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Johann Nicolaus Petersen 1812–1887 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1812

Birth Location: Toppenstedt, Harburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland

Death Date: 20 Mai 1887

Death Location: Toppenstedt, Harburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland

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Spouse(s): Anna Kruse

Children(s): Peter Petersen

Johann Nicolaus Petersen was born in 1812 in Toppenstedt, Harburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland, the child of Johann Heinrich Petersen And Margarethe Dorothee Richers. Johann Nicolaus Petersen married Anna Dorothea Magdalene Kruse, and had children including Catharina Petersen, Peter Heinrich August Petersen. Johann Nicolaus Petersen passed away in 1887 in Toppenstedt, Harburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland.

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Biography

  • Johann Nicolaus Petersen was born in 1812 in Toppenstedt, Harburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland, the child of Johann Heinrich Petersen And Margarethe Dorothee Richers.
  • Johann Nicolaus Petersen married Anna Dorothea Magdalene Kruse, and had children including Catharina Petersen, Peter Heinrich August Petersen.
  • Johann Nicolaus Petersen passed away in 1887 in Toppenstedt, Harburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Anna Kruse
1822–1903
Birth Location: Toppenstedt, Harburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
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Children(s)

Peter Petersen
1858–1893
Birth Location: Toppenstedt, Harburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
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Johann Petersen's Ancestors

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Johann Petersen
1812–1887
Birth Place: Toppenstedt, Harburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
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Johann Petersen's Descendants

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Johann (Nicolaus) Petersen (1812–20 Mai 1887) m. Anna (Dorothea Magdalene) Kruse (1822–18 Apr 1903)
  1. 1. Peter (Heinrich August) Petersen 1858–1893 m. Catharine (Caroline Magdalene) Petersen 1855–1926
    1. 1. Caroline (Wilhelmine) Petersen 1888–1980 m. Peter (Heinrich WILHELM) Prigge 1890–1966
      1. 1. KARL (Hermann) Prigge 1910–1945 m. Marie (Magdalene Meta ELLY) Jürges 1915–1988
        1. 1. Gerhard Prigge 1938–2017 m. Renate Fiebach 1938–2019
      2. 2. Thea (Emma Dora) Prigge 1913–1939
    2. 2. Karl (Heinrich) Petersen 1883–1969 m. Anna (Margarethe Elisabeth) Homann 1882–
      1. 1. Tochter Petersen 1917–1917
      2. 2. Hermann (Karl Ludwig) Petersen 1923–1944
    3. 3. Heinrich (August) Petersen 1885–1940 m. Alwine (Caroline) Beecken 1884–
      1. 1. Alwine Petersen –1913
      2. 2. Heinrich Petersen 1911–1941
    4. 4. Hermann (August) Petersen 1891–1891
    5. 5. Gustav (Adolf) Petersen 1893–1964

Johann Petersen's Timeline

2 Records

1812
1812
Birth of Johann Nicolaus Petersen in Toppenstedt, Harburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
Toppenstedt, Harburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
1887
20 Mai 1887
Age 75
Death of Johann Nicolaus Petersen in Toppenstedt, Harburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
Toppenstedt, Harburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1812
    Event Place: Toppenstedt, Harburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
    Record Source: Salzhausen, Germany, Deaths, 1874-1955

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Mai 1887
    Event Place: Toppenstedt, Harburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
    Record Source: Salzhausen, Germany, Deaths, 1874-1955
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