When Dorthea Marie Thompsen was born on 24 February 1838, in Hallund, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark, her father, Thomas Thomasen, was 37 and her mother, Kirstine Jensdatter, was 38. She married Laurs Laursen on 15 October 1860, in Ålborg, Vor Frue, Ålborghus, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1866 and lived in Benson, Cache, Utah, United States in 1880 and Greenville, Cache, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 5 April 1913, in Hyde Park, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Hyde Park, Cache, Utah, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Per, Tellef.
Americanized form (and a rare Danish and Norwegian variant) of Danish and Norwegian Thomsen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesIn May of 1866, a company of Latter-day Saints from Denmark traveled to Hamburg, Germany where they boarded the ship Kennilworth bound for America. The company included Anna Thomasen b. 1799 KWJG-TYX, …
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