Brief Life History of Johan Christian
When Johan Christian Jacobson was born on 7 June 1865, in Valsted, Sebber, Slet, Ålborg, Denmark, his father, Mads Andersen Jacobsen, was 59 and his mother, Elsie Marie Larsdatter, was 40. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1868. He died in September 1868, at the age of 3.
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- Johan Christian Madsen, "Denmark Baptisms, 1618-1923"
- John Christian Jacobsen, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
- John Christian Jacobsen - Pioneer Overland Travel
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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
Name Meaning
English, Swedish, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Jacob denoting ‘Jacob's son’. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, including Scandinavian (see 2 below) and, in some cases, Croatian Jakobović (which is from the personal name Jakob ).
Americanized form of Swedish Jacobsson or Jakobsson and Danish, Norwegian, North German, or Dutch Jacobsen or Jakobsen , all cognates of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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