When Afton Carleen Mortensen was born on 20 January 1925, in Virden, Hidalgo, New Mexico, United States, her father, John Alfred Mortensen, was 49 and her mother, Mary Lucy Pierce, was 46. She died on 11 March 1926, in her hometown, at the age of 1, and was buried in Virden, Hidalgo, New Mexico, United States.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Lars, Morten, Einer, Jorgen, Bent, Britt, Carsten, Egil, Gunner, Hartvig.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Morten, a vernacular form of Martin 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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