Jakobine Nikoline (Karlsdatter-Eidhammer) Pederson (1880 - abt. 1980)

Born 2 Feb 1880 in Vestnes, Molde Alesund, Norway

Wife of Nils Pedersen — married about 1908 in Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States

Died about Apr 1980 at about age 100 in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States

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Biography

1880 Jakobine Nikoline Karlsdatter Eidhammer was born 2 Feb 1880 in Vestnes, Norway. She was the daughter of Karl Johan Karlsen Eidhammer and Karen Marie Halvorsdatter.^[1][2]

1891 The Eidhammer family lived in residence number 069 in Vestnes, Møre County, Romsdal bailiwisck, Norway at the time of the 1891 census. They were listed as (name, birth year, birthplace, relationship to head of house):

• Karl Johan Karlsen Eidhammer (farmer) - 1845 - Strandens herred, Søndmøre - Head
• Karen Marie Halvordr. Eidhammer - 1851 - Strandens herred, Søndmøre - Wife
• Karl Andreas Karlsen Eidhammer - 1876 - Strandens herred, Søndmøre
• Jakobine Nikoline Karlsdr. Eidhammer - 1880 - Vestnes - Daughter
• Olaf Karlsen Eidhammer - 1882 - Vestnes - Son
• Hanna Elisa Karlsdr. Eidhammer - 1886 - Vestnes - Daughter
• Karen Kristine Karlsdr. Edhammer - 1887 - Vestnes - Daughter
• Josefine Marie Karlsdr. Eidhammer - 1887 - Vestnes - Daughter

1903 Jennie immigrated to the USA with her younger sister Hanna in 1903, arriving via the ship Saxonia of the Cunard Line at the port of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts on 19 Nov.^[3]

1908 Jennie married widower Nels Pedersen about this time.^[4]

1910 By 1910 Jennie was living in Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, USA with Nels and seven of his children from his first marriage and two of their own children. The household was recorded on the 1910 US census as:

• Nels Pederson Head Male 49 Norway
• Jennie Pederson Wife Female 30 Norway
• Anna Pederson Daughter Female 21 Wisconsin
• Albert Pederson Son Male 18 Wisconsin
• Nellie Pederson Daughter Female 17 Wisconsin
• Dorothy Pederson Daughter Female 14 Wisconsin
• Elizabeth N Pederson Daughter Female 13 Wisconsin
• Louis Pederson Son Male 11 Wisconsin
• Christian Pederson Son Male 10 Wisconsin
• Julia Pederson Daughter Female 2 Wisconsin
• Henry Pederson Son Male 0 Wisconsin^[5]

1920 The Pedersons lived in their own home at 496 West 8th Street in Superior, Wisconsin. Nels worked as a wood cutter for the city of Superior. Their household was recorded on the 1920 US census as:

• Nels Peterson Head Male 59 Norway
• Jennie Peterson Wife Female 39 Norway
• Julia M Peterson Daughter Female 12 Wisconsin
• Henry Peterson Son Male 10 Wisconsin
• Edward Peterson Son Male 9 Wisconsin
• Helen Peterson Daughter Female 5 Wisconsin^[6]

1930 The Pedersons lived in their own home at 1518 East 8th Street in Superior, Wisconsin in 1930. Nels did odd jobs and his son Henry was a laborer at the railroad roundhouse.

• Nels D Pederson Head Male 69 Norway
• Jennie Pederson Wife Female 50 Norway
• Henry Pederson Son Male 20 Wisconsin
• Edward Pederson Son Male 18 Wisconsin
• Helen Pederson Daughter Female 15 Wisconsin
• Clifford Pederson Son Male 9 Wisconsin^[4]

1935 - 1940 Jennie and Nels continued to live at 1518 East 8th Street in Superior, Wisconsin. Their son Clifford lived with them and ran a wood yard. The household was recorded on the 1940 census as:

• Nels Pederson Head Male 79 Norway
• Jennie Pederson Wife Female 60 Norway
• Clifford M Pederson Son Male 20 Wisconsin^[7]

1980 Jennie Pederson died 17 April 1980 at the age of 100 in San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA^[8][9] and was laid to rest at Greenwood Cemetery, Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, USA.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01053047001355
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #66611464
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Boston Passenger Lists Index, 1899-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WZ-XR14 : 20 February 2021), Jaceline N Eidhammer, 1903; citing T521, Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, January 1, 1902-June 30, 1906., NARA microfilm publications T790, T617, and T521 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, publication year); FHL microfilm 1,324,976.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9QW-237 : accessed 11 April 2021), Jennie Pederson in household of Nels D Pederson, Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 23, sheet 12B, line 61, family 263, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2570; FHL microfilm 2,342,304.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPKN-SYT : accessed 11 April 2021), Jennie Pederson in household of Nels Pederson, Superior Ward 2, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 92, sheet 7A, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1707; FHL microfilm 1,375,720.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF2K-CK8 : 4 February 2021), Jennie Peterson in entry for Nels Peterson, 1920.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7VC-D1Z : 10 January 2021), Jennie Pederson in household of Nels Pederson, Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-24, sheet 8B, line 58, family 168, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4475.
8. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPT1-ZYS : 9 January 2021), Jennie Pederson, Apr 1980; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
9. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGGV-YDK : 26 November 2014), Jennie Eidhammer Pederson, 17 Apr 1980; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.