Brief Life History of Anna Johanna
When Anna Johanna Powelson was born on 6 March 1849, in Vejle, Vejle, Syddanmark, Denmark, her father, Mads Poulson, was 43 and her mother, Dorthea Kirstine Mikkelsdatter, was 33. She married John Burraston on 4 October 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Rural, South Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1935 and Election Precinct 3, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 2 January 1941, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Original Goshen Pioneer Cemetery, Goshen, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Hannah Johannah Powelson Burraston, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Denmark Birth Record for Ane Johanne Madsen
- Anna Johannah Powelson Burraston, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1850 · Translation of the Book of Mormon into Danish
Erastus Snow and Peter Hansen translated the Book of Mormon into Danish after six months of being in the country. This translation was the first full translation of the Book of Mormon into another language, after English.
1856
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Cedar, Utah Territory, United States* *Became extinct in 1862
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Patronymic from North German or English Powel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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