Brief Life History of Anne Magdalene
When Anne Magdalene Rasmusdatter Fredricksen was born on 24 May 1820, in Nakskov, Sankt Nikolai, Lollands Nørre, Maribo, Denmark, her father, Rasmus Fredricksen, was 35 and her mother, Sara Hansdatter, was 36. She married Claus Rasmussen on 16 October 1840, in Vestenskov, Lollands Sønder, Maribo, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1862 and lived in Maglebrænde, Falsters Nørre, Maribo, Denmark for about 10 years and Idestrup, Idestrup, Nykøbing, Denmark in 1860. She died on 2 June 1880, in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Lena Olsen, "United States Census, 1870"
- Anne Magdalene, "Denmark Birth Records," on 24 May 1820
- Ane Malene Rasmusdatter, "Denmark Marriage Records," 16 October 1840
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Knute, Thor.
Americanized form of Norwegian, Danish, and North German Fredriksen or Frederiksen , or of their North German and Danish cognate Friedrichsen . Compare Fredericksen and Fredrickson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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HISTORY OF ANNE MAGDALENE RASMUSSEN (Pioneer of 1862 or ‘63)
Anne Magdalene Rasmussen was born 24 May 1820 in Abldthrope Maribo, Lolland, Denmark, the daughter of Rasmus and Sarah Hansen Fredricksen. She was the fifth child in a family of six children: Sidsel, …
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