Marie Carstenson

Anne Marie Carstensen
Marie in May 1957
Birth:	24 January 1849 Vordingborg, Denmark
Death:	30 March 1958 St. Edward, Nebraska, USA
Age:	109 years, 65 days
Country:	DENUSA
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Anne Marie Carstenson [also Carstensen] (née Jensen; 24 January 1849 – 30 March 1958) was a Danish-American centenarian. She was the world's oldest living person from the death of Jennie Howell on 16 December 1956 until her own death on 30 March 1958, aged 109 years, 65 days. She was succeeded as oldest living person by Nancy Ryan.

Biography

Anne Marie Jensen was born in Bakkeboelle, Vordingborg, Sjaelland, Denmark on 24 January 1849. She emigrated to the Wisconsin, United States around 14 September/October 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, passed away in 1886. One month later, her husband passed away. 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, passed away on 5 March 1958.

Carstenson passed away 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.

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References

• Churchbook 1846 - 1851 Vordingborg / Page No. 58 &
• Churchbook 1846 - 1852 Vordingborg, Ny udgave / Page No. 63 [#6], Danish Family Search
• Jensen, Ane Marie, 20, 14-09-1869 Extract from DDD Emigration Database
• Anders Carstensen, Farmer, Nebraska DIS forum
• Carstensen, Marie, Nebraska arkiv.dk • Anne Marie Jensen 'Ancestors of Arne Rolf'
• 108th Birthday • 109th Birthday (Subscription needed)
• Anders Carstenson (1845–1886) • Marie A. Carstenson (1849–1958) •
• John Carstenson (1873–1971) • Minnie Carstenson Anderson (1875–1958) •
• Laura Carstenson Matzen (1877–1964) • Dr Lawrence P. Carstenson (1880–1968) Find A Grave
  

World's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E)

Betsy Baker • Jennie Howell • Marie Carstenson • Nancy Ryan • Christina Karnebeek-Backs • Marie Olsen • Mary Kelly • Elizabeth Kensley • William Fullingim • Hannah Smith • John Mosley Turner • Johanna Booysen • Marie Bernatkova • Ada Roe • Josefa Salas Mateo • Alice Stevenson • Elizabeth Watkins • Mito Umeta • Niwa Kawamoto • Sophia DeMuth • Marie-Virginie Duhem • Fannie Thomas • Augustine Tessier • Nellie Spencer • Emma Wilson • Mathew Beard • Augusta Holtz • Mary McKinney • Anna Eliza Williams • Florence Knapp • Jeanne Calment • Marie-Louise Meilleur • Sarah Knauss • Eva Morris • Marie Bremont • Maud Farris-Luse • Grace Clawson • Adelina Domingues • Mae Harrington • Yukichi Chuganji • Mitoyo Kawate • Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan • Maria Capovilla • Elizabeth Bolden • Emiliano Mercado del Toro • Emma Tillman • Yone Minagawa • Edna Parker • Maria de Jesus • Gertrude Baines • Kama Chinen • Eugenie Blanchard • Maria Gomes Valentim • Besse Cooper • Dina Manfredini • Jiroemon Kimura • Misao Okawa • Gertrude Weaver • Jeralean Talley • Susannah Mushatt Jones • Emma Morano • Violet Brown • Nabi Tajima • Chiyo Miyako • Kane Tanaka

World's Oldest Living Woman Titleholders (V • E)

Betsy Baker • Jennie Howell • Marie Carstenson • Nancy Ryan • Christina Karnebeek-Backs • Marie Olsen • Mary Kelly • Elizabeth Kensley • Auguste Pahl • Hannah Smith • Yoshigiku Ito • Johanna Booysen • Marie Bernatkova • Ada Roe • Josefa Salas Mateo • Alice Stevenson • Elizabeth Watkins • Mito Umeta • Niwa Kawamoto • Sophia DeMuth • Marie-Virginie Duhem • Fannie Thomas • Augustine Tessier • Nellie Spencer • Emma Wilson • Augusta Holtz • Mary McKinney • Anna Eliza Williams • Florence Knapp • Jeanne Calment • Marie-Louise Meilleur • Sarah Knauss • Eva Morris • Marie Bremont • Maud Farris-Luse • Grace Clawson • Adelina Domingues • Mae Harrington • Mitoyo Kawate • Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan • Maria Capovilla • Elizabeth Bolden • Julie Winnefred Bertrand • Emma Tillman • Yone Minagawa • Edna Parker • Maria de Jesus • Gertrude Baines • Kama Chinen • Eugenie Blanchard • Maria Gomes Valentim • Besse Cooper • Dina Manfredini • Koto Okubo • Misao Okawa • Gertrude Weaver • Jeralean Talley • Susannah Mushatt Jones • Emma Morano • Violet Brown • Nabi Tajima • Chiyo Miyako • Kane Tanaka