When Maren Pedersdatter was born on 16 January 1819, in Snedsted, Vestervig, Denmark, her father, Peder Nielsen, was 38 and her mother, Dorthe Pedersdatter, was 34. She married Berthel Christensen. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Snedsted, Hassing, Thisted, Denmark for about 5 years and Gettrup, Refs, Thisted, Denmark in 1870. She died on 22 March 1897, in Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
"The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then ""The West"". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors."
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Mainly U.S.: variant spelling of Darren .
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