Danielsen Surname History

Origins Available:
Sweden

Danielsen migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Danielsen Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Ole Danielsen, aged 19, who landed in New York, NY in 1840 1
Olta Danielsen, who landed in New York, NY in 1869 1
Peter Danielsen, aged 60, who arrived in New York, NY in 1869 1
Niels Danielsen, aged 45, who arrived in New York, NY in 1869 1
C H Danielsen, aged 19, who arrived in New York, NY in 1869 1
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Danielsen Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Joseph Danielsen, who landed in Alabama in 1912 1

Danielsen migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Danielsen Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Axll Danielsen, aged 22, a labourer, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Rangitikei" in 1884

Contemporary Notables of the name Danielsen (post 1700) +

Jim Danielsen (b. 1930), American retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver
Egil Danielsen (1933-2019), Norwegian gold medalist javelin thrower who competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)