Peter Christian Nielsen

1891 - 1984  (92 years)

• Name	Peter Christian Nielsen
  Born	27 Apr 1891	Bedsted, Bedsted Sogn, Hassing Herred, Thisted Amt, Danmark
  Christened	1 Jun 1891	i hjemmet/at home
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Mar 1984	Curtis, Frontier County, Nebraska, USA
  Buried	Curtis Cemetery, Frontier County, Nebraska, USA
  Person ID	I67	Rossen Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2019

  
  

  Father	Kristen Nielsen,   b. 19 Apr 1859, Aarup, Snedsted Sogn, Hassing Herred, Thisted Amt, Danmark ,   d. 5 Jun 1938, Thisted Hospital, Thisted Sogn, Hundborg Herred, Thisted Amt  (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Else Marie Pedersen,   b. 14 Apr 1848, Hassing Sogn, Hassing Herred, Thisted Amt ,   d. 12 Feb 1892, Bedsted Sogn, Hassing Herred, Thisted Amt, Danmark  (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	3 Jan 1886	Hassing Kirke, Hassing Sogn, Hassing Herred, Thisted Amt
  Family ID	F63	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Elsie Rossen,   b. 1 Jun 1895, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA ,   d. 28 Jul 1984  (Age 89 years)
  Married	10 Mar 1916	Ebenezer Church, Curtis, Frontier County, Nebraska, USA
  Children	+ 1. Marion Willis Nelsen,   b. 11 May 1917, On a farm north of Curtis, Frontier County, Nebraska, USA ,   d. 20 Dec 2010, Trenton, Hitchcock County, Nebraska, USA  (Age 93 years)  [Birth] + 2. Margaret Ruby Nelsen,   b. 26 Jan 1919, Curtis, Frontier County, Nebraska, USA ,   d. 15 Jun 1977, North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA  (Age 58 years)  [Birth] + 3. Robert Leroy Nelsen,   b. 2 Sep 1921, Curtis, Frontier County, Nebraska, USA ,   d. 24 Mar 1985, Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, USA  (Age 63 years)  [Birth] + 4. Doris Botilda Nelsen,   b. 10 Oct 1924, Curtis, Frontier County, Nebraska, USA ,   d. 11 Mar 2006, Great Plains Regional Medical Center, North Platte, Licoln County, Nebraska, USA  (Age 81 years)  [Birth] + 5. Kenneth Rossen Nelsen,   b. 8 Jun 1931, Curtis, Frontier County, Nebraska, USA ,   d. 5 Aug 1995  (Age 64 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	10 May 2016
  Family ID	F20	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Anna Elsie Rossen and Peter Christian Nielsen wedding picture
  		Brothers Nels Christian, Nels Peter and Peter Christian Nielsen
  		Peter Christian Nelsen Portrait
  		Peter Christian Nelsen and wife Anna Elsie (nee Rossen) with their children in 1950s From left to right: Margaret, Doris, Leroy, Anna Elsie, Marion, Peter and Kenneth
  		Peter Christian Nelsen and his wife Anna Elsie (nee Rossen) with their 5 children in the 1970s From left to right: Kenneth, Margaret, Peter, Marion, Anna Elsie, Doris and Robert Leroy
  		Anna Elsie Rossen, her husband Peter Christian Nelsen and their first born Marion Willis Nelsen. In the back row from left Nels Christian Nelsen and Carl Vilhlem Nelsen, brother and half-brother of Peter Christian Nelsen
  		Kenneth Rossen Nelsen with parents Peter Christian Nelsen, Anna Elsie Nelsen (nee Rossen) and his brother Marion Willis Nelsen
  		Kristen Nielsen with his wife Jensine (nee Kristiansen) and their 5 kids. The 3 oldest boys are Kristen´s children from his 1st marriage. Picture from between 1905-1910 as Jensine died on her birthday, 31st of January, in 1910. And please note that Nels, top row to the right, was in the USA from 1905-1910. How can he be on the picture? Maybe one of the first photoshop-activity in history.... You can quite easily see that he was added later. All 4 boys immigrated to the USA. Nels twice as he went back to the USA in 1923 bringing his wife Thora and their daughter Karen Marie.
  		Peter Christian Nielsen with 3 of his grandchildren From left to right Dennis Gerald Awtry, Wayne Awtry and Sandra J Foran (nee Awtry)
  		Niels Peter Nielsen with his brother Peter Christian Nielsen and their half-brother Carl Vilhelm Nielsen Probably at Niels Peter Nielsen´s farm in Michigan
  		Peter Christian Nielsen and his wife Anna Elsie (nee Rossen) with their first great-grandchild Dana Rae Fries
  		James Peter "Jim" Nelsen and Marilyn Joyce Schear Wedding picture, 1972 To the left Jim´s grandparents Peter Christian Nielsen and his wife Anna Elsie (nee Rossen)
  		SS Lusitania The ship that the brothers Peter Christian and Niels Christian Nielsen travelled on from Liverpool to New York with arrival on 13 May 1910
  		Anna Elsie Rossen and Peter Christian Nelsen Newspaper clip: Celebrating their 66th wedding anniversary
  		Anna Elsie (nee Rossen) and her husband Peter Christian Nelsen
  		Peter Christian Nelsen and his wife Anna Elsie (nee Rossen) Picture from around 1981
  		Sod house south of Curtis, Nebraska where Peter Christian Nelsen and his wife Anna Elsie Rossen lived Picture 1
  		Sod house south of Curtis, Nebraska where Peter Christian Nelsen and his wife Anna Elsie Rossen lived Picture 2
  		Sod house south of Curtis, Nebraska where Peter Christian Nelsen and his wife Anna Elsie Rossen lived Picture 3
  		Peter Christian Nelsen and Anna Elsie (nee Rossen) at their 40th wedding anniversary in 1956
  		Peter Christian and wife Anna Elsie (nee Rossen) somewhere in Curtis, Nebraska
  		Peter Christian Nielsen and wife Anna Elsie (nee Rossen) with load of corn
  		Peter Christian Nelsen in the 1940s
  		Peter Christian Nelsen with his kids Robert Leroy and Kenneth Rossen Nelsen. Pete on binder seat, Leroy on A JD, Kenneth laying on binder
  		3 Nelsen brothers with their spouses From left to right: Carl Vilhelm Nelsen and wife Sigrid Marie (nee Jepsen), Peter Christian Nelsen and wife Anna Elsie (nee Rossen), Nels Peter Nelsen and wife Thora Elvine (nee Christensen)
  		The spouses of the 3 Nelsen brothers Niels Christian, Peter Christian and Nels Peter From left to right: Johanne Surene (nee Jensen), Anna Elsie (nee Rossen) and Thora Elvine (nee Christensen)

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Peter Christian Nelsen WWI Draft Registration Card, page 1
  		Peter Christian Nielsen Birth and baptism record from The Danish Church Books Bedsted Sogn, 1891
  		Peter Christian Nielsen - Confirmation record 1905 He is the last one on the page, spelled Peter Kristian Nielsen
  		Peter Christian Nielsen and his wife Anna Elsie (nee Rossen) Marriage certificate, 10 Mar 1916
  		Peter Christian Nelsen WWII Draft Registration Card, page 1
  		Peter Christian Nelsen WWII Draft Registration Card, page 2
  		Peter Christian Nelsen and his wife Anna Elsie (nee Rossen) Newspaper article: "Love at First-Sight For Curtis Couple" Page 1
  		Peter Christian Nelsen and his wife Anna Elsie (nee Rossen) Newspaper article: "Love at First-Sight For Curtis Couple" Page 2
  		Peter Christian Nielsen and his brother Niels Christian Nielsen Passenger list manifest, sailing from Liverpool on 7 May 1910 They have the line numbers 16 and 17
  		Peter Christian Nielsen and his brother Niels Christian Nielsen Passenger list manifest, arriving at New York on 13 May 1910 They have the line numbers 16 and 17 They were travelling to their uncle Soren Bach Nielsen in Denmark, Nebraska. Both obviously had some marks of identification according to the manifest
  		Peter Christian Nielsen Danish Military Levying Rolls (Lægdsruller) Peter was enrolled into the list in 1909. The note from 2/5 1910 says that he travelled abroad. In fact he arrived at New York on 13 May 1910. The note 1914 says that he hasn´t come home He was excluded from the rolls in 1928, 18 years after he left Denmark. His occupation is as a "husmand", in English a small-holder
  		Peter Christian Nelsen, wife Anna Elsie (nee Rossen), their children Margaret Ruby and Marion Willis Nelsen. And Peter´s 2 brothers Niels Christian and Carl Wilhelm Nelsen Census 1920 They live in Fox Creek, Lincoln County, Nebraska All 3 brothers working in the farm industry They have the numbers 72-77
  		Peter Christian Nelsen, wife Anna Elsie (nee Rossen), their children Margaret Ruby, Marion Willis and Robert Leroy Nelsen Census 1930 They live in Sheridan, Frontier County, Nebraska Peter is a farmer You find them on top of the record
  		Peter Christian Nelsen, wife Anna Elsie (nee Rossen), their children Kenneth Rossen, Doris Bothilda and Robert Leroy Nelsen Census 1940 They live in Sheridan, Frontier County, Nebraska Peter is a farmer
  		Peter Christian Nelsen WWI Draft Registration Card, page 2
  		Peter Christian Nelsen Obituary
  		Peter Christian Nelsen Burial information
  		Letter from Ane Marie Hansen (nee Nielsen) to her brother Peter Christian Nelsen Page 1, 12 Nov 1947
  		Letter from Ane Marie Hansen (nee Nielsen) to her brother Peter Christian Nelsen Page 2, 12 Nov 1947
  		Letter from Ane Marie Hansen (nee Nielsen) to her brother Peter Christian Nelsen Envelope 1, 12 Nov 1947
  		Letter from Ane Marie Hansen (nee Nielsen) to her brother Peter Christian Nelsen Envelope 2, 12 Nov 1947
  		Peter Christian Nielsen Census 1 Feb 1901, Denmark, page 1 He is only 9 yearr old but his occupation is as a "tjenestedreng" which I would translate as a service boy helping with farming He lived in Bedsted, Denmark and not with his parents.
  		Peter Christian Nielsen Census 1 Feb 1901, Denmark, page 2 He is only 9 yearr old but his occupation is as a "tjenestedreng" which I would translate as a service boy helping with farming He lived in Bedsted, Denmark and not with his parents. Note: His date of birth is wrong as he was born on 27 Apr 1891 and not 27 Apr 1892.
  		Peter Christian Nielsen Confirmation record from The Danish Church Books Bedsted Sogn, 16 Apr 1905
  		Peter Christian Nielsen and Anna Elsie Rossen Report from their wedding The Curtis Enterprise, Nebraska 17 Mar 1916

  
  

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  Peter Christian Nelsen Headstone

  
  

• Notes

  My fondest memory of Grandpa Pete was watching wrestling on T.V. at the retirement home in Curtis Granddaughter Janice Nelsen, 11 Dec 2017 He was a man of few words but he was special! I remember lots of smiles and laughter! Granddaughter Lori Tobiasson (nee Nelsen), 11 Dec 2017