When Christina Charlotte Branting was born on 19 July 1832, in Torshälla, Södermanland, Sweden, her father, Eric Michael Branting, was 31 and her mother, Brita Christina Moberg, was 34. She had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Lars Larsson. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 30 March 1875, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 42.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Morten.
Swedish: probably a habitational name from a placename formed with brant ‘steep, steep hill’ + the suffix -ing ‘belonging to’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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