Peter Tordsen^{[1, 2]}

1856 - 1937  (81 years)

• Name	Peter Tordsen
  Born	19 Jan 1856	Schwabstedt, Germany   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Apr 1937	Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I0662	Gerber Family Tree
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2011

  
  

  Father	Jacob Tordsen,   b. Abt 1820, Schwabstedt, Germany ,   d. Abt 1865, Schleswig Holstein, Germany  (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Anna Struve,   b. 24 Jun 1821, Germany ,   d. 25 Nov 1899, Scott County, Iowa  (Age 78 years)
  Married	WFT Est 1837-1859  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F0262	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Christina Henderson,   b. 1858, Schleswig Holstein, Germany ,   d. 1888, Schleswig Holstein, Germany  (Age 30 years)
  Married	WFT Est 1874-1886  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Alfred Tordsen,   b. 23 Jun 1877,   d. 19 Dec 1900  (Age 23 years) + 2. William Claus Tordsen,   b. 14 Jan 1879,   d. 9 Mar 1959  (Age 80 years)   3. Ella Mary Tordsen,   b. 23 Sep 1882,   d. 17 Dec 1955  (Age 73 years)   4. John Tordsen,   b. 3 Apr 1884,   d. 5 Oct 1948  (Age 64 years)   5. Mary Tordsen,   b. 5 Aug 1885,   d. Apr 1950  (Age 64 years) + 6. Herman Cleveland Tordsen,   b. 10 Jan 1888,   d. WFT Est 1938-1980  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2011
  Family ID	F0269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Anna Lamp,   b. 17 Mar 1869, Broderdorph, Germany ,   d. 15 May 1952, Lakefield, MN  (Age 83 years)
  Married	16 Aug 1888	Ida County, Iowa   [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. Laura Tordsen,   b. Private   2. Reinhart H. Tordsen,   b. Private   3. Wilma Emma Tordsen,   b. Private + 4. Harry Adolph Tordsen,   b. Private   5. Louie Tordsen,   b. 15 Jan 1890,   d. WFT Est 1909-1981  (Age 90 years)   6. Ferdinand William Tordsen,   b. 1 Oct 1891,   d. WFT Est 1910-1982  (Age 90 years)   7. Helmuth Peter Tordsen,   b. 17 Jul 1893,   d. WFT Est 1924-1984  (Age 90 years)   8. Walter Tordsen,   b. 29 Sep 1903,   d. 1925, Mobridge, SD  (Age 21 years) + 9. Alice Lillian Tordsen,   b. 20 Oct 1912,   d. Abt 1990, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2011
  Family ID	F0270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Jan 1856 - Schwabstedt, Germany Married - 16 Aug 1888 - Ida County, Iowa Died - 28 Apr 1937 - Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  [schlotfeldt.FTW] [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 6, Ed. 1, Tree #3710, Date of Import: Jan 30, 2001] Resident of Rost Township, Minn for 44 years. Stricken with Pneumonia and heart trouble. Came to America when 16 years old and settled in Davenport, Iowa where he worked on a farm. Started farming for himself and remained there till 1882, when he moved to Holstein, Iowa until 1893. Moved from there to Jackson County, Minn. in 1893, purchasing a farm in Sec. 34, Rost Twp. Added land through hard work and good mgm't until he had 813 acres of good rich soil. Retired in 1917 and moved to Lakefield for the 20 years prior to his death. Director of School Board, Farmers Co-op Elev. Co. . Very successful and deep thinker. Pall bearers were eight sons, William, John, Herman, Louie, Helmuth, Ferdinand, Reinhardt and Harry. Notes: Holstein is in Ida County, Iowa and the Co-op was a dairy co-op.

  
  

• Sources

  [S0028] schlotfeldt.FTW. Date of Import: Jan 30, 2001 [S0033] World Family Tree Vol. 6, Ed. 1, Brøderbund Software, Inc., (Release date: August 22, 1996), Tree #3710 (Reliability: 3). Date of Import: Jan 30, 2001