When Helle Hansdatter was born on 7 February 1811, in Alstrup, Mariager Klosters, Denmark, her father, Hans Nielsen af Gjedsted, was 37 and her mother, Bodil Mikkelsdatter af Alstrup, was 32. She married Jens Pedersen on 1 November 1844, in Ålborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Alstrup, Gislum, Ålborg, Denmark in 1840 and Strandby, Gislum, Ålborg, Denmark in 1845. She died on 7 December 1895, in Petersboro, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Mendon, 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.
Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Feminine short form of names ending in -helm, e.g. Friedhelm , Wilhelm .
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