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Kristina Petersen (b. August 23, 1864, d. November 15, 1948)

Kristina Petersen (daughter of Morten Petersen and Karen Marie Rasmussen) was born August 23, 1864 in Marsholdt, Denmark, and died November 15, 1948 in Ringsted, Emmet co., Iowa. She married Peter C. Petersen on January 25, 1883 in Clinton, Clinton co., Iowa, son of P. Hennisborg and K. Oguard.

Notes for Kristina Petersen:
Kristine was born with the Danish name: Karen Kjerstine Petersen. The American spelling is Karen Kristine. I believe she went by the name Kristina because her first name was the same as her mother's.
Her marriage record and a 1880 Clinton co. census lists her name as "Carrie". In my research on a Danish Archive web site, I discovered many people with the given name "Karen" went by the nickname
"Carrie". Census records go by what the data collecter heard the name as, or thought how it was spelled.
Various Emmet co census records list spellings of her name as Carn C, Christina, or Karen. Ultimately, the name written on her gravestone is "Kristina Petersen".

More About Kristina Petersen:
Burial: Unknown, St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Ringsted, Emmet co., Iowa.

More About Kristina Petersen and Peter C. Petersen:
Marriage: January 25, 1883, Clinton, Clinton co., Iowa.

Marriage Notes for Kristina Petersen and Peter C. Petersen:
According to Clinton County marriage records:

Peter C Petersen, age 26, born Germany, resident, Clinton co., Clinton, Iowa
Father= P Hennisborg, Mother= K Oguard

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Carrie (C) Petersen, age 20, born Denmark, resident of Clinton co., Clinton, Iowa
Father= M Petersen, Mother= K M Rasmussen
Married 25 January 1883 by L Hansen MOG. Witnesses= M Petersen and A H Petersen

Children of Kristina Petersen and Peter C. Petersen are:

Christian Petersen, b. July 07, 1885, d. date unknown.
Mary Katrina Petersen, b. February 27, 1887, d. date unknown.
Martha Kjerstine Petersen, b. July 18, 1889, d. date unknown.
Earl Martin Petersen, b. September 03, 1891, Clinton co., Clinton, Iowa, d. November 1972, Truman, Minnesota.
+Dorothy Ann Petersen, b. July 16, 1895, d. March 23, 1992, Rodman, Iowa.
Nels Peter Petersen, b. December 09, 1897⁷, d. December 1985.
+Martha Laurina Petersen, b. May 04, 1900, Swan Lake Twp, Rinsted, Emmet co., Iowa, d. April 1983.
+Frances Elenora Petersen, b. October 11, 1902⁸, d. November 1974⁸.
Robert Richard Petersen, b. August 07, 1906, d. 1988.