When Lauritz Larsen was born on 25 January 1834, in Holtum, Grejs, Koldinghus, Denmark, his father, Lauritz Johansen, was 39 and his mother, Ane Margrethe Sørensdatter, was 36. He married Ane Marie Thomasdatter Jensen on 1 April 1854, in Grejs, Koldinghus, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Grejs, Nørvang, Vejle, Denmark in 1850 and Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 2 November 1895, in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Nels, Niels, Sven, Thor, Knud, Nils, Per, Jorgen, Alf, Bjorn.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Lars, an equivalent of Lawrence . This is also an Americanized form of the cognate Larssen. Compare Larson 1, Larrison , and Lawson 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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