Brief Life History of Berte Maria
When Berte Maria Amundsen was born on 22 December 1834, in Gomsrud, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway, her father, Dyre Anundsen, was 29 and her mother, Gjertrud Marie Svenson Olsdatter, was 30. She married Ole Hansen on 10 April 1862, in Norway. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Sandsvær, Buskerud, Norway in 1834 and St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1880. She died on 30 June 1915, in Bear Lake, Rich, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Saint Charles Cemetery, St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.
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- Bertha M Hansen in household of Ole Hansen, "United States Census, 1880"
- Birthe M. Dyresdatter, "Scandinavia, Mission Emigration Records, 1852-1920"
- Bertha Maria Hansen, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
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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.
1848 · The March Unrest
The March Unrest, or the Marsoroligheterna, was a series of riots in Stockholm in March 1848, due to news of the French Revolution. As a mob gathered and plundered shops on March 19, the militia fired shots and 18 deaths. The army arrived on March 21 for reinforcement and terminated any further rioting.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Alf, Erik, Thor, Egil, Hjordis, Iver, Per, Svein.
Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Amund, Old Norse Ǫgmundr, composed of the elements agi ‘awe’ (or possibly ag ‘point of a sword’) + mund ‘protection’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Ole Hansen
Ole Hansen was born to Hans Baltzersen and Anna Kristine Olsen, July 22, 1816, at Sandeveer, Norway. He owned a large estate and hired several people to work for him. When Ole heard of the …
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