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Peter Lauritz Christiansen

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Peter Lauritz Christiansen

Birth
Denmark
Death
11 Aug 1954 (aged 76)
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 7, Block 1, Lot 30, Sp2
Memorial ID
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Born in Denmark, Danish engineer,
Lived in St. Thomas Virgin Islands and engineer for West Indies company .
Arrived in Phoenix 1927.
Father of Aldous, Alan, Helen, Hilda and Amy Christiansen.
Wife was Agnes Rosebelle Bradshaw

Peter, after engineering education in the Danish Naval School, went aboard a Danish ship for a tour in the West Indies. There he meet his future wifewhile visiting a friend in St. Thomas . After corresponding for 6 months, he invited her to come to Denmark and marry him.
After their marriage, he was a engineer on the Danish Naval dock for several years. Their first three children were born in Copehagon.
Accepting a offer from The West Indies Trading Company, he returned to St. Thomas in 1914 and installed ,then managed the first power plant on St. Thomas.
After US bought the Virgin Islands, the Christiansen family came to Phoenix, Ariz as naturelized citizens.
Peter work as a engineer on many Arizona Dams and other projects, then for the US Army during WW11 on a airstrip.
He spent his remaining years after his wife died in Phoenix.
A man alway inventing something, who enjoyed Danish music, food, telling Danish jokes and his home made ale to the last days.

Parents Erik Johannes Christiansen 1855 – 1931
Laura Cornelia Larsen 1856 – 1932 .
Siblings Alfred Christiansen 1868 –
Anna Marie Christiansen 1870 –
Christin Frederick Hjalmar Christiansen 1872 – Gerda Christiansen 1873 –
Henry Christiansen 1874 – 1968
Jelanna Christiansen 1874 – .
Spouse & Children
Agnes Rosabelle Bradshaw 1879 – 1943
Aldous Laurite Christiansen 1905 – 1981
Alan Harald Christiansen 1907 – 1980
Helen Margreta Christiansen 1909 – 2000
Hilda Kathleen Christiansen 1914 – 2004
Amy Johanne Christiansen 1917 – 2008.
Born in Denmark, Danish engineer,
Lived in St. Thomas Virgin Islands and engineer for West Indies company .
Arrived in Phoenix 1927.
Father of Aldous, Alan, Helen, Hilda and Amy Christiansen.
Wife was Agnes Rosebelle Bradshaw

Peter, after engineering education in the Danish Naval School, went aboard a Danish ship for a tour in the West Indies. There he meet his future wifewhile visiting a friend in St. Thomas . After corresponding for 6 months, he invited her to come to Denmark and marry him.
After their marriage, he was a engineer on the Danish Naval dock for several years. Their first three children were born in Copehagon.
Accepting a offer from The West Indies Trading Company, he returned to St. Thomas in 1914 and installed ,then managed the first power plant on St. Thomas.
After US bought the Virgin Islands, the Christiansen family came to Phoenix, Ariz as naturelized citizens.
Peter work as a engineer on many Arizona Dams and other projects, then for the US Army during WW11 on a airstrip.
He spent his remaining years after his wife died in Phoenix.
A man alway inventing something, who enjoyed Danish music, food, telling Danish jokes and his home made ale to the last days.

Parents Erik Johannes Christiansen 1855 – 1931
Laura Cornelia Larsen 1856 – 1932 .
Siblings Alfred Christiansen 1868 –
Anna Marie Christiansen 1870 –
Christin Frederick Hjalmar Christiansen 1872 – Gerda Christiansen 1873 –
Henry Christiansen 1874 – 1968
Jelanna Christiansen 1874 – .
Spouse & Children
Agnes Rosabelle Bradshaw 1879 – 1943
Aldous Laurite Christiansen 1905 – 1981
Alan Harald Christiansen 1907 – 1980
Helen Margreta Christiansen 1909 – 2000
Hilda Kathleen Christiansen 1914 – 2004
Amy Johanne Christiansen 1917 – 2008.


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