When Dorothea Andreason was born on 13 December 1811, in Ugerløse, Ugerløse, Merløse, Holbæk, Denmark, her father, Andreas Sorensen, was 27 and her mother, Ane Margrethe Hansen, was 23. She married Jens Poulsen on 12 October 1832, in Undløse, Undløse, Merløse, Holbæk, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Undløse, Merløse, Holbæk, Denmark for about 21 years. She died on 18 November 1880, in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
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Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Andreassen or Andreasen and of the Swedish cognate Andreasson. This form of the surname is also found in Sweden, but it is very rare there.
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