When Anna Maria Arvidsdotter was born on 3 April 1832, in Högby, Östergötland, Sweden, her father, Arvid Hansson, was 47 and her mother, Maja Stina Svensdotter, was 36. She married Svante Johan Svensson Koeven on 9 November 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She died in 1876, in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, at the age of 44.
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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.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States
variant of Anne , in common use as a given name in most European languages. Among people with a classical education, it has from time to time been associated with Virgil's Aeneid, where it is borne by the sister of Dido , Queen of Carthage. This Phoenician name may ultimately be of Semitic origin, and thus related to the biblical Anne. However, the connection, if it exists, is indirect rather than direct.
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