When Hans Jørgen Pedersen Mortensen was born on 11 April 1837, in Hårbølle, Fanefjord, Møn, Denmark, his father, Peder Mortensen, was 31 and his mother, Helena Pedersdatter Sandersen, was 29. He married Dionetia Emily Alexander on 15 May 1859, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Fanefjord, Mønbo, Præstø, Denmark for about 16 years and Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 16 January 1912, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Parowan Cemetery, Parowan, Iron, 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: 1856: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1856: Beaver, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Beaver, Utah, United States
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Lars, Morten, Einer, Jorgen, Bent, Britt, Carsten, Egil, Gunner, Hartvig.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Morten, a vernacular form of Martin 1.
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