When Kirstine Marie Kristensen was born on 17 June 1834, in Mommark, Lysabild, Als Sønder, Sønderborg, Denmark, her father, Christian Hansen Christiansen, was 28 and her mother, Ida Sophie Iversen, was 24. She married Thomas Matthiesen on 18 April 1861, in Tandslet, Als Sønder, Sønderborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Wisconsin, United States in 1870 and Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States for about 35 years.
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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.
The Casino Theatre was built as an entertainment center by Georg Carstensen but was converted into a theatre in 1848. After many years of never gaining popularity, it was closed in 1937 and demolished in 1960.
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Jorgen, Ove, Peer, Sven, Vibeke, Bent, Bjorn, Carsten, Hilmar, Juhl, Karsten. German Hans, Kurt, Benno, Bernhard, Claus, Georg, Gerda, Jutta, Konrad, Wolfgang.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Kristen (see Christen ). Compare Christensen .
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