The Bridge Volume 33 Number 2 Article 9 2010 LETTERS FROM HAMPTON James Iversen Birgit Flemming Larsen Berry Johnson Doreen Petersen Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thebridge Part of the European History Commons, European Languages and Societies Commons, and the Regional Sociology Commons Recommended Citation Iversen, James; Larsen, Birgit Flemming; Johnson, Berry; and Petersen, Doreen (2010) "LETTERS FROM HAMPTON," The Bridge: Vol. 33 : No. 2 , Article 9. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thebridge/vol33/iss2/9 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Bridge by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. LETTERS FROM HAMPTON By James Iversen, Birgit Flemming Larsen, Berry Johnson, and Doreen Petersen A unique house filled with memories and memorabilia stands on the west edge of the Franklin County Seat town of Hampton, Iowa. The house and barn and 12 acres, situated in a pleasant & picturesque semi-rural setting, was the home of the Christian Nielsen and his wife Anna, born Jensen, from the time of their purchase of the property in 1920 until the death of their youngest daughter in 2001. Danish Immigration to the Hampton Area The history of the Anna and Christian Nielsen family is part of a history of a group of Danish immigrants that survived economically and socially after being transplanted to the United States of America. These Danes settled over years in the Latimer and Coulter area near Hampton in Franklin County, Iowa.