When Mette Catherine Andersen was born on 29 September 1846, in Bredstrup, Nørre Nærå, Skam, Odense, Denmark, her father, Hans Andersen, was 26 and her mother, Maren Jensdatter, was 19. She married Soren Juul Sorensen in 1875, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Nørre Nærå, Skam, Odense, Denmark for about 10 years. She died on 21 February 1903, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Christian Barfuss BIRTH 1 Jun 1800 Bern, Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland, Bern, Switzerland DEATH 16 Apr 1847 (aged 46) Bern, Switzerland BURIAL Logan City Cemetery Logan, Cache County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 27371672
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Lars, Nels, Per, Anders, Holger, Jorgen, Thor, Bjorn, Helmer, Alf.
Norwegian, Danish, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Anders, a vernacular form of Andreas . Compare Anderson 1.
Americanized form of Norwegian, North German, and very rare Danish patronymic Anderssen, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Andersson 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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