When Martha Kirstine Bensen was born on 19 January 1837, in Aaker, Sønder, Bornholm, Denmark, her father, Jeppe Bendtsen, was 41 and her mother, Maren Kirstine Hansdatter Kofoed, was 41. She married Jonathan Pugmire Jr. on 9 March 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She lived in Aaker, Åkirkeby, Bornholm, Denmark in 1840 and Vester Marie, Vestermarie, Bornholm, Denmark in 1845. She died on 1 October 1878, in Newton, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Newton Cemetery, Newton, Cache, Utah, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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.
Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy. A two-chamber parliament is established.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Britt.
German: variant of Bense .
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Bentsen or Bengtsen (Danish also Bendtsen). Compare Benson 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesJens Nielsen was born 24 February, 1796 in Arnager, Nylarsker, Bornholm, Denmark, the oldest child of Niels Jensen and Martha Marie Nielsen. Karen Kirstine Bentsen was born 21 March 1824 in Aaker, Bor …
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