When Anna Stina Nilsdotter was born on 30 November 1842, in Berg, Gestad, Älvsborg, Sweden, her father, Nils Nilsson, was 30 and her mother, Marta Nilsdotter, was 27. She married Sven Svensson on 23 April 1860, in Gestad, Älvsborg, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 9 November 1920, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Elysian Burial Gardens, Millcreek, Salt Lake, 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
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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