When Mette Kirstina Madsen was born on 27 January 1843, in Jyderup, Holbæk, Denmark, her father, Ole Lykke Madsen, was 27 and her mother, Ane Jensen, was 33. She married James Christian Christensen in December 1859, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Jyderup, Tuse, Holbæk, Denmark for about 10 years. She died on 15 November 1900, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Jorgen, Per, Viggo, Anders, Carsten, Niels, Thor, Alf, Einer, Jeppe.
Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Mads, a pet form of Mat(t)hias or Mat(t)heus (see Matthew ). This surname is also found in northern Germany. Compare Madson , Matson , and Mattson .
English: variant of Madson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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