Johannes Pjetursson

Peter Frederik Eskild Johannes Pjetursson (born August 2, 1869 in Appat , † September 23, 1932 in Ikerasaarsuk ) was a Greenland councilor .

Johannes Pjetursson was the son of the Icelandic boat operator Gudbrandur Pjetursson (Guðbrandur Pétursson; around 1830–1889) and his Greenlandic wife Antonie Ane Inger Schultz (1842–1890), daughter of Eskild Schultz and Mariane Birgitte. His nephew was the Provincial Councilor Hans Nielsen (1891–?). Since April 6, 1892, he was married to Justa Hedvig Benigne Abigael Mathiassen (1869–?), Daughter of Hans Lars Amosen (1834–?) And his wife Mariane Sofie (1843–?). The couple had several children:

Peter David Lars Daniel Pjetursson (born November 5, 1893)
Valdemar Egede Isak Pjetursson (born May 4, 1896 in Appat)
Jørgen Mathias Simon Bendt Pjetursson (born October 22, 1898 in Tasiusaq , † September 8, 1913 in Ikerasaarsuk)
Inger Johanne Cecilie Magdalene Pjetursson (born April 12, 1901 in Ikerasaarsuk; † November 27, 1910 ibid)
Birgithe Marie Justa Karoline Pjetursson (born July 20, 1903 in Ikerasaarsuk)
David Adam Hans Simon Pjetursson (born November 29, 1905 in Ikerasaarsuk)
Jakob Lynge Gabriel Esaias Pjetursson (born June 2, 1908 in Ikerasaarsuk)
Inger Johanne Cecilie Maren Else Pjetursson (born March 1, 1911 in Ikerasaarsuk)
Dorthea Sofie Cecilie Pauline Pjetursson (born May 2, 1916 in Ikerasaarsuk)

Johannes Pjetursson was a hunter from Appat who moved north to Ikerasaarsuk in 1898. From 1927 to 1932 he sat in the North Greenland State Council . He died just months after the end of the legislature at the age of 63.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Entry in the genealogy database of the museum in Upernavik
↑ Church records Ilulissat 1860–1872 (Born boys p. 98)
↑ Church registers Ilulissat 1860–1872 (Confirmed girls p. 36)
↑ Church records Ilulissat 1860–1872 (Born girls p. 32) (The origin of the surname is unclear.)
↑ Axel Kjær Sørensen: Denmark-Greenland in the Twentieth Century (= Meddelelser om Grønland . Man and Society. 34). Danish Polar Center, Copenhagen 2006, ISBN 87-90369-89-0 , ( digital copy (PDF; 3.35 MB) ).

personal data
SURNAME	Pjetursson, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pjetursson, Peter Frederik Eskild Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greenland Provincial Council
DATE OF BIRTH	August 2, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH	Appat
DATE OF DEATH	September 23, 1932
Place of death	Ikerasaarsuk

[um-1] Entry in the genealogy database of the museum in Upernavik

[2] Church records Ilulissat 1860–1872 (Born boys p. 98)

[3] Church registers Ilulissat 1860–1872 (Confirmed girls p. 36)

[4] Church records Ilulissat 1860–1872 (Born girls p. 32) (The origin of the surname is unclear.)

[5] Axel Kjær Sørensen: Denmark-Greenland in the Twentieth Century (= Meddelelser om Grønland . Man and Society. 34). Danish Polar Center, Copenhagen 2006, ISBN 87-90369-89-0 , ( digital copy (PDF; 3.35 MB) ).