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Anton J H and Christina (Christiansen) Petersen

PETERSEN CHRISTENSEN

Posted By: Matt Petersen (email)
Date: 3/3/2011 at 12:58:00

I am looking to find more information on my my great-grandparents Anton Petersen and Christina Christensen.

My great-grandfather, Anton Petersen, born 2/24/1877 in Husum Germany. He arrived in the United States in 1892 and settled in Jones County Iowa. The Family story says that his first year’s wages were paid to his friend, Hans Ahrendsen who had sent him money for his ticket to America.

The 1900 US census has him living in Oxford Township, Jones County Iowa working on August Carstensen's farm as a hired man. The 1905 Iowa Census has him living in or around Hale.

Christina Christiansen Petersen was born February 6, 1880, daughter of a family of nine children to Herman Christiansen and Maria Christiansen in Wallsbuel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Christian came to America, eastern Iowa area, in 1902. She worked as domestic help saving enough money to send to Germany for her four year old son, Martin.

Anton and Christina were married in Hale, Jones County, Iowa, in a Lutheran Church on January 5, 1905. They farmed in the Hale area for five years, moving to Battle Creek, Iowa, in 1910.


 

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