Brief Life History of Bertha Christine
When Bertha Christine Mortensen was born in February 1865, in Tåstrup, København, Denmark, her father, Niels Mortensen, was 42 and her mother, Mettie Hansen, was 42. She died on 6 August 1866, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 1.
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Sources (4)
- Berthe K. Mortensen, "Scandinavia, Mission Emigration Records, 1852-1920"
- Bola Christine Mortensen, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
- Bola Christine Mortensen - Pioneer Overland Travel
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World Events (1)
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
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.
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