Brief Life History of Berte
When Berte Jacobsdatter was born in 1785, her father, Jacob Pedersen Biten, was 37 and her mother, Live Olsdatter Hotvedt, was 28. She married Tolef Larson on 6 December 1810, in Røyken, Buskerud, Norway. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1855 and lived in Røyken, Buskerud, Norway in 1801 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 31 August 1869, in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Berthe Jacobsdaatter in household of Ole Jacobsen, "Norway Census, 1801"
- 1845 birth record of Bernhard Henriksen
- Berte Jacobsdr, "Norway Marriages, 1660-1926"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1801 · 1801 Norwegian Census
It listed all family members living on each farm. Also those living in the cities.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
Variant of Bet , associated particularly with the film actress Bette Davis ( 1908–89 ), whose original name was Ruth Elizabeth Davis .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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Ingebor Kristine Larsen wife of Henrik Erickson
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