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Church records at Køge Skt Nikolaj Kirke list Svend Otto Nielsen born on 7 Jan 1894 and baptized on 26 Mar 1894. Address listed is: Kirkestrade 113. Parents: Murer Hans Peter Nielsen og Hustru Jensine Kirstine Margrete, f. Jorgensen, 34 Aar, Koge.
On 21 Sep 1905 Otto (age 11) departed Liverpool, England on board the ship Bavarian and arrived in Quebec, Canada on 29 Sep 1905. Otto traveled with his mother, Jensine (46), oldest sister, Marie (26) and younger brother, Gert (6). The manifest says they were traveling to his brother, Emil, who lived at 985 N Sawyer, Chicago.
Otto married Carla J. Rasmussen on 2 Mar 1912.
Otto and Carla lost their first born son (26 Nov 1912) {no name found}. Their second child, Kenneth Otto, was born in Chicago on 13 Nov 1914. They also lost their third [Carla (9 Aug 1916)] and fourth [Walter Lloyd (26 Mar 1919 - 3 Mar 1920] children at birth or young age. Their son John "Jack" William was born 31 Dec 1921 in Chicago.
They resided in Chicago, near McCabe, Montana (his parents homestead) and Denver, Colorado.
Carla died 14 Jun 1928.
On 17 Sep 1928, Otto married Esther M Linder at Sterling, Logan County, Colorado. They had three children: Richard, Dora and Donald and lived in Denver, Colorado and Waukegan, Illinois. They divorced on 8 Mar 1938.
Later, Otto married Marie.
Like his father and brother, Emil, Otto was a bricklayer by trade.
Family provided memories say:
"Otto was a mason and bricklayer having built and contracted schools, hospitals, etc. in Denver, Colorado, up to 1929 when the crash came and he lost everything.
In 1935, Otto had a brick wall fall on him while he was at work putting in a basement. As a result, he lost a lung. He had been at St. Therese Hospital for 3 years until penicillin was discovered. One lung had been collapsed and a drain put in for 3 years."
A news article reads: "Survivors are his wife, Marie; four sons, Kenneth, Winthrop Harbor; John, Riverside, Calif.; Richard, with the U.S. Marines in Japan; Donald, California; a daughter, Mrs. Dora Morgan, Japan; three step-daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Rades, Ingleside, Mrs. Joan Bellheimer, Round Lake; Mrs. Jean Arthur, California; 18 grandchildren, two brothers, Walter and Gerhardt, both of Chicago; a sister, Mrs. Anna Benson (sic), California."
A family provided 'Medical Certificate of Death' shows Otto was born 7 Jan 1894 and died at St Therese Hospital, Lake County, Illinois on 22 Apr 1958. He was buried at Avon Cemetery, Illinois. Funeral Director: Jusin-Hamsher, Fox Lake, Illinois.
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Church records at Køge Skt Nikolaj Kirke list Svend Otto Nielsen born on 7 Jan 1894 and baptized on 26 Mar 1894. Address listed is: Kirkestrade 113. Parents: Murer Hans Peter Nielsen og Hustru Jensine Kirstine Margrete, f. Jorgensen, 34 Aar, Koge.
On 21 Sep 1905 Otto (age 11) departed Liverpool, England on board the ship Bavarian and arrived in Quebec, Canada on 29 Sep 1905. Otto traveled with his mother, Jensine (46), oldest sister, Marie (26) and younger brother, Gert (6). The manifest says they were traveling to his brother, Emil, who lived at 985 N Sawyer, Chicago.
Otto married Carla J. Rasmussen on 2 Mar 1912.
Otto and Carla lost their first born son (26 Nov 1912) {no name found}. Their second child, Kenneth Otto, was born in Chicago on 13 Nov 1914. They also lost their third [Carla (9 Aug 1916)] and fourth [Walter Lloyd (26 Mar 1919 - 3 Mar 1920] children at birth or young age. Their son John "Jack" William was born 31 Dec 1921 in Chicago.
They resided in Chicago, near McCabe, Montana (his parents homestead) and Denver, Colorado.
Carla died 14 Jun 1928.
On 17 Sep 1928, Otto married Esther M Linder at Sterling, Logan County, Colorado. They had three children: Richard, Dora and Donald and lived in Denver, Colorado and Waukegan, Illinois. They divorced on 8 Mar 1938.
Later, Otto married Marie.
Like his father and brother, Emil, Otto was a bricklayer by trade.
Family provided memories say:
"Otto was a mason and bricklayer having built and contracted schools, hospitals, etc. in Denver, Colorado, up to 1929 when the crash came and he lost everything.
In 1935, Otto had a brick wall fall on him while he was at work putting in a basement. As a result, he lost a lung. He had been at St. Therese Hospital for 3 years until penicillin was discovered. One lung had been collapsed and a drain put in for 3 years."
A news article reads: "Survivors are his wife, Marie; four sons, Kenneth, Winthrop Harbor; John, Riverside, Calif.; Richard, with the U.S. Marines in Japan; Donald, California; a daughter, Mrs. Dora Morgan, Japan; three step-daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Rades, Ingleside, Mrs. Joan Bellheimer, Round Lake; Mrs. Jean Arthur, California; 18 grandchildren, two brothers, Walter and Gerhardt, both of Chicago; a sister, Mrs. Anna Benson (sic), California."
A family provided 'Medical Certificate of Death' shows Otto was born 7 Jan 1894 and died at St Therese Hospital, Lake County, Illinois on 22 Apr 1958. He was buried at Avon Cemetery, Illinois. Funeral Director: Jusin-Hamsher, Fox Lake, Illinois.
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Church records at Køge Skt Nikolaj Kirke list Svend Otto Nielsen born on 7 Jan 1894 and baptized on 26 Mar 1894. Address listed is: Kirkestrade 113. Parents: Murer Hans Peter Nielsen og Hustru Jensine Kirstine Margrete, f. Jorgensen, 34 Aar, Koge.
On 21 Sep 1905 Otto (age 11) departed Liverpool, England on board the ship Bavarian and arrived in Quebec, Canada on 29 Sep 1905. Otto traveled with his mother, Jensine (46), oldest sister, Marie (26) and younger brother, Gert (6). The manifest says they were traveling to his brother, Emil, who lived at 985 N Sawyer, Chicago.
Otto married Carla J. Rasmussen on 2 Mar 1912.
Otto and Carla lost their first born son (26 Nov 1912) {no name found}. Their second child, Kenneth Otto, was born in Chicago on 13 Nov 1914. They also lost their third [Carla (9 Aug 1916)] and fourth [Walter Lloyd (26 Mar 1919 - 3 Mar 1920] children at birth or young age. Their son John "Jack" William was born 31 Dec 1921 in Chicago.
They resided in Chicago, near McCabe, Montana (his parents homestead) and Denver, Colorado.
Carla died 14 Jun 1928.
On 17 Sep 1928, Otto married Esther M Linder at Sterling, Logan County, Colorado. They had three children: Richard, Dora and Donald and lived in Denver, Colorado and Waukegan, Illinois. They divorced on 8 Mar 1938.
Later, Otto married Marie.
Like his father and brother, Emil, Otto was a bricklayer by trade.
Family provided memories say:
"Otto was a mason and bricklayer having built and contracted schools, hospitals, etc. in Denver, Colorado, up to 1929 when the crash came and he lost everything.
In 1935, Otto had a brick wall fall on him while he was at work putting in a basement. As a result, he lost a lung. He had been at St. Therese Hospital for 3 years until penicillin was discovered. One lung had been collapsed and a drain put in for 3 years."
A news article reads: "Survivors are his wife, Marie; four sons, Kenneth, Winthrop Harbor; John, Riverside, Calif.; Richard, with the U.S. Marines in Japan; Donald, California; a daughter, Mrs. Dora Morgan, Japan; three step-daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Rades, Ingleside, Mrs. Joan Bellheimer, Round Lake; Mrs. Jean Arthur, California; 18 grandchildren, two brothers, Walter and Gerhardt, both of Chicago; a sister, Mrs. Anna Benson (sic), California."
A family provided 'Medical Certificate of Death' shows Otto was born 7 Jan 1894 and died at St Therese Hospital, Lake County, Illinois on 22 Apr 1958. He was buried at Avon Cemetery, Illinois. Funeral Director: Jusin-Hamsher, Fox Lake, Illinois.
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Church records at Køge Skt Nikolaj Kirke list Svend Otto Nielsen born on 7 Jan 1894 and baptized on 26 Mar 1894. Address listed is: Kirkestrade 113. Parents: Murer Hans Peter Nielsen og Hustru Jensine Kirstine Margrete, f. Jorgensen, 34 Aar, Koge.
On 21 Sep 1905 Otto (age 11) departed Liverpool, England on board the ship Bavarian and arrived in Quebec, Canada on 29 Sep 1905. Otto traveled with his mother, Jensine (46), oldest sister, Marie (26) and younger brother, Gert (6). The manifest says they were traveling to his brother, Emil, who lived at 985 N Sawyer, Chicago.
Otto married Carla J. Rasmussen on 2 Mar 1912.
Otto and Carla lost their first born son (26 Nov 1912) {no name found}. Their second child, Kenneth Otto, was born in Chicago on 13 Nov 1914. They also lost their third [Carla (9 Aug 1916)] and fourth [Walter Lloyd (26 Mar 1919 - 3 Mar 1920] children at birth or young age. Their son John "Jack" William was born 31 Dec 1921 in Chicago.
They resided in Chicago, near McCabe, Montana (his parents homestead) and Denver, Colorado.
Carla died 14 Jun 1928.
On 17 Sep 1928, Otto married Esther M Linder at Sterling, Logan County, Colorado. They had three children: Richard, Dora and Donald and lived in Denver, Colorado and Waukegan, Illinois. They divorced on 8 Mar 1938.
Later, Otto married Marie.
Like his father and brother, Emil, Otto was a bricklayer by trade.
Family provided memories say:
"Otto was a mason and bricklayer having built and contracted schools, hospitals, etc. in Denver, Colorado, up to 1929 when the crash came and he lost everything.
In 1935, Otto had a brick wall fall on him while he was at work putting in a basement. As a result, he lost a lung. He had been at St. Therese Hospital for 3 years until penicillin was discovered. One lung had been collapsed and a drain put in for 3 years."
A news article reads: "Survivors are his wife, Marie; four sons, Kenneth, Winthrop Harbor; John, Riverside, Calif.; Richard, with the U.S. Marines in Japan; Donald, California; a daughter, Mrs. Dora Morgan, Japan; three step-daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Rades, Ingleside, Mrs. Joan Bellheimer, Round Lake; Mrs. Jean Arthur, California; 18 grandchildren, two brothers, Walter and Gerhardt, both of Chicago; a sister, Mrs. Anna Benson (sic), California."
A family provided 'Medical Certificate of Death' shows Otto was born 7 Jan 1894 and died at St Therese Hospital, Lake County, Illinois on 22 Apr 1958. He was buried at Avon Cemetery, Illinois. Funeral Director: Jusin-Hamsher, Fox Lake, Illinois.
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