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Cecilia Sorensen Eriksen

Birth	:	26 Oct 1845 Denmark
Death	:	5 May 1887 Nysted, Howard County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Nysted Cemetery, Nysted, Howard County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.1307983, -98.6136017
Description	:	Death notice - St. Paul Phonograph, May 13, 1887 Mrs. Jacob Ericson died Saturday evening and was buried at Nysted, on Sunday. She had been ill only a few days. From the memoirs of Peter S. Petersen - a mention of the Sorensen family and of the death of Cecilia Eriksen - Another early pioneer, Peter S. Petersen, who arrived in Howard County with his family as a boy of 11 or 12 in 1873, wrote of Larke Sorensen (and his family) in his Memoirs: "Lerke Sørensen, the pioneer and first settler at Nysted (a part of Nysted being on a corner... Read More	Death notice - St. Paul Phonograph, May 13, 1887 Mrs. Jacob Ericson died Saturday evening and was buried at Nysted, on Sunday. She had been ill only a few days. From the memoirs of Peter S. Petersen - a mention of the Sorensen family and of the death of Cecilia Eriksen - Another early pioneer, Peter S. Petersen, who arrived in Howard County with his family as a boy of 11 or 12 in 1873, wrote of Larke Sorensen (and his family) in his Memoirs: "Lerke Sørensen, the pioneer and first settler at Nysted (a part of Nysted being on a corner of his homestead) was born in Stubberup, Denmark, in October 1845, and died at Nysted, Nebraska, in February, 1887, at just a little past forty-one years of age. He came to the United States when he was a little past twenty-one years old, arriving in Chicago on May 26, 1867. About a year later he was married to Miss Johanne Jørgensen. On May 1, 1871, the famiy, together with Mr. Sørensen's father, came to Grand Island by rail. About ten days later, he, his father and five or six more (Lars Hannibal and his first colonists) went northwest from Grand Island, across the sand hills, the Loup River and Oak Creek, and decidecd on the tablelands between Oak and Turkey Creeks for the starting of their proposed large Danish settlement Mr. Sørensen filed on a homestead on Oak Creek, four miles northwest from where Hannibal laid out his new town Dannebrog. . . . When Mr. Sørensen died, he left his wife, nine children, a twin sister, other relatives and many warm friends. Mrs. Lerke Sørensen died in May 1930, nearly ninety years old. Mr. Sørensen's twin sister, Mrs. Jacob Eriksen, died May 15, 1887, three months and ten days after the death of her twin brother. Their homes joined as neighbors, north of Nysted Mrs Eriksen left her husband, nine children, the youngest only ten days old. She was forty-one years, six months, and eleven days old. info courtesy of Lenise Cook (#47504439)

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Cecilia Sorensen Eriksen's memorial is located at: Nysted Cemetery, Nysted, Howard County, USA.
When did Cecilia Sorensen Eriksen death?
Cecilia Sorensen Eriksen death on 5 May 1887 in Nysted, Howard County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 41.1307983
Longitude: -98.6136017

Family Members:

Parent

Soren Eriksen

(1818 - 1887)

Spouse

Jacob Eriksen

(1842 - 1920)

Siblings

Anna Sorensen Petersen

(1843 - 1908)

(1845 - 1887)

(1849 - 1912)

(1851 - 1936)

(1854 - 1924)

Children

Thomas Eriksen

(1884 - 1907)

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Coordinate: 41.1307983, -98.6136017

2. Swedish Pioneer Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0910988, -98.6324997

3. Loup Fork Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.1052600, -98.6631000

4. Oak Ridge Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.1845400, -98.6414700

7. Scotch Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.1917000, -98.6130981

8. Canada Hill Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.1843987, -98.5575027

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Coordinate: 41.1844400, -98.5575000

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Coordinate: 41.1264000, -98.7097015

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Coordinate: 41.2056007, -98.5702972

12. Czechoslovakia Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2132988, -98.6224976

13. Danish Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2134660, -98.6336020

14. Souleville Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0782080, -98.7553360

15. Bohemian National Graveyard
Howard County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2492070, -98.5927620

16. Elmwood Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2002983, -98.4677963

17. Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Cairo, Hall County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9888992, -98.6303024

18. Elba Cemetery
Elba, Howard County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2764015, -98.5643997

19. Hayestown Cemetery
Rockville, Sherman County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0766983, -98.8043976

20. Zeller Burial Site
Rockville, Sherman County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0725000, -98.8056000

21. Union Cemetery
Ashton, Sherman County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2214012, -98.7855988

22. Saint Marys Cemetery
Rockville, Sherman County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1202000, -98.8255000

23. Saint Josephs Cemetery
Elba, Howard County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2930984, -98.5746994

24. Berwick Cemetery
Cairo, Hall County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9636002, -98.5588989