Karen was the daughter of Elna and Jens (Emil) Andersen. She had blue eyes and fair skin. She was about 5' 2".
She was born on November 24, 1906 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She arrived in the Port of New York aboard the ship named SS United States on October 11, 1920 (NOT AVAILABLE YET) Click here to see ship passenger list)
In 1951 Karen became a naturalized citizen of the United States and received hernaturalization certificate
Ivar and Karen lived on View Street in New Haven. They lived for 17 years on Ott Road in Cheshire with their daughter Dorothy, and their son-in-law Arthur Civitelli, whom they thought of as a son.