When Johan Peder Mortensen was born on 23 April 1833, in Linnerup, Vrads, Skanderborg, Denmark, his father, Morten Jensen, was 37 and his mother, Frederike Dorthea Drebes, was 26. He married Eva Rasmusson on 1 January 1861, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 23 September 1911, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, 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.
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""
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 NamesMy father, John Peter Mortensen, was born in Hjortsvang, Denmark April 23, 1833. He was the fourth child of Frederika Dorthea Drebes and Morton Jensen. We know very little of his early life. …
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