Joel.  Richard
married Mary Lou Solrmoser; children; Debra, Mark, Miriam, Noel,
Daniel.  Debra married Alan Schjolt.

William (January 26, 1900-October 12, 1964) married Emma Dam, one
child, Bergitte.  She married Alfred Lang; children; Paul, Margaret,
Charles, Grace.  Paul married Patsy Fish; child; William.  Margaret
married Kenneth Felsing; no children. Charles married Dianne Riha;
no childnren.  Grace is at home.

Ella (October 22, 1902) married Leslie Lauersen; children; Shirley,
Marilyn, Beth Nelle, Ruth. Shirley married Derald Crom; daughter
Susan married Frank Allen; children; Shelly, Frank.  Marilyn married
Kenneth Stonum; children; Robert Ronald, Mark, Diane, Michael.
Robert married Kathleen Fenton; children; Robert, Kinberly.  Donald
married Blanche Givens; Mark married Frances Tanner.  Diane and
Michael are at home.  Beth Nelle married Robert Yost; children;
David, Michael, Shari.  Ruth married Don Tucker; children; Lesli,
Jon. Pearl Lillie (June 23, 1905-June 10, 1940) married Arthur Andersen;
no children.
  
Submitted by R. Christiansen, Ella Christiansen
Lauersen, and Julie Christiansen Petersen. 





CHRISTIANSEN, JAMES R.
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Name = S. Christena Christiansen

Dates on Tombstone = 11-19-1833  -  9-27-1876

Buried in Lot 16

Parents =

Spouse = She is the 1st wife of Hans Christiansen

S. Christena Christiansen was born at Copenhagen, Denmark on
November 19, 1833. She married Hans Christiansen in Denmark and
their only child, James Robert Christiansen, was born at Copenhagen
on September 3, 1859.  The family emigrated to the USA and arrived
at Omaha, NE in 1863. They came to the Admah community in 1869.  S.
Christena died on September 27, 1876 and is buried at the West Admah
Cemetery.

CHRISTIANSEN, S. CHRISTENA
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Name =  Alfred Clausen

Dates on Tombstone = 10-17-1870  -  10-13-1899

Buried in Lot 3

Parents = Christian & Maren (Anderson) Clausen

Killed by a train at Salt Lake City, UT. He left one daughter, 
Elfreda Davidson and his wife Mary Passlam.





CLAUSEN, ALFRED
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Name =  Christian Clausen

Dates on Tombstone = 12-28-1841  -  6-27-1915

Buried in Lot 3

Spouse = Maren Anderson (1869)

Parents =

Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
July 8, 1915

Christian Clausen was born in Denmark on the 28th day of December,
1841 and passed to the Great Beyond, June 27, 1915, at his home one
mile north of Admah,  on his farm where he has resided for forty-
six years.  Mr. Clausen served as a soldier in the Denmark and
Prussian war of 1864, and was receiving a pension for his services
at the time of his death.  After the war he came to America.  After
being here several years he returned to his native country and was
married to Miss Maren Anderson the 22nd of March, 1869. They
emigrated from there to Nebraska and settled on the homestead in
Washington county the same year.  To this union eleven children
were born, seven boys and four girls, nine of whom are still living
to mourn the death of a father.  All were present at the funeral
except Mrs. Phillip Dern, of Salt Lake City, Utah.  His wife
preceded him the 4th of April, 1896.  By hard work and hardships in
the pioneer days of Nebraska he accumulated a fortune any man might
be proud of.  He was laid to rest by the side of his beloved wife
in the Danish cemetery, two miles west of Admah Wednesday
afternoon.  He was followed to the grave by a large concourse of
friends and neighbors.

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The Washington County History
Pages 147 & 148

Christian Clausen

Maren, the third child and third daughter of Andrew and Mary
(Hansen) Petersen, was born in the Venslov Parish, Soro County,
Slagslse, Sjaelland, Denmark, on October 28, 1842.

Christian Claus Clausen was born December 28, 1841, in a small
parish near Copenhagen, Denmark.

My grandparents were married at the Venslov parish in 1864.  Grandpa
came to America in 1866 and worked in the woods near Rice Lake,
Wisconsin.  Grandma came with her inlaws to Wisconsin in early 1867.

In April of 1869 my grandparents moved to Admah, Nebraska, where
they farmed.  They built a large home, and they later became the
parents of seven boys and four girls.  The eleven children born to
this union were; Alfred, born October 17, 1870, was killed in Salt
Lake City by a train on October 12, 1899.  He left one daughter
Elfreda Davidson and his wife Mary Passlam.  Viga married Phillip
Dern of Salt Lake City.  They had two sons, Ira and Floyd.  Walter
married Nora Christensen, and they resided at Hartington, Nebraska. 
They had five children.  Ludvig (Louie), who married Anna Clausen,
moved to Wisconsin.  They had two daughters.  Eva married James
Frank and lived at Ogden, Utah.  There were no children.  Edgar
married Irene Jacobsen.  Five children were born to this union.
Howard Clausen, the oldest son, is the only remaining grandchild
living in Washington County.  Ella married Peter B. Clausen of New
Lisbon, Wisconsin.  They had two sons.   Anna married Horatio Oberts
of Tekamah.  After his death, she married Raliegh Dunn of Siverton,
Oregon.  Henry married Mary Larsen, of Spiker, Nebraska.  They had
the largest family of eleven children -  four boys and seven girls. 
Herman married Clara Whitney Ladd.  They had three daughters, and
they resided in Fremont, Nebraska, since 1920.  Two of these
daughters still live there, and the third is deceased, as are all of
Maren and Christian's children.  Of the 31 grandchildren of
Christian and Maren, nineteeen are still living.  Six live in
Nebraska - Howard, Tekamah; Thelma Clausen and Betty Dunn, Fremont;
Everett, Peru; Edna Norby, Hartington; and Alfreda Davidson,
Stanton.

Eight of the grandchildren live in and near Breckenridge, Minnesota,
and five are living in Clafornia.

There are forty great-grandchildren, 66 great-great grandchildren,
and to date 37 great-great-great grandchildren.

Maren Clausen died at age 54 on April 4, 1896.  Christian died June
27, 1915.  Both are buried in the West Admah Cemetery by other
kinfolk.

Written and Submitted By Crystal Eggleston, Grandaughter.

1880 US Census Sheridan, Washington County, Nebraska

Name            Rel   M Gender Race Age Birth Occupation  Fthr Mthr
Christ CLAUSON  Self  M  Male   W  38  DEN  Farmer         DEN  DEN  
Minie  CLAUSON  Wife  M  Female W  37  DEN  Keeping House  DEN  DEN  
Alfred CLAUSON  Son   S  Male   W  9   NE   At School      DEN  DEN  
Weika  CLAUSON  Dau   S  Female W  8   NE   At School      DEN  DEN  
Louie  CLAUSON  Dau   S  Female W  7   NE                  DEN  DEN  
Nate   CLAUSON  Son   S  Male   W  5   NE                  DEN  DEN  
Eva    CLAUSON  Dau   S  Female W  3   NE                  DEN  DEN  
Edgar  CLAUSON  Son   S  Male   W  1   NE                  DEN  DEN  
Elvina CLAUSON  Dau   S  Female W  7M  NE                  DEN  DEN  







CLAUSEN, CHRISTIAN  
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Name =  George Clausen

Dates on Tombstone = 1-20-1876  -  8-6-1876

Buried in Lot 3

Parents = Christian & Maren (Anderson) Clausen





CLAUSEN, GEORGE
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Name =  Maren Clausen

Dates on Tombstone = 10-28-1842  -  4-4-1896

Buried in Lot 3

Spouse = Christian Clausen (1869)

Maiden Name = Maren Andersen or Petersen

Parents = Andrew & Mary (Hansen) Petersen

Obituary 

The Hooper Sentinel 
April 9, 1896

Mrs. Margret Clausen

Mrs. Clausen, wife of Christian Clausen, died at Omaha April 4.

She was born in Denmark in 1843, came to America in 1871, and
located with her husband near Admah, in Washington county, Neb.

Six sons and four daughters blessed her married life; only one of
which is married, Mrs. Philip Dern.

Three sisters, four brothers and her aged mother survive her.

Some time ago a blood vessel ruptured in her brain which gave her
much trouble.

She was advised to travel some for her health.  She accordingly
went to Omaha about two weeks ago.  While there she was stricken
with apoplexy.  She survived the attack only a few hours, and died
on Sunday, April 4.

The remains were taken to Admah and laid to rest in the Danish
Cemetery, on Monday.





CLAUSEN, MAREN      
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Name =  Edwin Dam

Dates on Tombstone = 10-28-1907  -  11-4-1991

Buried in Lot 27

Spouse = Lucinda Busch (1937)

Parents = James C. and Marie Dam

Obituary - Sumary

The Oakland Independent
November 4, 1991

Edwin D. Dam, 84, of Hooper, died on Nov. 4, 1991 at Hooper.  He was
born on Oct. 28, 1907 at Admah in Washington, County.  He married
Lucinda Busch on Sept. 26, 1937 at Zion Lutheran Church, Hooper.
They lived on the farm where he was born until 1985 when they  moved
to Hooper.  He is survived by his wife, Lucinda, son, James and
wife, Alice, of Hooper, 4 grandchildren and 1 great grandson.  He
was buried at the West Admah Cemetery.

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The Washington County History
Page 152

Edwin Dam

Edwin W. Dam and Lucinda M. Busch were married September 26, 1937 at
Zion Lutheran Church in Hooper, Nebraska.  We live on the 80 acre
farm where Edwin was born in 1907, in the northwest part of
Washington County, Sheridan Township.  The farm was purchased in
early 1900, when buying land was a sacrifice.  There were few
buildings at that time, but it was home amidst a beautiful grove of
shade and fruit trees.

I was born only two miles south, the oldest daughter of Fred and
Orphia (Armstrong) Busch.  Edwin remembers the time I came with my
Dad and sister to get apples one summer, and claims he looked at me
then when I was only seven!  I don't remember it.

As years went by, my family moved to Dodge County where I attended
grade school and graduated from Hooper High School.  Our paths never
crossed again until 1936 when a romance began and we were married
the following year.

Edwin began farming when he was thirteen, due to his father's ill
health.  He used three horses on a walking plow and walking
cultivator, and recalls hauling sand in a box wagon with four
horses, from Winslow, Nebraska in 1925 when a horse barn was built. 
It cost $1,295.00 then and still stands, being reroofed only once
after 53 years.  At one time it served as a milking barn and now is
a farrowing barn for sows.

The original home was added onto by his parents, and at the time of
our marriage the older part was removed and a two-story of four
rooms was built.  A completely new home was built in 1970.  The old
house was sold and moved away.

Edwin's occupation has been farming and livestock feeding.  He
started by feeding two calves and gradually increased over the
years.  He was honored in 1976 for having been a shipper to the
Omaha stockyards for 50 years.

We have both been active in the community, Edwin served as director
of Hewitt school for twelve years, served on Farmers Union board,
and was a 4-H leader and assistant leader.  I was also a 4-H leader
a number of years, belonged to an Extension club in Hooper, and
taught Sunday school for over twenty years.  I served various
auxiliaries of the Redeemer Lutheran church in Hooper where we are
members.  We both serve as officers on West Admah Cemetery
Association and presently belong to Danish Brotherhood lodge 206 of
Blair.

We have one son James E. born in 1939.  He is married to Alice
Wittman, daughter of Wallace and Hilda Wittman of the Hooper area.
They have four children, Dwight born in 1962, Virginia born 1964,
David born 1967, and Eric born 1975.  James and his family reside on
the former Hewitt farm purchased in 1955, and a new home was built
in 1966.  James has taken over the farming, now amounting to 920
acres, and livestock operation of feeding cattle and rasing hogs.
We enjoy our semiretirement living in the country having a garden
and flowers, and watching the crops grow.  This has been our life.
Submitted by Mrs. Edwin Dam.



  

DAM, EDWIN D.
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Name =  Infant sons of Edwin & Lucinda

Dates on Tombstone = 1938

Buried in Lot 27

Parents = Edwin & Lucinda (Busch) Dam

DAM, INFANT SONS
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Name =  James C. Dam

Dates on Tombstone = 12-25-1852  -  1-30-1929

Buried in Lot 27

Spouse = Marie Dam (1893)

Parents =

Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
February 7, 1929

Death's Summons came to James C. Dam on Jan. 30

Town friends, in common with the country friends of the James  C.
Dam family, of northeast of Hooper, were grieved last Thursday
morning when word was heard that Mr. Dam had passed away about five
o'clock the evening before from an affliction of heart trouble and
complications.  He had been in failing health for about three years
but not ill enough to keep him bedfast any length of time and on
the day of his death he had been up and around as usual. Tho he had
suffered a recurrent attack from his malady that day his condition
was not considered dangerous and when death came to him it came as
a sudden shock to relatives and also friends. His death removed
from the Admah community one of its most highly respected resident.

James Christian Dam, was born in Skandeborg, Denmark, on December
25, 1872, and departed this life on January 30, 1929, at the age of
70 year, 1 month and 5 days.  When a young man he came to this
country and after spending some years in the vicinity of Fremont he
returned to Denmark where on March 29, 1893 he was united in
marriage to Marie Dam, after which they came to this country to
make their home.  They spent a few years at Fremont and then moved
to a farm in the Argo locality, where they lived for 9 years. Later
they purchased the farm on which the family has now lived for the
past 24 years.  He was confirmed and brought up in the Lutheran
faith at an early age, and has always been faithful to his church.

Since coming to this country Mr. Dam has prospered in his
agricultural pursuits, became a man well liked among his fellowmen
and was one it was a pleasure to have as a friend. He, also, was
active in the affairs of his neighborhood and his passing is
sincerely regretted by the many acquaintances he had made while
living among us.

He leaves to mourn his departure his wife and four children, Mrs.
Anton Petersen of Hooper, Mrs. J. K. Larsen of Davey, Mrs. W. R.
Christiansen of Herman, and Edwin at home; three grandaughters, two
sisters in Denmark and one brother in Indiana.  A son preceded him
in death

The funeral was held Saturday afternoon with services at one
o'clock at the home and at two o'clock from the Danish Lutheran
church near Admah, with Rev. J. C. Petersen of Audubon, Iowa in
charge.  The services were largely attended, with a number of
friends being present from Davey and Fremont.  Internment was made
in the church cemetery.

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The Washington County History 
Page 153

James C. Dam

James C. Dam came to America from Jutland, Denmark, as a young man,
after serving his country in the Danish army and as a guard for the
King.

He worked his way  from New York to Chicago and to Nebraska where he
was employed as a hired hand in the vicinity northwest of Fremont.
We remember his telling how he helped cut ice on the Missouri River,
the year of the blizzard of 1888, and how he swapped his fur
overcoat for a gold watch with cousins John and Mads Dam who were
going on west to seek their fortune.  He never heard from them, but
some 50 years later, descendants have been located in the Valentine
and Gordon, Nebraska area.

James C. then returned to his native land and married Marie Dam in
1893, and came back to America to establish their home.  They spent
two years on a farm in the Bluffs area northwest of Fremont which
belonged to John Hendricksen.  Here a daughter Emelie and a son
Martin were born.  Mr. Dam contacted typhoid fever and was very ill.
Doctor Zellers drove his horse and buggy out from Hooper every day
to attend him.  It was a miracle he lived.

Those were difficult weeks for his wife who could not speak English,
but kind Danish neighbors helped her through it.

They then moved to a farm in the Argo vicinity in Burt County and
rented a farm for 9 years.  Here their son Martin died of a rupured
appendix at the age of 3 1/2 years.  He is buried at West Admah
Cemetery.  Two more daughters were born, Anna and Emma.

In 1905 they purched an 80 acre farm in Section 33 of Washington
County, from Mrs. H. V. Hansen.  Here a son Edwin was born in 1907.

James C. Dam died in 1929.  Edwin had taken over the farming at a
early age due to his father's ill health.  Edwin and his mother
continued living on the farm until 1937 when he married the former
Lucinda Busch, daughter of Fred and Orphia Busch of Hooper.  Marie
Dam then moved to a home in Hooper, purchased by her son, but now
residing at the home farm place at the time of her death in 1938. 

The descendants of James C. and Marie Dam are; Emelie Dam married to
Anton Petersen of Admah, have one daughter Lillie married to David
Woodcock of Fremont.  Their children are La-- and Rodney, and Emily
married to Davlid Smith have one daughter Stacy.

Anna Dam married to J.L. Larsen of Davey, Nebraska have one daughter
Marie married to Eric Rasmussen of Fairmont, Nebraska.  The children
are E. Clark and Luann marrried to Robert Ohlinger.

Emma Dam married to William Christiansen of Admah, have one daughter
Bergette married to Alfred Lang of Lincoln.  Their children are Pat
married and has a son Billy, Margaret married to Kenneth Felsing,
Charles is married and Grace is at home.

Edwin Dam married to Lucinda Busch of Hooper area.  They have one
son James E. married to Alice Wittman.  Their children are Dwight,
Virginia, David and Eric.  Submitted by Mrs. Edwin Dam





DAM, JAMES C.    
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Name = Lucinda Dam

Dates = 4-25-1915  -  6-22-2006 

Buried in Lot 27

Parents = Fred & Orphia (Armstrong) Busch 

Spouse = Edwin Dam (1937)

Obituary

The Fremont Tribune (On-Line)
June 24, 2006

The funeral for Lucinda M. Dam, 91, of Hooper will be 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday at the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Hooper.

She died Thursday, June 22, 2006, at Fremont Area Medical Center.

Lucinda M. Busch was born April 25, 1915, on the family farm in
Washington County to Fred and Orphia (Armstrong) Busch. Her family
moved to a farm south of Winslow and she grew up in the Hooper area.
She attended Stecher School and graduated from the eighth grade of
District 43 in Dodge County. She went on to graduate from Hooper
High School in 1933. After graduation, she worked In Fremont for the
Pollock family. She married Edwin W. Dam on Sept. 26, 1937, at Zion
Lutheran church in Hooper. They lived on the farm northeast of
Winslow until moving into Hooper in 1986. He died in November 1991.
Lucinda had been a 4-H leader and was an accomplished seamstress.
She had a love for children and taught Sunday school for more than
25 years. Later, she was a Bible study guide for adults. She was the
missionary president of the former Zion Lutheran Congregation. She
also was president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Women (ELCW)
for two terms at Redeemer Lutheran Church and a willing worker in
their sewing group.

She was a past secretary of the Hooper Extension Club, secretary of
the West Admah Cemetery Association for 50 years, secretary of
Redeemer Altar Guild, member of Hooper Federated Women's Club and
volunteered for several years at the Hooper Care Center and the
Redeemer Child Care.

Survivors include: a son, James (and wife, Alice) Dam of Hooper; a
sister, Corrine (and husband, George) Lorenzen of Fremont; a
brother, Orville (and wife) Agnes Busch of Colorado Springs, Colo.;
four grandchildren, Dwight (and wife, Karna) Dam of Hooper, Virginia
(and husband, Mike) Unverferth of Raymond, David (and wife,
Michelle) Dam of Arlington and Eric Dam of Lincoln; and six great-
grandchildren. She also was preceded in death by an infant son in
1938; an infant son in 1943; a brother, Wilford Busch; and a sister,
Charity Hormel.

The Rev. Joel Schroeder will officiate Tuesday's service. Visitation
will be 1-9 p.m. Monday, with family receiving friends 6:30-8 p.m.,
at Ludvigsen Mortuary in Fremont. Burial will be in the West Admah
Cemetery. Memorials have been established to the West Admah Cemetery
and Lutheran Family Services.





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Washington County Pilot-Tribune & Enterprise
Blair, NE
 
Monday, June 26, 2006

Lucinda M. Dam, 91 

Lucinda M. Dam, 91, of Hooper, died Thursday, June 22, 2006, at the
Fremont Area Medical Center.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 27, in the
Redeemer Lutheran Church in Hooper. Interment will be in the West
Admah Cemetery.

Lucinda M. (Busch) Dam was born April 25, 1915, on the family farm
in Washington County to Fred and Orphia (Armstrong) Busch. Her
family moved to a farm south of Winslow, and she grew up in the
Hooper area. She attended the Stecher School and graduated from the
8th grade of District 43 in Dodge County, later graduating from
Hooper High School in 1933.

After graduation, she worked in Fremont for the Pollock family.

On Sept. 26, 1937, she married Edwin W. Dam at Zion Lutheran Church
in Hooper. They lived on the farm northeast of Winslow until moving
into Hooper in 1986.

Mrs. Dam had been a 4-H leader, and she was an accomplished
seamstress. She loved children, and taught Sunday School for more
than 25 years. She later served as a Bible study guide for adults.
She was the Missionary President of the former Zion Lutheran
congregation, and was president of the ELCW Woman’s group for two
terms at Redeemer Lutheran Church. She was also a willing worker of
their sewing group.

She was past secretary of the Hooper Extension Club, secretary of
the West Admah Cemetery Association for 50 years, secretary of
Redeemer Altar Guild, member of Hooper Federated Women’s Club, and
she volunteered for several years at the Hooper Care Center and the
Redeemer Child Care.

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, James and Alice Dam
of Hooper; four grandchildren and their families; six great-
grandchildren; a sister and brother-in-law, Corrine and George
Lorenzen of Fremont; and a brother and sister-in-law, Orville and
Agnes Busch of Colorado Springs, Colo.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Edwin, in 1991; by two
infant sons; a brother, Wilford Busch; and a sister, Charity Hormel.

Memorials are suggested to the West Admah Cemetery and Lutheran
Family Services. 

DAM, LUCINDA
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Name =  Marie Dam

Dates on Tombstone = 8-17-1870  -  12-19-1948

Buried in Lot 27

Spouse = James C. Dam (1893)

Parents =

Obituary 

The Hooper Sentinel 
December 30, 1948

Final Rites Held For Mrs. Marie Dam

Funeral services were held at the Grace Lutheran Church Dec. 22 for
Mrs. Marie Dam, who passed away on Dec. 19.  Rev. Paul deFreese
conducted the service, music for which was furnished by a quartet;
Mrs. Henry Osterloh, Mrs. W. A. Lallman, Donald Shaffer and Irwin
Osterloh, with Mariene Rodgers accompanying at the organ. The
pallbearers were Alfred and Arthur Andersen, Julius and Alvis
Petersen, Albert Kreite and Orval Busch.  Interment was in the West
Admah cemetery. Wollmer and Warne was in charge of the funeral
arrangements.

DAM, MARIE    
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Name =  Martin Dam

Dates on Tombstone = 11-15-1895  -  7-8-1899

Buried in Lot E

Parents = James C. & Maria (Dam) Dam

Martin was born in the Bluffs area northwest of Fremont and died at 
the age of 3 1/2 at Argo, Burt County, Nebraska from a ruptured
appendix.





DAM, MARTIN
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Name = Mathilda Eriksen

Dates on Tombstone = 12-24-1900  -  7-10-1906

Buried in Lot 33

Parents = H. P. & K. Eriksen

Summary

The Oakland Independent
July 20, 1906
Page 4

Little Matilda Eriksen, who has been sick about 3 weeks with
whooping cough and pneumonia, died Tuesday morning.  The funeral was
held Thursday in the Danish Lutheran church.  The Argo people deeply
sympathize with the bereaved ones.





ERIKSEN, DORA MATHILDA
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Name =  H. Sine Eriksen

Dates on Tombstone = 2-27-1842  -  1-23-1881

Buried in Lot 19

Parents =

Spouse = Female Johansen

1880 Nebraska, Washington, Sheridan
Erickson, H P     wm 35        Farmer
          ?       wf 38  wife  Keeping Home
          Hanna ? wf  6  Dau
          Amelia  wf  4  Dau
          Julius  wm  2  Son
          George  wm  1  Son 





ERIKSEN, H. SINE
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Name =  Ruth I. Frederikson

Dates on Tombstone = 10-10-1906  -  11-14-1913

Buried in Lot 35

Parents = John & Laura Elizbeth (Johnson) Frederikson

Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
November 20, 1913

Ruth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Frederikson, died Friday, Nov.
14th, after an illness of a few days of scarlet fever. Interment
took place in the Danish Cemetery, Sunday.  Mr. and Mrs.
Frederikson have the sympathy of their many friends in their
bereavement.

Note: Mr. & Mrs. John Frederikson had 5 daughters:
      Cora (1908), Ruth (1906), Ernie (1912) &
      twins; June & Junis (1917).  John & Laura Frederikson
      are buried at the Swaburg Cemetery.

FREDERIKSON, RUTH I.    
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Name = Hans Fredrickson

Dates = no dates 

Spouse = Karen Anderson/Petersen, daughter of Anders & Mary Petersen 
         (She later married Christian Andersen. The marriage license 
          was issued in Burt County, Nebraska as recorded in the Burt 
          County Marriage Book 1, 5-14-1871 to 2-7-1882.  In the Blair 
          Cemetery, Blk 73, Lot 10 graves 1 & 2 are buried a 
          Karen Andersen (7-5-1841 - 3-17-1921) and a 
          Christian Andersen (11-18-1853 - 2-21-1954).


There is no tombstone for Hans, but there is a slight posibility that
he is buried here.

Fredrickson, Hans
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Name =  Virginia M. Geary and infant son Glen
Owen

Dates on Tombstone = 1-9-1927  -  12-30-1955

Buried in Lot 26

Spouse = George Geary

Maiden name =

Parents =

Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
January 5, 1956

Services Held For Mrs. Geary and Baby

Funeral services were held Tuesday for Mrs. George Geary and her
infant son, Glenn, who died Friday, December 30, at the Oakland
Hospital.  The Rev. Dennis Goodman conducted the service at the
First Baptist Church in Oakland and interment was in the West Admah
Cemetery.

Ruth Paton was soloist with Margaret Denison as organist.
Pallbearers were Ernest Geary, Duane Jordon, David Geary, Darrell
Kuhlmann, Arthur Geary and Richard Thomvson.

The Wollmer and Warne Funeral Home were in charge of the
arrangements.

GEARY, VIRGINIA M. AND INFANT SON GLEN OWEN    
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Name =  Harvey Gerhardt

Dates on Tombstone = 6-5-1910  -  8-26-1954

Buried in Lot E

Parents = Mr. & Mrs. Louis Gerhardt

The Fremont Tribune
August 27, 1954

Uehling Dairy Worker's Death Termed Suicide

Uehling - Harvey Gerhardt, 44, Uehling dairy worker, died Thursday
aftrernoon in a farm field about 5 miles southeast of here from what
County Attorney Forrest A. Johnson said was apparently a self-
inflicted gun wound.

The circumstances were pieced together by Johnson as follows:
Gerhardt had stopped his car on the Strand farm.  Barton Magnuson,
Uehling farmer who was mowing the fied, saw him and stopped the
tractor to talk to him briefly at the edge of the field.

Magnuson said Gerhardt had the shotgun and was "waving it around."
Magnuson said he turned back to the tractor to resume the mowing
when he heard the gun fire and turned to find Gerhardt on the
ground, shot between the throad and left shoulder.

Jonson said the jugular vein was severed and Gerhardt apparently
died a few minutes later.  The county attorney added there is a
possibility the shot was accidental but the angle of the shotgun
blast and other circumstances made him believe the shot was
intentional.

Deputy Couty Attorney Richard L. Kuhlman and Sheriff Pelham McGee
assisted with the investigation.

Gerhardt, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gerhardt, was born June 5,
1910 at Western and was reared by Mr. and Mrs. Peter Larson of
Uehling.  

Gerhardt married Anna Mallette Aug. 23, 1937, at Fremont.  The couple
lived near Uehling several years before moving to Omaha where they
lived for 13 years before returing to Uehling.

The deceased is survived by his widow, and two brothers, Raymond of
Amarillo, Tex., and Chester of California.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m., at the Wollmer
and Warne Funeral Home at Hooper.  The Rev. E. T. Chindvall will
officiate, and interment will be in the West Admah Cemetery in the
Swaburg community.





GERHARDT, HARVEY
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Name =  Laura P. Greenwood

Dates on Tombstone = 10-12-1885  -  3-31-1917

Buried in Lot 29

Spouse = Dick Greenwood (1911)

Maiden Name = Laura Hansen

Parents =

Obituary 

The Fremont Tribune 
April 4, 1917

Many at Funeral - Admah Friends Attend Last Service for Mrs. Dick
Greenwood

Admah, April 4. - Funeral services for the late Mrs. Dick Greenwood
of Walthill were held Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the
Danish Lutheran Church.  Rev. Wennermark of Oakland officiated.

Mrs. Dick Greenwood, formerly resided in this neighborhood.  She
leaves her husband and two small sons, James and Ralph, and two
sisters and one brother.

GREENWOOD, LAURA P.
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Name =  Andrew Bernhardt Hansen

Dates on Tombstone = 1-20-1882  -  8-30-1882

Buried in Lot E

Parents = Jens & Marinstine Hansen

HANSEN, ANDREW BERNHARDT
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Name =  Anna M. Hansen

Dates on Tombstone = 6-27-1873  -  12-28-1925

Buried in Lot 28

Parents = Hans & Carrie/Karen (Hansen) Sorensen

Mini Biography
 
Anna M. Hansen was born in Denmark on June 27, 1873 to Hans & Carrie/Karen
(Hansen) Sorensen. Her nother died in Denmark.  She emigrated to the
USA with her family in 1876.  She died on Dec. 28, 1925 and is
buried at the West Admah Cemetery.  She was survived by her brother,
Peter Hansen, and a sister, Louise Hansen.  Her father, Hans Sorensen,
died 1-1-1923 and is also buried in the West Admah Cemetery.

HANSEN, ANNA M.
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Name =  Arthur Johannes Hansen

Dates on Tombstone = 2-16-1889  -  7-28-1889

Buried in Lot E

Parents = Jens & Marinstine Hansen

HANSEN, ARTHUR JOHANNES
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Name = Christina Frank Hansen
                             
Dates on Tombstone = 7-2-1900 -  38 yr 3 mo 2 da



Buried in Lot 17

Spouse = Christ Hansen (Burt County between 1882 & 1889)

Parents = 

HANSEN, CHRISTINA FRANK 
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Name =  Christine Hansen

Dates on Tombstone =  2-11-1887  -  11-30-1963

Buried in Lot 15

Parents = Nels & Sophie (Christensen) Hansen

Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
December 5, 1963

Miss Hansen of Uehling is Laid to Rest

Miss Christine Hansen of Uehling, 75, died Saturday night at the
McBride Nursing Home in Fremont, where she had been for the past
several months.  In frail health since breaking her hip two years
ago, she had suffered a stroke Wednesday.

Daughter of Nels Hansen and Sophie Christensen, she was born on
their farm in the Swaburg area, Feb. 13, 1888.  She attended school
in the former Dist. No. 54.  Her mother died when she was nine
years of age, and her father on April 2, 1923.  Two other children
died in infancy.

She was baptized and confirmed in the Danish Lutheran Church and
after the congregation disbanded, she affiliated with Elim Lutheran
Church.  She was a past president of the former Women's Missionary
Society and past secretary of the ladies Aid Society.  She was a
charter member of the Lutheran Church Women and was an honorary
member of Faith Circle.

Following the death of her cousin, Miss Anna Rasmussen, who had
been her companion for many years, Miss Hansen moved to Uehling.

Her only survivors are two cousins, Misses Minnnie and Margaret
Hansen of Omaha, several second cousins, and a host of friends to
mourn her passing and to cherish the memory of the generous
hospitality of her home and her countless deeds of neighborly
kindness throughout the years of her life.

Funeral services directed by the Wollmer and Warne Home of Hooper,
were held at Elim Lutheran Church Tuesday, with Pastor Emery E.
Pokrant of Oakland officiating.  Interment was in the West Admah
Danish Lutheran Cemetery.

HANSEN, CHRISTINE A
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Name =  Einar Nils Hansen

Dates on Tombstone = 9-10-1894  -  3-2-1897

Buried in Lot E

Parents = Walter & Anna (Jensen) Hansen

Einar was born on Monday, September 10, 1894, in the family farm
home, known as the “Minier Place.” Einar was a brother of my
grandmother, Louise (Hansen) Christensen. He was the third of twelve
children born to his parents (my great grandparents), who were
WALTER HANSEN (9/20/1867-5/4/1947) and ANNA (JENSEN) HANSEN
(6/12/1872-6/2/1940).  Einar was the grandson of Louise Margretha
Hansen Brodersen Hansen Jorgensen, who is also buried in this
cemetery. Einar died on Tuesday, March 2, 1897, from complications
following surgery at 2½ years of age.

Note: Randy Cordes sent this information to me on February 15, 2007. 






HANSEN, EINAR
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Name =  Hans Hansen

Dates on Tombstone =

Buried in Lot E

Parents = 

Spouse = Maren

Children:
1. Sophia Karen Andersen (Wife of Peter Jacob Andersen)


Emigrated in 1876.
He may be a brother of Neils Hansen. ?

HANSEN, HANS
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Name = John Hansen

Dates on Tombstone = 1859  -  1906

Buried in Lot 17

Parents = Hans & Anne Jorgensen

Spouse = Marie L.

The Oakland Independent
Nov. 23, 1906

John Hanson, road overseer of District No. 4 of this county, living
2 1/2 miles southwest of Argo, was killed in an accident near
Uehling, yesterday afternoon.

Hanson and his son, Christian, were hauling material for a bridge
near the Daubert farm.  They left Uehling with their loads of
lumber, the son following, and were only half a mile out of town,
north, when Hanson's horses became unmanagable in descending a hill.
The driver in his efforts to gain control of the team fell, or was
thrown in front of the wheels, which passed over his head, causing
almost instant death.  He was carried back to town and a doctor
called, but nothing could be done to save him, the heavey load had
crushed out his life.   Coroner Overgaard of Dodge County was
notified and an inquest was held to-day which established the fact
that death was caused by an accident.  Hanson was about 38 years old
and a widower.  He leaves 3 sons and a daughter to mourn his death. 

1900 Nebraska, Burt, Craig, 117A
Hansen,    Jorgin    Head wm   Aug 1859 42 Wd Den  Den Den 1882
           Hannah    Dau  wf   Sep 1883     s Iowa Den Den
           Laura     Dau  wf   Oct      13  s Neb  Den Den
           Christian Son  wm   Aug 1889 10  s Neb  Den Den    
Jorgenson, Hans   Father  wm   Feb 1831 68 Wd Den  Den Den 1889 


HANSEN, JOHN
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Name =  Louise Hansen

Dates on Tombstone = 3-5-1878  -  1-3-1969

Buried in Lot 28

Parents = Hans & Carrie/Karen (Hansen) Sorenson 

Obituary - Louise Hanson

The Hooper Sentinel 
January 9, 1969

Rites Held Monday for Louise Hanson

Miss Louise Hanson, 90, passed away January 3, 1969 at Blair
Hospital.  The funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the
Wollmer and Warne Funeral Home, with Rev. George Pellesen of Blair
officiating.

Donald Shaffer was soloist, accompanied by Mrs. James Dam.  Serving
as pallbearers were Howard Franke, David Greenwood, Louis Graver,
Amos Hiebenthal, Howard Moll and Alvis Petersen.  Interment was in
the West Admah Cemetery, Hooper.

Miss Hanson was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, March 5, 1878, The
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Sorenson.  She had lived in this
community most of her lifetime, except for several years while
employed in Council Bluffs.

The past six years she had been a resident at the Good Shepherd
Home in Blair.

HANSEN, LOUISE    
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Name = Maren Hansen

Dates =

Spouse = Hans Hansen

Children:
1. Sophia Karen Andersen 1857-1957 (Peter Jacob Andersen)(1883)

Emigrated in 1876.

HANSEN, MAREN
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Name = Marie L. Hansen

Dates on Tombstone = 6-14-1857  -  6-15-1890

Buried in Lot 17

Parents =

Spouse = John Hansen

HANSEN, MARIE L. 
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Name = Niels Hansen

Dates = 9-23-1843  -  4-2-1923

Buried in Lot 15

Parents =

Spouse = Sophie Christensen (1887)

Obituary - Niels Hansen

The Hooper Sentinel 
April 5, 1923 
Page 1

Death Claims Pioneer of the Admah Vicinity

Shortly after 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, April 2, death came to end
the earthly career of Nels Hansen, a pioneer resident of the Admah
neighborhood, at his home 8 miles northeast of Hooper.  His death is
attributed to infirmities due to old age and a heart trouble from
which he had been a sufferer for several years.  He had reached the
age of 79 years, 6 months and 9 days.

Mr. Hansen was a native of Denmark and was born there Sept. 23,
1843.  There he grew to manhood, coming to America in 1868.  His
first home in this country was in Illinois where he resided five
years.  In 1873 he came to Nebraska and located on the farm that had
been his home ever since.  On Febr. 23, 1887, at Chicago he was
united in marriage to Miss Sophia Christensen, who died June 6,
1897.  He was the father of three children, two of whom died in
infancy, the surviving child being his daughter, Miss Christine, who
now has the sympathy of the community in her loss.  He is also
survived by a brother, Hans Hansen, of Omaha.

In his fifty years of residence in his community Mr. Hansen had
always commanded the highest respect and confidence of his fellowmen
for he was a man whose life was an open book, a man of high
Christian character, a man much devoted to his home and family and
one who in life done much to help his unfortunate friends and
neighbors, and all who knew him best regret his passing.

The funeral will be held today with services at noon at the home and
at one o'clock at the Admah Danish Lutheran church with Rev. James
C. Peterson, of Fremont, conducting them.  Interment will be made in
the church cemetery.

HANSEN, NIELS
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Name =  Peter Hansen

Dates on Tombstone = 3-8-1870  -  3-13-1951

Buried in Lot 28

Parents = Hans & Carrie/Karen (Hansen) Sorenson

Obituary 

The Hooper Sentinel 
March 15, 1951

Peter Hansen Funeral Today

Funeral services for Peter Hansen, who passed away Tuesday morning,
March 13, 1951, at the age of 81 years, and 5 days at his home near
Admah in Washington county, will be held this Thursday afternoon at
2 o'clock at the Wollmer & Warne Funeral Home in Hooper, with the
Rev. E. Eckhardt officiating. Music will be by the church quartet,
with W. C. Firnhaber as accompanist.  Pallbearers will be Howard
Franke, Fred Christensen, Alvin Petersen, Amos Hiebenthal, Glen
Wedergren and Louis Graver. Interment will be made in the West
Admah cemetery. 

Peter Hansen, the youngest son of Hans and Karen Sorenson, was born
on March 8, 1870, near Copenhagen, Denmark.  He was baptized and
confirmed in the Lutheran faith there, and at the age of 16 he
immigrated to America with his brother, Hans, locating in
Washington county and spent the rest of his life in this vicinity.
He leaves to mourn his departure his only surviving sister, Louise
Hanson, and a newphew in Denmark. 

HANSEN, PETER    
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Name =  Rasmus Peder Gotfred Hansen

Dates on Tombstone = 4-7-1885  -  9-2-1885

Buried in Lot E

Parents = Jens & Marinstine Hansen

HANSEN, RASMUS PEDER GOTFRED
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Name =  Sophie Hansen

Dates on Tombstone = 1-9-1851  -  6-6-1897

Buried in Lot 15

Spouse = Niels Hansen (1887)

Maiden Name = Sophie Christensen

Parents =

HANSEN, SOPHIE
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Name = Carl Hanson

Dates on Tombstone = 2-9-1896  -

Marker is in Lot 14 

Spouse = Jessie Christiansen
 
Buried Washington State.

HANSON, CARL
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Name = Howard J. O. Hanson

Dates on Tombstone = 10-24-1916  -  10-25-1916

Buried in Lot 14

Parents = Carl & Jesse (Christiansen) Hanson

HANSON, HOWARD J. O. 
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Name = Jessie E. Hanson

Dates on Tombstone = 8-4-1890  -  4-9-1953

Buried in Lot 14

Spouse = Carl Hanson

Maiden Name = Jessie Christiansen

Parents =  James R. & Elizabeth (Larson) Christiansen
           
Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
April 16, 1953

Mrs. C. Hanson dies in Wash.

Mrs. Carl Hanson, 62, former resident of the Hooper community died
Thursday of burns suffered at her home in Graham, Wash. She was the
former Miss Jessie Christiansen.

Mrs. Hanson was born August 5, 1890, in the Admah community in
Washington county northeast of Hooper, and also made her home in
Lyons for several years.  She was a former Midland College student
and a member of the Lutheran church.  She moved to Washington from
the Fremont vicinity about 15 years ago.

Surviving are her widower, her mother, Mrs. James R. Christiansen
of Oakland; two sons, Eugene of Tacoma, Wash., and Donald serving
with the armed forces;  three sisters, Mrs. Newton Greenwood of
Craig, Mrs. T. W. Peterson of Herman and Mrs. Leslie Laurensen of
Oakland and three brothers, Calvin Christiansen of Craig and
William and E. R. Christiansen of Fremont.

Funeral arrangements are in charge of Wollmer & Warne Funeral Home.
The funeral rites will be held this Thursday afternoon with brief
services at 1:30 at the funeral home followed by the formal service
at 2 o'clock at Elim Lutheran Church at Swaburg, Rev. Edward T.
Chindvall officiating.  Interment will be in the West Admah
cemetery.

Music will be by Miss Luella Sampson and Martin Olson with Mrs.
Alvis Petersen as pianist.  Pallbearers will be David Greenwood, J.
R. Christiansen, Harry Swanson, Roger Stricklett, Derald Crom and
Alfred Lang.

HANSON, JESSIE E.    
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Name = Mae Elizabeth Hanson

Dates on Tombstone = 5-28-1919  -  4-30-1923

Buried in Lot 14

Parents = Carl & Jesse (Christiansen) Hanson

Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
May 10, 1923

Child Passes away in Omaha Hospital

Mae Elizabeth Hanson, three-year daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Hanson, of Lyons, died at an Omaha hospital on April 30 after a
brief illness.  Mrs. Hanson will be remembered as a former Hooper
girl, Jesse Christiansen, daughter of the late J. R. Christiansen
and Mrs. Christiansen, of east of town, and has many friends in
this community who deeply sympathize with her and Mr. Hanson in
their loss.  The following obituary is take from the Lyons Mirror-
Sun.

"Mae Elizabeth Hanson was born May 28, 1919, and died April 30,
1923, aged 3 years 11 months and 2 days.  She was a precious child
- the only one left to her parents, and their loss is the keener,
since so much of expectation was wrapped up in her.  She was
stricken only a week ago, and seemed to be recuperating
satisfactorily, until the latter part of last week, when she was
taken worse, and though taken to the hospital in Omaha, where the
most skilled care was commanded in her interest, yet she passed
away Monday to her eternal rest.

"While the taking of these loved ones sadden our hearts today, yet
'of such is the kingdom of heaven.'  Heaven will be the brighter
and our interests therein the greater, because of the presence of
these whom we have loved long since and lost awhile.

"A brief recessional service was held from the parents home, 4
miles northeast of town.  Music was furnished by Mrs. Wilbur
Newell, Miss Lily Myers, Mrs. Harry Pearson and A. G. Anderson.
Burial was held at Admah in Washington county.  A formal funeral
service was had there, music being provided by Emil Christensen,
Miss Lura Hoppel and Mrs. G. A. Hoppel.  The profusion of Beautiful
flowers offered by sympathizing neighbors and friends were cared
for by Mrs. G. E. Davis, an intimate neighbor of the family.  The
religious service was in charge of Rev. J. H. Salsbury, D. D.,
pastor of the Lyons Presbyterian church."

HANSON, MAE ELIZABETH    
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Name =  Jensen

Dates on Tombstone =

Buried in Lot E

Parents =

JENSEN
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Name =  Alvilde Johnson

Dates on Tombstone = 11-25-1894  -  19y 20da

Actual Dates = 11-5-1875  -  11-25-1894

Buried in Lot 10

Parents = Peter & Mary Johnson

Alvilde Johnson was born in Nebraska on November 5, 1875 to Peter &
Mary (Hanson) Johnson.  Peter and Mary were married on March 28,
1875 (according to the St. Johannes Dansk Evangelical Lutheran
Ministeralbog). However, according to the Dodge County Marriage book
C, page 131, they were married on July 3, 1873. They had 2 other
children; Tora Elizabeth, born Jan. 2, 1877 and George Victor, born
Dec. 20, 1878.  Tora Elizabeth and Mary may have died in the mid
1880's, but their place of burial is unkown to me.  George Victor
was not listed in the 1880 US Census.  Peter married Maren Kirstine
Larsen in 1887 and they had 9 children. Peter and Maren are buried
at the Swaburg Cemetery.

Note: 
Patrice Hartman send some of this information to me 
on May 29, 2003.

The 1880 US Census, Dodge County, Logan
    Name           R S age Occupation        Birth   Fthr Mthr  
Johnson, Peter     w m 30 Farmer             Denmark  Den Den
         Maria     w f 26 wife               Denmark  Den Den
         Wilda     w f  4 dau                Neb      Den Den
         Elizabet  w f  3 dau                Neb      Den Den
         
The 1885 Nebraska State Census, Dodge County, Logan
Johnson, Peter     w m 35      Farmer        Denmark  Den Den
         Mary      w f 30 wife Lincoln, Neb  Denmark  Den Den
         Alaelda   w f 10 dau  at school     Nebraska Den Den
         Thora     w f  9 dau  at school     Nebraska Den Den   

JOHNSON, ALVILDE
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Name =  Anna K. Johnson

Dates on Tombstone =  3-30-1884  -  11-12-1956  

Buried in Lot 9

Spouse = James P. Johnson (1904)

Maiden Name = Anna Katherine Jorgensen

Parents = Carl & Sarah F. (Nielson) Jorgensen

Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
November 15, 1956

Funeral Services for Mrs. Johnson Held Wednesday

Funeral services were held Wednesday, November 14th for Mrs. Anna
Katherine Johnson, 72, who passed away at the Dodge County
Community Hospital in Fremont on November 12.  She had been ill for
several weeks.

Anna Jorgensen was born at Olund, Denmark, on March 30, 1884 and
came to Dodge County, when she was 16 years of age.  She was
baptized in confirmed in the Lutheran faith in Denmark and was a
member of the Danish Lutheran Church.

Mrs. Johnson was married February 6, 1904 to James P. Johnson.  The
couple observed their Golden Wedding anniversary in 1953. She had
lived her entire life in Dodge County.

Among the survivors are her husband, one son, Arthur and one
daughter, Mrs. Ernest Nelson, (Violet), both of Hooper; one
brother, Lars Jorgensen of Berkeley, Calif., and one sister, Mrs.
Marie Christensen of Hooper, eight grandchildren and one great
grandchild.

One daughter, three brothers and one sister preceded her in death.

Services were held at Elim Lutheran Church, Swaburg, with the Rev.
Edward T. Chindvall officiating.  Mrs. Alvis Peterson accompanied
the male quartet, Martin Olson, John Monson, Elmer Nyquist and
LeRoy Monson.  Pallbearers were Russell Johnson, Russell Wagner,
Alvin Olson, Harold Mallette, Howard Johnson and Richard Nelson.

Mrs. Johnson was a good mother and grandmother, an understanding
neighbor and a kind and generous friend.  She will be sorely missed
in her family, and among her friends.

JOHNSON, ANNA K. 5650 
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Name =  Arthur W. Johnson

Dates on Tombstone = 9-5-1904  -  9-18-1979

Buried in Lot 9

Parents = James P. & Anna K. (Jorgensen) Johnson

Obituary - Summary

The Oakland Independent
October 4, 1979
Page 9

Arthur (Perk) Johnson, 75, died at his home on Sept. 18, 1979.  He
was born on Sept 5, 1904 in Cuming County to Jim & Anna Johnson.  He
is survived by his sister, Violet Nelson, and brother-in-law, Ernest
Nelson.  He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister.  He
was buried at the West Admah Cemetery.

JOHNSON, ARTHUR W.
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Name =  Elizabeth Johnson

Dates on Tombstone = 2-27-1851  -  6-2-1925

Buried in Lot 9

Spouse = Hans Johnson (1874)

Maiden Name = Sarah Elizabeth Jensen

Emigrated in 1870

Parents = Jens & Christia (Lawson) Nelson 





JOHNSON, SARAH ELIZABETH JENSEN	
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Name =  Hans Johnson

Dates on Tombstone = 7-16-1841  -  12-15-1930

Buried in Lot 9

Spouse = Elizabeth Jensen (1874)

Parents = Jens & Elizabeth (Hanson) Poulson 

Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
December 18, 1930

Hans Johnson

Hans Johnson, 89, an early resident of Swaburg vicinity, died at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. John P. Frederickson, northeast of
Hooper on Monday evening.  He had resided at the Frederickson home
since the death of Mrs. Johnson in 1925.

Mr. Johnson was a native of Denmark.  He was born at Skege Moen on
July 18, 1841, and grew to manhood in his native land, and at the
age of 27 he came to the United States.  He obtained his first work
here with the Union Pacific railway in 1868 and continued in this
employ a short time before taking a homestead in the Swaburg
community.

On May 5, 1874 he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Jensen.
They made their home on the Swaburg farm until 1912, when they
retired and moved to Fremont.  After eight years residence in
Fremont they decided to move closer to the homes of their children
and purchased a residence in Uehling moving there in the year 1920.
In 1924 they celebrated their golden wedding.  Mrs. Johnson died in
June of the following year.

Surviving are five sons and daughters, Mrs. Nels Jorgensen,
Flagler, Colo.; Mrs. John Frederickson, Hooper, James P. Johnson,
Hooper; Dr. C. W. Johnson, Fremont; and George A. Johnson, Oakland.
One child died in childhood.(1)

Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the Swaburg Lutheran church.  Rev. Arnold Thoren will officiate,
assisted by Rev. James C. Petersen of Onawa, Iowa. Interment will
be made in the Admah cemetery.

(1) Hooper Sentinel,July 23, 1959 - 59 years ago, July 20, 1900 -
The 18 month old child of Mr. & Mrs. Hans Johnson died of diphtheria.






JOHNSON, HANS    
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Name =  James P. Johnson

Dates on Tombstone = 2-13-1881  -  5-14-1958

Buried in Lot 9

Spouse = Anna K. Jorgensen (1904)

Parents = Hans & Elizabeth (Jensen) Johnson

Obituary 

The Hooper Sentinel
May 22, 1958

Services Held Saturday for James P. Johnson

Funeral services for James P. Johnson, 77, who died Wednesday at
Norfolk, were held Saturday afternoon at the Elim Lutheran Church
in Swaburg.  The Rev. Edward T. Chindvall officiated. Music for the
service was by the men's quartet; Martin Olson, Ronald Nelson,
Elmer Nyquist and LeRoy Monson.  Mrs. Alvis Petersen was the
organist.  Pallbearers were Marvin F. Johnson, Edward Mallette,
Alvin Olson, Russell Johnson, Richard Nelson and John Larson.
Interment was in the West Admah Cemetery.

Mr. Johnson was born at Hooper, February 13, 1881, and lived all
his life in this community.  On February 6, 1904 he was married to
Anna Jorgensen, who preceded him in death on Nov. 12, 1956.  Mr.
Johnson had been in ill health for several years. Surviving are a
daughter, Violet (Mrs. Ernest Nelson), a son, Arthur, both of
Hooper; a sister, Mrs. Lena Jorgensen of Flager, Colo., a brother,
George A. Johnson of Oakland; eight grandchildren and four great
grandchildren. One daughter also preceded him in death.





JOHNSON, JAMES P. 
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Name =  Neils J. Johnson

Dates on Tombstone = 7-4-1843  -  2-10-1931

Buried in Lot 11

Spouse = Sarah Olson (1881)

Parents = Jens & Elizabeth (Hanson) Poulson

Obituary - Summary

The Oakland Independent
Feb. 20, 1931

Neils J. Johnson, 87, died on Feb. 10, 1931 at his home in Argo.  He
was born on July 4, 1843 at Möne, Denmark.  He came to the USA in
1865.  He had lived in Argo for 50 years.  He married Sarah Olson on
Mar. 15, 1881.  She died in April, 1928.  He is survived by sons;
Georg L. & Oscar A. and a brother, Peter Johnson, of Uehling.
Pallbearers were Dr. C. W. Johnson, Dr. Lars P. Johnson, George A.
Johnson, George P. Johnson, Calvin Christiansen and Newton
Greenwood.  He was buried at the West Admah Cemetery.

1910 Nebraska, Burt, Craig, 113A
Johnson, Neils     Head   mw 64 m1 29     Denmark
         Sarah     Wife   fw 57 m1 29 2 2 Norway
         L. George Son    mw 23 S         Nebraska
         A. Oscar  Son    mw 22 s         Nebraska
Larson, Vira       Mother fw 86 wd        Norway 
 
JOHNSON, NEILS J.
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Name =  Niels Johnson

Dates on Tombstone =           -  5-30-1920

Actual Dates =     04-25-1897  -  05-30-1920

Buried in Lot 10

Parents = Peter & Maren Kistine (Larsen) Johnson

Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
June 3, 1920

Commits Suicide

Niels Johnson, a veteran of the late World War, and son of Peter
Johnson, northeast of Hooper, committed suicide early Monday
morning by shooting himself in the head.  Up to the time of going
to press we have been unable to learn full particulars of this
tragic incident.  But it is believed despondency was the cause of
his rash act.  He was a member of Cornelius Tillman Post American
Legion, a firing squad from which attended the funeral held
yesterday morning as a last respect to their dead comrade. 
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Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
June 10, 1920

The Swaburg community was greatly saddened last Monday at the news
of the death of Niels Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Johnson.

He was born in Swaburg, April 25, 1897, and departed this life May
31, 1920, being aged 23 years, 1 month and 6 days.  Most of his
young life was spent at his home in Swaburg.  For a period he
attended Boyles college at Omaha, As soon as he passed his twenty-
first birthday he enlisted at Omaha and was transferred from
Jefferson Barracks to Camp Joseph E. Johnston in Florida, being
stationed there and serving on the military police force. He
received his discharge and returned home in March, 1919, since
which time he helped his father on the farm.  Being of an
exceptionally jovial disposition he was most popular among his
acquaintances and enjoyed the friendship of all who knew him, and
all join with the grief stricken family in their sorrow at his
early demise.

Besides the aged parents, he is survived by three brothers and five
sisters, namely, George, Hans, Sarah, and Paulina, of Swaburg;
Laurine, of Omaha; Mrs. Mary Lantefield, of Uehling; Mrs. Awilda
Bring, Rosalie; and Dr. Lars P. Johnson, of Oakland.

Funeral services were held at the late home Wednesday forenoon,
being conducted by Rev. O. W. Reger of Uehling, who preached from
the text, "And He showed me a River of Water of Life."  Music was
furnished by the Luther League male quartette.  After the services
at the home the large funeral cortege wended its way to the Danish
Lutheran cemetery at Admah where burial was made in the family lot.
A firing squad from the American Legion Post No. 18 of which the
deceased was a member, fired the military salute after which tapes
was sounded for their departed comrade.  The bearers, schoolmates
of the deceased, were Harvey and Bryan Realph, Walter Larson, Fred
Egbers, Leslie Lauersen and Everett Christensen.
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Note - From a reliable source: Niels was involved with a 
neighborhood girl and she became pregnant.  She would not marry him
and he became so depressed that he shot himself.  A daughter was 
born from this affair.  The mother is now dead, but the daughter
is still living.  The mother's and daughter's names are withheld
at the request of the source.

JOHNSON, NIELS        
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Name - Nels D. Johnson

Dates on Tombstone = 7-23-1889  -  7-24-1896

Buried in Lot 9

Parents = Hans & Elizebeth (Jensen) Johnson

Obituary 

The Hooper Sentinel 
July 30, 1896

The 7 year old son of Hans Johnson died with acute Bright's disease
at the home of Mrs. Matzen on Friday morning last. The remains were
placed in the Swaburg cemetery.

JOHNSON, NELS D.   10143 
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Name =  Oscar A. Johnson

Dates on Tombstone = 4-11-1888  -  10-31-1963

Buried in Lot 11

Spouse = Caroline Hobbs 

Parents = Neils J. & Sarah (Olson) Johnson

Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel 
November 7, 1963

Funeral is Held For Oscar Andrew Johnson, 75

Funeral services were held at the Wollmer & Warne Funeral Home
Saturday afternoon for Oscar Andrew Johnson, 75, who died Thursday
at the Douglas County Hospital in Omaha.  He had been ill the past
few months.

The Rev. Willard J. McKeag of Elim Lutheran Church conducted the
service, and music was by Mr. and Mrs. John Monson, accompanied by
Mrs. Alvis Petersen.  Pallbearers were Arthur Johnson, Gerald
Johnson, Alvin Olson, Ernest Nelson, Edward Mallette and William
Christensen.  Interment was in the West Admah Cemetery.

Oscar Johnson was born April 11, 1888 at Craig, the son of Neils J.
and Sarah Johnson.  He had lived in Omaha for the past 16 years. He
was married to Caroline Hobbs, who preceded him in death. Survivors
include a niece, Mrs. Murry Helms of Omaha, and two nephews,
Russell Johnson of Craig, and Erwin Johnson of Omaha.

JOHNSON, OSCAR ANDREW  
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Name =  Sarah Johnson

Dates on Tombstone = 12-24-1851  -  4-12-1928

Buried in Lot 11

Spouse = Neils J. Johnson (1881)

Maiden Name = Sarah Olson

Parents = Valborg Larson

Summary

The Oakland Independent
April 20, 1928
Page 1

Mrs. Neils J. Johnson, 76 years, 3 months and 19 days, died at her
home on April 12, 1928.  Sarah Olson was born on Dec. 23, 1851 in
Norway.  She married Neils J. Johnson on Mar. 15, 1881.  She is
survived by her husband, 2 sons; George L. Johnson and Oscar A.
Johnson, 3 grandchildren and 1 sister.  She was buried at the West
Admah Cemetery.

1910 Nebraska, Burt, Craig, 113A
Johnson, Neils     Head   mw 64 m1 29     Denmark
         Sarah     Wife   fw 57 m1 29 2 2 Norway
         L. George Son    mw 23 S         Nebraska
         A. Oscar  Son    mw 22 s         Nebraska
Larson, Vira       Mother fw 86 wd        Norway 
  


JOHNSON, SARAH
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Name = Anne D. Jorgensen

Dates on Tombstone = 1833  -  1896

Buried in Lot 17

Parents =

Spouse = Hans Jorgensen

1900 Nebraska, Burt, Craig, 117A
Hansen,    Jorgin    Head wm   Aug 1859 32 Wd Den Den Den 1882
           Hannah    Dau  wf   Sep 1883     s Den Den Den
           Laura     Dau  wf   Oct      13  s Neb Den Den
           Christian Son  wm   Aug 1889 10  s Neb Den Den    
Jorgenson, Hans   Father  wm   Feb 1831 68 Wd Den Den Den 1889 


JORGENSEN, ANNE D.
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Name =  Carl Jorgensen

Dates on Tombstone = 1843  -  1944
Actual Dates = 12-4-1843  -  6-7-1944

Buried in Lot 21

Spouse = Sarah Kirstina Nielsen (1871)

Parents = Jorgen Jorgensen & Maren Olsdatter

Obituary 

The Hooper Sentinel 
June 8, 1944

Death Yesterday of Centenarian

Swaburg - Carl Jorgensen, Swaburg centenarian, passed away
yesterday afternoon at the Dodge county hospital where he had
recently been taken for more expert care after a period of failing
health due to the infirmities of his venerable age.  The 100th
birthday anniversary was celebrated last December at the James P.
Johnson home, the daughter with whom his declining days were spent.

At that time the following outstanding events of 100 years of
living a span of life rarely obtained, were chronicled in this
newspaper.

Mr. Jorgensen was born at Gerskov, Denmark, Dec. 4, 1843, where he
lived until he was 57 years of age, working as a fireman on an
entertainment boat and for a light plant.  He was a veteran of the
war between Denmark and Germany in 1864 and present war conditions
often troubled his mind.

He came with his family to this country in 1900 to join three sons
already in Nebraska, settling in the Argo community where he opened
and operated a blacksmith shop.

Mr. and Mrs. Jorgensen celebrated their golden wedding anniversary
in 1921 with all their seven children present.  In 1926 they moved
to Uehling where Mrs. Jorgensen passed away in 1934 at the age of
82, a son, Hans, dying a few years ago.

The living children are Mrs. Marie Christensen of Uehling; John of
Pascagoula, Miss.; Lars of Richmond, Calif.; Nels of Flager, Colo.;
Mrs. Chris Nelson of Beatrice, and Mrs. Johnson of Swaburg.  There
are 31 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

Mr. Jorgensen, though a man of small stature, enjoyed good health
and the visits of relatives and friends until past his 100th year,
though his advanced age had somewhat affected his sight and
hearing.

Funeral rites will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from
the Wollmer & Warne funeral home in Hooper and at 2:00 o'clock from
the Congregational church in Uehling with Rev. Arthur Swanson of
Oakland officiating.

Interment will be in the Danish cemetery southeast of Uehling.

Note: According to the LDS Family Search he was born at Gierskov,
Odense, Fyn, Denmark.
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Familien Jørgen Jørgensen/Maren Olesdatter

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Mand: Jørgen Jørgensen Født: 19 dec 1797 i Gerskov,
Skeby - Døbt: 4 feb 1798 i Skeby k - Konfirmeret: 1812 i Otterup -
Død: 21 aug 1881 i Odense - Begravet: 29 aug 1881 i Skeby k -
Stilling: boelsmand Gerskov, Skeby, Lunde, Odense - Jytte Sørensens
ane nr: 52 

Hans far: Jørgen Hansen - Hans mor: Birthe Marie Jørgensdatter

Gift 22 jun 1832 i Norup k -  

Hustru: Maren Olesdatter Født: 21 sep 1806 i Roerslev, Nørre Næraa
sogn - Døbt: 2 nov 1806 i Nr Næraa k - Konfirmeret: 1821 i Nr Næraa
k - Død: 30 nov 1881 i Gerskov, Skeby - Begravet: 7 dec 1881 i Skeby
k - Jytte Sørensens ane nr: 53 


Hendes far: Ole Larsen - Hendes mor: Elisabeth Knudsdatter

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Børn: Jørgen Jørgensen Født: 16 jul 1833 i Gerskov,
Skeby sogn - Døbt: 15 sep 1833 i Skeby k - Konfirmeret - Død: 2 mar
1893 i Gerskov , Skeby - Stilling: husmand og fragtmand matr 15d
Gerskov by - Jytte Sørensens ane nr: 26 

Familier: Ane Katrine Andersen 

Ole Jørgensen Født: 28 feb 1835 i Gerskov, Skeby sogn , Odense -
Døbt: 20 apr 1835 i Skeby k - Konfirmeret - Død: 19 jan1916 i Gersø,
Skeby sogn, Odense - Stilling: husmand og fisker Gerskov og Gersø 

Mads Jørgensen Født: 28 mar 1837 i Gerskov, Skeby sogn - Døbt: 27
maj 1837 i Skeby k - Død: 22 okt 1844 i Gerskov - Begravet: 1844 i
Skeby k

Peter Christian Jørgensen Født: 24 feb 1839 i Gerskov, Skeby - Døbt:
18 mar 1839 i Gerskov - Død: 18 mar 1839 i Gerskov, Skeby -
Begravet: 24 mar 1839 i Skeby k 

Hans Jørgensen Født: 11 mar 1840 i Gerskov, Skeby, Odense - Døbt: 16
maj 1840 i Skeby k - Konfirmeret: 15 apr 1855 i Skeby k - Død: efter
er 1860 

Peter Christian Jørgensen Født: 27 mar 1842 i Gerskov, Skeby - Døbt:
12 jun 1842 i Skeby k - Død: 26 dec 1842 i Gerskov, Skeby -
Begravet: 1 jan 1843 i Skeby k 

Carl Christian Jørgensen Født: 4 dec 1843 i Gerskov, Odense - Døbt:
18 feb 1844 i Skeby k - Konfirmeret - Død: 7 jun 1944 i Fremont,
Dodge, Ne USA - Begravet: 10 jun 1944 i Uehling, Dodge, Ne USA 

Elise Marie Jørgensen Født: 19 feb 1847 i Gerskov, Skeby - Døbt: 23
apr 1847 i Skeby k - Konfirmeret: 7 apr 1861 i Skeby k 




JORGENSEN, CARL CHRISTIAN 7322
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Name = Hans Jorgensen

Dates on Tombstone = 1832  -  1908

Buried in Lot 17

Parents =

Spouse = Anne D. Jorgensen

1900 Nebraska, Burt, Craig, 117A
Hansen,    Jorgin    Head wm   Aug 1859 32 Wd Den Den Den 1882
           Hannah    Dau  wf   Sep 1883     s Den Den Den
           Laura     Dau  wf   Oct      13  s Neb Den Den
           Christian Son  wm   Aug 1889 10  s Neb Den Den    
Jorgenson, Hans   Father  wm   Feb 1831 68 Wd Den Den Den 1889 
           
JORGENSEN, HANS
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Name = Hans Jorgensen

Dates on Tombstone = 2-2-1833  -  12-6-1896

Buried in Lot 5

Parents = 

JORGENSEN, HANS 
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Name = Lars Jorgensen
No Tombstone.

Dates = 11-1-1838  -  9-3-1901 

Parents = Jorgen & Karen (Madsdatter) Olsen

Spouse 1 = Margrethe Andersen (1865)
Spouse 2 = Louise Margretha Hansen Bordersen Hansen (1884)

The Hooper Sentinel
Sept. 5, 1901.

Died - Lars Jorgenson of Swaburg has committed suicide by hanging.


Note:   Both of his wives are bured at the West Admah Cemetery. 
See the item, below by Randy Cordes, for more information concerning 
the grave of Lars.  

Lars Jorgensen was born in  Sonder Jellinge, Hyllested parish, on
Nov. 1, 1838 to farmowner Jorgen Olsen and wife Karen Madsdatter.
Lars Jorgensen, 28, from Sonder Jellinge serving in Sterrede and
Margrethe Andersdatter, 21, from Venslev were married in Venslev
parish on June 9, 1865.  

Lars, 33 and Margrethe, 26 Jorgensen emigrated to the New York, USA
on April 14, 1870 on the ship Ocean Queen with their daughter,
Christine, 3 1/2.


Children of Lars & Margrethe Jorgensen:
1.  Mrs. Otto (Christine) Hansen (1865 > 4-25-1880) 
    Buried St. Johannes, Argo
2.  Mrs. Amos (Alma) Brodersen
3.  Mrs. Rasmus (Agnes) Hendricksen

  
Dodge and Washington County

Lars Jorgensen

Andrew and Mary (Hansen) Petersen, who had thirteen children, were
the parents of my grandmother, Margrethe, who was born at Venslov,
Soro County, Slagelse, Sjaelland, Denmark, on December 19, 1843,
their fourth child and fourth girl.

Grandpa also came from Denmark, and he was born February 1838.   It
is believed Grandma and Grandpa came to America about 1870 when her
parents came.  My Grandma’s oldest sister, Ane Olson, was the only
member of the who stayed in Denmark.  She was married, but they
were childless.  Her husband did not succumb to the “American Fever”
like the rest of the sons-in-law.

My grandparents were married in Denmark and the parents of one
daughter born there in 1865.  Aunt Christine, a young newcomer to
America, later became Mrs. Otto Hansen.  My grandparents were the
parents of  two other daughters born in America, namely; Mrs. Amos
(Alma) Brodersen, and Mrs. Rasmus (Agnes) Hendrickson (my mother).
They farmed near her parents who farmed in Washington County. 

Grandma died September 16, 1878, at only thirty-five years of age so
I never knew her.  My mother and aunt were not in school yet at the
time.  Grandma was the first of the Andrew Petersen children to die
in their new country.  There were three others (Maren Clausen,
Johanna Mogensen Christiansen, and Sophia, a young child) to die
before their parents and the 1900’s.

Grandpa was married a second time to Louise who had a son of her own
however, she died young in 1886 too.  Both Grandma and Louise are
buried with markers at the West Admah Cemetery.

Grandpa had a crippled leg which made it hard for him to tend to his
farm. The loss of his mates so young was also a further burden.  It
is presumed that it was in a fit of despair he put a halter around
his neck and hanged himself in the barn.  It is uncertain the date
of his death, but I’m sure it was around the 1890’s. Because suicide
was considered a such a gross sin in those days I’m not sure if he
is buried with my Grandma or not.  There is no marker indicating so.

Today we put mental disorders with cancer, heart trouble, etc. as an
illness.  Certainly no one is condemned to hell with cancer!  When a
man’s heart has been made right (before despondency), we know that
is what is important.  I trust he had that rightness.

Grandpa and Grandma have several great-grandchildren in the general
area of Blair.  Her sisters and brothers who lived in the area were
Mrs. Hans (Karen) Fredricksen - widowed - Mrs. Christian (Noer)
Andersen; Mrs. Christian (Maren) Clausen; Mrs. Peter ( Marie)
Christainsen; Mrs. Louis (Stine) Johnson; Mrs. Nels (Johanna)
Mogensen - widowed - Mrs. Paul Christiansen; Hans Christian
Andersen; James Andersen, Lars Andersen, and John Andersen.

Submitted by Mildred Enger
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Concerning the grave of Lars Jorgensen: Are you familiar with
“Witching for Graves”? Just as it is possible for some people to
witch for water, it is possible for some people to witch for
persons, both those buried and those alive. I have the ability to
witch for graves. It is also possible while witching, to determine
the sex (male or female) of the person, whether living or deceased
and in the ground. The human body emits an energy field or aura that
causes two pieces of wire to react. I use two pieces of Number 9
wire bent to an “L” shape; I hold the short end of each wire in
front of my chest (one in each hand) and walk toward a living person
or walk over a grave. When I am next to a man (living) or standing
above a man’s grave, the two pieces of wire cross in front of my
chest. When next to a woman or over a woman’s grave, the wires go to
the outside. Yes, when I first was told about witching (in early
1990’s), I thought the man was pulling my leg. I was skeptical until
he showed me how it worked, and even more surprised when I found
that I could get the same response. 

What does all this have to do with Lars Jorgensen. I believe he is
buried next to his two wives, just to the south. There is no stone
there for Lars. However, West Admah Cemetery records show that his
cemetery plot included space for several more graves than just those
occupied by Margrethe and Louise. When I “witched” the grave site
just south of Margrethe and Louise, my witching wires indicated that
a man was buried there.

My research of microfilm of newspapers from 1901 reporting the death
of Lars Jorgensen indicate that he was buried in the West Admah
Cemetery. With that being the case, it is only logical to conclude
that he was buried in the cemetery plot that he had paid for (I
assume when Margrethe died in 1878). 

Note: Randy Cordes sent this information to me on Febuary 15, 2007.


JORGENSEN, LARS
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Name = Louise Jorgensen
wife of Lars

Full Name = Louise Margretha Hansen Brodersen Hansen Jorgensen

Dates on Tombstone =            -  9-6-1886
Actual dates       = 4-12-1836  -  9-6-1886

Buried in Lot 18

Spouse 1 = Hans Brodersen
Spouse 2 = Tortner Niels Hansen (1867)
Spouse 3 = Lars Jorgensen (1884)

Maiden Name = Louise Margretha Hansen

Parents =  Hans & Karen Kirstine Hansen

Her full name was LOUISE MARGRETHA (HANSEN) BRODERSEN / HANSEN
/JORGENSEN. She was born on Tuesday, April 12, 1836, at the Bibyjard
Farm, Borup, Denmark (20 miles southwest of Copenhagen). Her parents
were HANS HANSEN and KAREN KIRSTINE (_____________) HANSEN. 

Louise was baptised on May 8, 1836, in Denmark; she was confirmed on
July 23, 1850, in Denmark. The precise location of these two events
is unknown. 

She was first married to HANS BRODERSEN, date unknown. It appears
that Hans Brodersen died some time in 1867, but there is no
confirmation to date (2007). Louise was married (2nd marriage) on
Friday, April 5, 1867, to TORTNER NIELS HANSEN at Slotskirken in
Copenhagen, Denmark. Her third marriage was to LARS JORGENSEN (see
below). 

Louise’s 2nd husband, Tortner Niels Hansen, worked for the King of
Denmark as a carpenter, night watchman, gatekeeper, and repairman;
one of his duties was the lighting of the lamps each night at the
King’s Palace. The Danish King at the time was King Christian IX,
who reigned from 1863 to 1906. 

Louise was a seamstress, cook, and excelled in hand embroidery. She
was also a servant for the Queen of Denmark. Tortner Niels Hansen
died on Tuesday, September 13, 1881, from back injuries resulting
from a fall; he was buried in Denmark (we assume in Copenhagen, but
exact location is unknown). 

Louise had one son, WALTER ELIAS HANSEN; he was born on Friday,
September 20, 1867, in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is unclear whether
Hans Brodersen or Tortner Niels Hansen is Walter’s biological
father. Louise was 4 months pregnant with Walter when she married
Tortner. Unanswered questions include, “Did Hans Broderson die after
Walter was conceived and then Louise married Tortner Niels Hansen?”
It appears that this was the case. When my Aunt Melva Christensen
(from Oakland, Nebraska) researched this issue a number of years
ago, that was her impression, but was unable to find 100%
confirmation. 

Following the death of Tortner Niels Hansen in 1881, Louise Hansen
decided that she and her son, Walter Hansen, should immigrate to the
United States. They departed from Copenhagen on October 14, 1882,
aboard the Steamer “Hekla.” Walter was 15 years old at the time; his
mother, Louise, was 46 years of age. New York City was their port of
arrival on or about November 4, 1882. They traveled by rail to
Oakland, Nebraska, to live with relatives, Rasmus and Marie
Petersen, Walter’s aunt and uncle. The Petersen’s farm from Oakland
was 1 mile east, 10 miles south, 1 mile east, and ½ mile south. The
Petersen farm adjoined the Jens Jensen farm, where Walter’s future
wife, Anna Jensen, was living; Anna was 10 years of age when Louise
and Walter moved onto the neighboring farm. 

After 1½ years in Nebraska and the United States, Louise was
remarried to LARS JORGENSEN; the wedding was held on Tuesday, May
13, 1884, in Washington County, Nebraska. This was a 2nd marriage
for Lars and a 3rd marriage for Louise. 

Louise died on Monday, September 6, 1886, in Burt County, Nebraska;
the cause of death is unknown. She was buried at the West Admah
Cemetery in Lars Jorgensen’s cemetery plot. 

Note: There is one gravestone for both of Lars Jorgensen’s wives;
his first wife, Margrethe was buried on the east side of the stone;
Louise was buried on the west side of the stone.

Note: Randy Cordes sent this information to me on February 15, 2007.


JORGENSEN, LOUISE
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Name = Margrethe Jorgensen
wife of Lars

Dates on Tombstone =         -  9-16-1878
Actual Dates  =  12-19-1843  -  9-16-1878

Buried in Lot 18

Spouse = Lars Jorgensen (1865)

Maiden Name = Margrethe Andersdatter

Parents = Andrew & Mary (Hansen) Petersen

Margrethe Andersdatter was born on Dec. 19, 1843 at Venslev parish
to farmer Anders Pedersen  and wife Ane Marie Hansdatter.  Sponsors
were: Anne Hieldsatter, Skaflinge; Karen Larsdatter, Bisserup; farm
manager Niels Larsen, Skaflinge; small holder Hans Mogense,
Spjellerup; farmer Niels Christense, Skaflinge.  Margrethe's
parents, Anders Petersen (4-8-1811 > 10-4-1888) and Ane Marie
Petersen (4-19-1821 > 2-23-1897) are both buried at St. Johannes
Evangelical Danish Lutheran Cemetery, Argo, Burt County, Nebraska. 

Margrethe's parents, Andrew & Mary (Hansen) Petersen, had 
the following children: 
Anne Andersdatter, Jan. 14, 1840 m. Olsen, remained in Denmark
Karen Andersdatter, July 15, 1841 m. 1 Hans Fredricksen (1865) and 
  2 Christian Andersen (1877) 
Maren Andersdatter, Oct. 28, 1842 m. Christian Clausen (1869)
Margrethe Andersdatter, Dec. 19, 1843 m. Lars Jorgensen 1865.
Peder Andersen, Mar. 23, 1845, died as an infant
Hans Christian Andersen, April 8, 1847 m. Marie Hansen (1870)
Jens Andersen, Sept. 13, 1848 m. Maren Andersen (1879)
Lars Andersen, Feb. 20, 1850 m. Johanna Munk (1874)
Ane Christine Andersdatter, April 28, 1851, died as an infant
Ane Marie Andersdatter, April 14, 1853 m. Peter Christiansen (1853)
Kristine Andersdatter, Sept. 25, 1855 m. Louis Johnson (1872)
Johanne Andersdatter, Oct. 22, 1