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Sentenced To Be Hanged: The Tragic Story Of A Danish Immigrant, Peter D. Thomsen
Sentenced To Be Hanged: The Tragic Story Of A Danish Immigrant, Peter D. Thomsen
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Several years ago, Thorvald Hansen who was then in
charge of the Danish Immigrant Archives at Grand View
College, Des Moines, Iowa, asked if I would be interested in
writing the Peter Mathiasen story. I had previously told him
that in my childhood home I had heard bits and pieces of this
tale and that what I remembered most was how intensely it
was discussed by some of the immigrant people with whom
my parents associated. Little did I realize they were talking
about something that happened fifteen years before my
birth.
Recollections From Our Voyage To America, Soren Pedersen
Recollections From Our Voyage To America, Soren Pedersen
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We departed from Limskov in Norup Sogn May 6, 1862,
to visit my sister, my brother-in-law, and my mother on my
home farm, and were there a couple of days before we took
leave of the whole family never to see them again in this life.
It was both a serious and a sad time.
Book Reviews, Gerald Rasmussen
Mary Dilberg's Memories, Charles Berg, Edel Berg
Mary Dilberg's Memories, Charles Berg, Edel Berg
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Mary Jensen Dilberg wrote the following account, in
English, in 1972. She was born in Aarhus, Denmark, on
November 4, 1891, sent out to earn her own living at age 12
and journeyed to America by herself in 1911 where she
spent time in Red Lodge, Montana, Ord, Nebraska, and
finally settled in Bothell, Washington, near Seattle, where
she spent most of her adult life except for a four year return
to Nebraska from 1919 to 1923.
Ane Kirstine Jorgensen/ Bollesen, Dagmar Hoiberg
Ane Kirstine Jorgensen/ Bollesen, Dagmar Hoiberg
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This is the tale of a courageous pioneer woman who with her husband Rasmus Jorgensen and daughters Caroline and Mette emigrated from Denmark in 1882, ultimately settling in Tyler, Minnesota. In her later years, she told the story in Danish to her granddaughter, Dagmar B. Hoiberg (Mette's daughter), who subsequently translated it for relatives and possible publication.
Danevang: The Co-Operative Danish Capital Of Texas, Cecilia Jensen Bell
Danevang: The Co-Operative Danish Capital Of Texas, Cecilia Jensen Bell
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In 1894, J. C. Evers, an approved representative of the land committee (Landudvalg) of the Danish People's Society (Dansk Folkessamfund) stood observing the vast prairie of Wharton County, Texas. Within his heart he held a dream which was seeded, grew, blossomed and continued to bear fruit. Named the Danish capital of Texas in 1990, Danevang is the harvest of the first settlers of the colony.
Kai Eduard Rasmussen: A Danish American Hero, Val Hempel
Kai Eduard Rasmussen: A Danish American Hero, Val Hempel
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Over the years, ever since immigration to the United States began, hundreds and thousands of Danes have crossed the Atlantic to begin new lives, to work, to settle and to become Americans. The vast majority of them have helped strengthen and build their adopted land, enrich its culture and add durable strands to that multicolored fabric that is America. Many stepped lightly and left few tracks while others broke bold new trails. A few fashioned memorable evidences of their journeys. Names such as Peter Lassen, Jacob Riis, William S. Knudsen, Jean Hersholdt, Victor Borge and others are known to millions. …
Anton Gravesen - Immigrant's Way, Anton Gravesen
Anton Gravesen - Immigrant's Way, Anton Gravesen
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Anton Gravesen (1870-1952) became a well-respected merchant in Tyler, Minnesota, and banker in Askov, Minnesota. This autobiographical excerpt, provided by his daughter, Dagmar Gravesen, first records his experiences as a young immigrant and then describes his fast rise as a successful businessman. It ends with his philosophical acceptance of his losses during the Great Depression. Gravesen was born on a small farm on the Jutland heath. The death of his mother when he was 10 made him selfreliant and industrious. He not only worked for his father but also hired out to neighbors and his uncles as a sheep and …
Pioneer Life In The Big Dane Settlement, August Rasmussen
Pioneer Life In The Big Dane Settlement, August Rasmussen
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My experience in pioneer life commenced in 1856, after a long and stormy voyage from Denmark to America in that year. I shall, by the kind assistance of the Independent, give a little of my pioneer life and settlement during forty-five years. My thoughts are running back to the first Christmas I celebrated here in America, in 1856. It was a merry one, as you will see farther on. My wife and I were then both young, about twenty-seven years each.
Emigration From Denmark To America: Diary Of Marius Larsen, Marius Larsen
Emigration From Denmark To America: Diary Of Marius Larsen, Marius Larsen
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The hour of departure falls on this day, a busy one for me. I have made good use of Christen Knudsen, my travel companion, in tieing up and transporting my baggage. "Cimbria" got under way at precisely eight o'clock, a large crowd on the dock waving farewell. Many of them were our friends and relatives. My parents came on board with us and there said their sad goodbyes. It hurts me to leave them; I hope for their sake, and for ours, that our future will develop in such a way as to make them happy that we left. We …