Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Carlsen, Camilla Matilda
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Camilla Matilda Petersen
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
fl. 1902-1975
History
Camilla Matilda Carlsen (née Petersen) was born in Denmark on January 17, 1902. She emigrated to Canada to be with her husband during the early years of WWII. Following their divorce Carlsen served in the Canadian Women's Army Corps. She remarried George Edward Merriam in New Brunswick in 1951. Following his death Carlsen travelled the world, was active in the Red Cross, and eventually settled in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia where she died sometime around 1980.