When Mette Kirstine Mortensen was born on 2 May 1845, in Hårbølle, Fanefjord, Møn, Denmark, her father, Peder Mortensen, was 39 and her mother, Helena Pedersdatter Sandersen, was 37. She married Christen Rasmussen on 30 May 1863, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Fanefjord, Mønbo, Præstø, Denmark in 1850 and Utah, United States in 1920. Her occupation is listed as worked at the mill in Iron, Utah, United States. She died on 5 July 1935, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Iron, Utah, United States
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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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