When Marie Thodsen was born on 29 December 1888, in New Zealand, her father, Johan Christian Thodsen, was 50 and her mother, Caroline Elise Knudsen, was 40. She married Walter Lawrence Sattrup in 1915, in New Zealand. She died on 22 November 1938, in her hometown, at the age of 49, and was buried in Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand.
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New Zealand becomes world's first country to give women the vote.
The National Council of Women of New Zealand was created as an organization after women won the right to vote. Today works to help achieve gender equality in New Zealand and in 2017 introduced Gender Equal NZ, which is fighting for Zealanders to have the freedom and opportunity to determine their own future no matter which gender they are.
The country becomes a dominion, or self-governing community, within the British empire.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Thor, Niels, Lars, Anders, Arnt, Erik, Iver, Jarl, Knute, Magnar, Oystein, Viggo.
Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Thor .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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