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Carletta Cathrina Anderson, f. 4 Des 1870, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States d. 19 Jul 1955, Algade 28B, Roskilde, Sjælland, Denmark (Alder 84 år) |
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- 7b CARLETTA CATHRINA ANDERSON, b. December 4, 1870, Madison, Wis. (hus) Andreas Peter Vedel, b. August 16, 1862, Copenhagen, Denmark. Married April 2, 1895, at Madison. Carletta lived with her parents in Copenhagen during her father's term as minister to Denmark, and there became acquainted with Mr. Vedel, who later became her husband. She was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, and a member of the Delta Gamma sorority, American Women's Club, Copenhagen, Art Club, English Club, and Roskilde. She has traveled extensively in the U.S.A., Denmark, Sweden, England, and Germany, crossing the Atlantic eleven times. Peter graduated as engineer (cand. polyt.) at the Polytechnical School in Copenhagen in 1885. He went to London, England, working as an engineer 1885-86. From 1886-89 he was assistant engineer at the harbor in Copenhagen. In 1889 he went to South America, working on harbors at La Plata and Bahia Blanca until 1892, when he went to the U.S.A., at first St. Louis, Mo., later Chicago, III. In 1897 he was appointed harbor engineer in Aarhus, Denmark, where he stayed until his death on March 2, 1922. Besides his practical work, Peter was a man of science, deeply interested in scientific matters. He was offered a position as professor in Copenhagen twice, but he would not give up his work in Aarhus. He wrote various articles on specific subjects, and was president of the Natural Science Association of Jutland, and of the Danish Engineers Association in Aarhus. See: Dansk Biografik Leksikon, XXV, 1943. Children born to them are,-Carina ( 7 b l ) , and Peter (7b2). Carletta passed away on July 19, 1955, in her home at 28b Algade, Roskilde, Denmark. [2]
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