Brief Life History of Mettie Maria
When Mettie Maria Christensen was born on 6 March 1819, in Hals, Kær, Ålborg, Denmark, her father, Jens Christensen, was 37 and her mother, Lisbeth Larsdatter, was 39. She married Lars Christian Kjar on 1 December 1843, in Hals, Kær, Ålborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 13 January 1904, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Metta M Kgar en la familia de Lars C Kgar, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mette Marie Jensdatter - Church record: birth-name: Mette Marie Jensdatter
- Mette Kirstine Jensdr, "Denmark, Marriages, 1635-1916"
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World Events (8)
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1829 · Oldest Leather Goods in Denmark
Kuffert Sorensen was established in 1829 by Carl Peter Sorensen as a leather goods company. Today the business has five locations and each are run by a member of the Sorensen family.
1847 · Casino Theatre (Copenhagen)
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Bent, Anders, Thor, Jorgen, Nils, Einer, Viggo, Folmer.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christen . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the especially Danish and Norwegian variant Kristensen . Compare Christenson and Christianson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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John C. Kjar, Manti Citizen
KJAR, JOHN C, of Manti, son of Lars C. and Mette M. Christensen), born in Hals near Aalborg, Denmark, January 12, 1849. his parents joined the Mormon church and started for this country in November, 1 …
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