Brief Life History of Martine
When Martine Jacobsen was born on 7 May 1853, in Ålborg, Denmark, her father, Mads Andersen Jacobsen, was 47 and her mother, Elsie Marie Larsdatter, was 28. She married Richard Christensen Miller on 14 June 1894, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. She lived in Sebber, Slet, Ålborg, Denmark in 1860. She died on 10 October 1917, in Castle Dale, Emery, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Castle Dale, Emery, Utah, United States.
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- Martin Madsen in household of Mads Andersen Jacobsen, "Denmark Census, 1860"
- Martine Jacobsen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Martine Jacobsen Miller, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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World Events (8)
1859 · Copenhagen Waterworks
The Copenhagen Waterworks was the first waterworks in Denmark and served the community until 1951. It was one of the first buildings to be built outside Copenhagen's old city walls.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Jorgen, Nils, Anders, Gudrun, Iver, Knud, Alf, Bjorn, Borge, Fredrik.
Danish, Norwegian, North German, and Dutch: patronymic from the personal name Jacob . Compare Jacobson and Jakobsen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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