When Mette Marie Johnsen was born on 25 October 1834, in Grejs, Grejs, Nørvang, Vejle, Denmark, her father, John Christiansen, was 26 and her mother, Ane Marie Ingvardsdatter, was 24. She married Anders Peder Rose on 14 February 1861, in Vejle, Vejle, Vejle, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Grejs, Nørvang, Vejle, Denmark for about 15 years. She died on 22 August 1881, in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Hyrum City Cemetery, Hyrum, Cache, 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.
The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Johan, Knut, Per, Alf, Anders, Bjorg, Carsten, Kerstin, Lars, Ove.
Norwegian, Danish, and North German: patronymic from the personal name John, a vernacular form of Johannes (see John ). Compare Johnson .
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