Brief Life History of Mette Marie
When Mette Marie Jørgensen was born on 22 March 1858, in Øster Ørbæk, Kornum, Ålborghus, Denmark, her father, Jørgen Lydersen, was 45 and her mother, Sara Kirstine Jensen, was 38. She married Jens Severin Petersen on 22 February 1872, in Schuyler, Colfax, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1862 and lived in Kornum, Slet, Ålborg, Denmark in 1860 and Dodge, Nebraska, United States in 1900. She died on 24 March 1922, in Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Ridge Cemetery, Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, United States.
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Sources (15)
- Mette Marie Jorgensen in household of Jorgen Lydersen, "Denmark Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mette Marie Jørgensen - Church record: Christening record or certificate: birth: 22 March 1858; Kornum, Aalborg, Denmark
- Mary M Leaderson Peterson, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1859 · Copenhagen Waterworks
The Copenhagen Waterworks was the first waterworks in Denmark and served the community until 1951. It was one of the first buildings to be built outside Copenhagen's old city walls.
1867
Nebraska is the 37th state.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Aagot, Niels. German Hans, Hilde, Kurt, Uwe.
In some cases also an Americanized form of Danish or Norwegian Jørgensen (see Jorgensen ).
North German (Jürgensen): patronymic from the personal name Jürgen, Low German form of George . It is also found in Denmark. Compare Juergensen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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