Gerontology Wiki
Advertisement
Anne Marie Carstensen
Marie Carstenson
Marie in May 1957
Birth: 24 January 1849
Vordingborg, Denmark
Death: 30 March 1958
St. Edward, Nebraska, USA
Age: 109 years, 65 days
Country: DenmarkDENUnited StatesUSA
Verified

Anne Marie Carstenson [also Carstensen] (née Jensen; 24 January 1849 – 30 March 1958) was a Danish-American centenarian who was the oldest living person in the U.S state of Nebraska and the second-oldest known living person in the United States, behind Catherine Waller.

Biography

Anne Marie Jensen was born in Bakkeboelle, Vordingborg, Sjaelland, Denmark on 24 January 1849. She emigrated to the Wisconsin, United States around September 1869 and married Anders Carstensen on 29 October 1869, near Green Bay, Wisconsin, three weeks after her arrival to the US. She had seven children. In 1880, with husband and five children she moved to Leigh, Nebraska. In 1882, her son Carl, was born. Her eldest daughter, Anna, died in 1886. One month later, her husband died. Marie has made two trips to her native country, Denmark, in 1897 and 1911.

Later, when Lutheran church was built in Leigh, she and her family united with that church. Last eleven years of her life, she lived with her daughter, Laura Matzen. At the time of her death, she had 25 grandchildren, 59 great-grandchildren and 17 great-great-grandchildren. Her daughter, Minnie Anderson, died on 5 March 1958.

Anne Marie Carstensen died in St. Edward, Nebraska on 30 March 1958 at about 01:15 PM, at the age of 109 years, 65 days. She was survived by a daughter, Laura Matzen and two sons, John and Laurence.

Gallery

References

Advertisement