Brief Life History of Birthe Marie
When Birthe Marie Aagard was born on 28 June 1841, in Farre, Sporup, Skanderborg, Denmark, her father, Jens Pedersen Aagaard, was 49 and her mother, Maren Andersdatter, was 32. She married Niels Peter Nielsen about March 1862, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. She immigrated to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and lived in Sporup, Gjern, Skanderborg, Denmark for about 15 years. She died on 22 December 1916, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Berthe Marie Jensen in household of Jens Pedersen Ågård, "Denmark Census, 1850"
- Birthe Maria Jensen, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
- BERTHA MARIE, "BillionGraves Index"
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World Events (8)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1846
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1854: Nebraska Territory, United States 1854: Washington, Nebraska Territory, United States 1856: Douglas, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Douglas, Nebraska, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Altered form of Danish and Norwegian Aagaard or Ågård (see Agard ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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1860: "William Budge Company" Jens Pedersen Aagaard, wife Maren, 2 children and Suzannah Petersen.
Transcript for "History of C. L. Christensen as He Told It": Our outfitting place where we bought oxen, wagons, cows, etc., was at Florence, Nebraska. The wagons were called Chicago wagons. They had …
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