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Margaretha <I>Petersen</I> Christiansen

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Margaretha Petersen Christiansen

Birth
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Death
23 Apr 1910 (aged 87)
Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
Plot
H-11-2-4
Memorial ID
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Born in Husum, Germany.

Wife of John Christiansen.

Mother of Ferdinand, Mathias, Emil, Peter, Frederick and George.

Came to America in 1866 aboard the ship Bavaria.
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MARGARETTA CHRISTIANSEN (d. 1910)

MRS. M. CHRISTIANSEN DIES IN MILWAUKEE
Death has claimed two more of the pioneer settlers of Manitwooc county. Mrs. Minna Smith and Mrs. Margaret Christiansen, both of whom were well known in the life of the city. Mrs. Smith's death occurring here while Mrs. Christiansen passed away at Milwaukee where she had made her home the past three years.
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Messages received in the city announce the death at Milwaukee of Mrs. Margaret Christiansen, one of the early day settlers of the county who passed away at the Lutheran Home for Aged where she had made her home for two years. Mrs. Christiansen the mother of Principal Fred Christiansen of the Training school and of Matthias Christiansen, had attained the advanced age of 88 years, having been born at Hussun, Schleswig, Germany Sept. 6, 1822. Coming to America in 1866 with her husband she located at Two Rivers and sixteen years ago removed to this city. Three years ago Mrs. Christiansen removed to Milwaukee and two years ago entered the Home for the Aged. Her husband died six years ago and five children survive, Fred and Matthias, this city, Ferdinand, Sheboygan, George, Milwaukee and Emil of Cleveland, O. The body will be brought here at 1 o'clock tomorrow and the funeral will be held from the C. & N.W. station to Evergreen, with Rev. Machmiller officiating.

Manitowoc Daily Herald, Monday, April 25, 1910 P.1
(Both articles from the same paper)
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[bur. 04-23-1910/cause: old age]
Born in Husum, Germany.

Wife of John Christiansen.

Mother of Ferdinand, Mathias, Emil, Peter, Frederick and George.

Came to America in 1866 aboard the ship Bavaria.
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MARGARETTA CHRISTIANSEN (d. 1910)

MRS. M. CHRISTIANSEN DIES IN MILWAUKEE
Death has claimed two more of the pioneer settlers of Manitwooc county. Mrs. Minna Smith and Mrs. Margaret Christiansen, both of whom were well known in the life of the city. Mrs. Smith's death occurring here while Mrs. Christiansen passed away at Milwaukee where she had made her home the past three years.
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Messages received in the city announce the death at Milwaukee of Mrs. Margaret Christiansen, one of the early day settlers of the county who passed away at the Lutheran Home for Aged where she had made her home for two years. Mrs. Christiansen the mother of Principal Fred Christiansen of the Training school and of Matthias Christiansen, had attained the advanced age of 88 years, having been born at Hussun, Schleswig, Germany Sept. 6, 1822. Coming to America in 1866 with her husband she located at Two Rivers and sixteen years ago removed to this city. Three years ago Mrs. Christiansen removed to Milwaukee and two years ago entered the Home for the Aged. Her husband died six years ago and five children survive, Fred and Matthias, this city, Ferdinand, Sheboygan, George, Milwaukee and Emil of Cleveland, O. The body will be brought here at 1 o'clock tomorrow and the funeral will be held from the C. & N.W. station to Evergreen, with Rev. Machmiller officiating.

Manitowoc Daily Herald, Monday, April 25, 1910 P.1
(Both articles from the same paper)
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[bur. 04-23-1910/cause: old age]


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