Brief Life History of Dorthe or Dorthea
When Dorthe or Dorthea Knudsdatter was born on 26 April 1840, in Toreby, Toreby, Musse, Maribo, Denmark, her father, Knud Jensen Brygger, was 30 and her mother, Bodil Olesdatter, was 32. She married Morten Peder Mortensen on 10 May 1859, in Atlantic Ocean. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Yavapai, Arizona, United States in 1880. She died on 12 November 1916, in Central, Graham, Arizona, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Thatcher Cemetery, Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, United States.
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- Dorothe Mortensen in household of Morten Mortensen, "United States Census, 1880"
- Denmark Births and Christenings, 1631-1900s
- Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847 · Casino Theatre (Copenhagen)
The Casino Theatre was built as an entertainment center by Georg Carstensen but was converted into a theatre in 1848. After many years of never gaining popularity, it was closed in 1937 and demolished in 1960.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Originally the name of the god of thunder in Norse mythology, Thor (Old Norse Þórr). It was not used as a personal name during the Middle Ages. The modern name is either a late 18th-century revival of the god's name or else a vernacular development of Tord .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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