Brief Life History of Maria Magdeline Laursen
When Maria Magdeline Laursen Breinholt was born on 26 March 1859, in Nebsager, Stjernholm, Denmark, her father, Lauritz Christian Jensen Breinholt, was 40 and her mother, Ane Sophie Jensen, was 41. She married Carl Christian Johann Albrecht about 1884. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Nebsager, Bjerre, Vejle, Denmark in 1860 and Gooseberry, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 19 May 1946, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Maren Magdalen Laursen in household of Lund Jensen, "Denmark Census, 1860"
- Maria Magdeline Laursen Breinholt birth & Christening Parish records Nebsager, Vejle, Denmark page 42, Arkivaonline opslage 31
- Maria M Breinholt Albrecht, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Historical Boundaries: 1865: Sevier, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sevier, Utah, United States
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
German: from a rare ancient Germanic personal name Brin(no), probably composed of elements related to Middle High German brünne ‘armor’ + walt ‘rule’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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