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| Mathilda Louise "Tillie" Hansen |
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Who's Who
Mathilda Louise Hansen was the wife of Andreas "Andrew" Petersen, brother of Carsten Petersen, Sr. and aunt of my Grandmother Brunken.
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| Mathilda Louise "Tillie" Hansen |
Story
Andreas "Andrew" Petersen's "bride came from Germany in 1888 at the age of 17 with Esther Petersen - a niece of Carsten and Andrew. Mathilda Louise Hansen was born at Rantrum,Germany, January 4, 1871, to Hans Nicholas and Johanna Freda [(Thoensen)] Hansen. She
had two brothers--Thomas and Johannes and one sister Margrata. Her sister
married an Italian and lived in New York. They had one son, Steven Cassovella."[1]
"Andrew's brother Carsten's second wife, lda Lucia Martensen was a cousin of Andrew's wile, Mathilda. Other cousins were Christian Martinsen and Henry Martensen who also came to this country and the father of Peter Martensen who stayed in Germany."[1]
Date
Circa 1888.Location
This photograph was possibly taken in Germany before Mathilda came to the USA.Notes
- ANDREAS (ANDREW) PETERSEN - A biography. Photocopies of associated family records including the portrait shown above were sent to me by Carolyn Petersen on August 27, 2014 [2].
- Carolyn had obtained photocopies of genealogy records including this portrait from Mathilda Louise "Till" (Petersen) Sponhower over 20 years ago.
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