When Anders Jørgen Pedersen Mortensen was born on 21 September 1833, in Hårbølle, Fanefjord, Møn, Denmark, his father, Peder Mortensen, was 27 and his mother, Helena Pedersdatter Sandersen, was 25. He married Christine Christensdatter Andersen on 22 August 1857, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Fanefjord, Mønbo, Præstø, Denmark for about 16 years. He registered for military service in 1869. He died on 13 October 1884, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Parowan, Iron, 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.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Lars, Morten, Einer, Jorgen, Bent, Britt, Carsten, Egil, Gunner, Hartvig.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Morten, a vernacular form of Martin 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesPEDER CHRISTIN CHRISTENSEN ANDERSEN 1828-1903 & KIRTSEN MARIE JACOBSEN CHRISTENSEN 1835-1872 Peder Christin was born July 7, 1828 in Orsoe/Erse, Jutland, Denmark to Christen Anderson and Ane Catrine P …
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