Christen Rasmus PETERSEN

                       Temple Index card (Endowment House) & Wadsworth group sheet for Niels
    Christensen - she ref. Par Reg Nodager 9421 pt 5; & Tranedaer 9862 pt 1
    Group sheet gives birth on 4 Aug 1852 but tomb stone gives 5 Aug 1852.
    In Denmark she went by Christensen but used fathers last name in USA.
    Married Niels and then died in 1889 and her sister Sophia then married Niels.
                  

                       Records from family records in posetion of Wynn L. Christensen, cemetery etc.
    Rasmina followed Danish custom and took the surname of Christensen derived from
    her fathers first name.  Her brothers went by American custom and took their
    fathers last name of Petersen.  The rumor is that whe decided to use
    Christensen because she married a Christensen anyway.
                  

                       In Denmark name was Hans Peter Christensen but in America name was changed
    to Peter Christen Petersen to be Americanized.
                  

                       Data from Temple Index Card and Lott group sheet - they ref death notices
    cemetary records, church records and personal knowledge of family.
    Baptism date of 11 may 1886 is given on temple index card as rebaptism.
    Tomb stone gives Lorene as middle name and 18 oct 1862 as birth.
    Married Niels soon after her sister Anne (the first wife of Niels) died.
                  

                       Was born in Denmark where name was Christensen but family decided to us
    use the name of Petersen to be American.  His name was Karl in Denmark
    but he changed it to Charles.  Tomb stone in Hyrum, Utah.