Brief Life History of Mette Marie
When Mette Marie Hjetting was born on 21 November 1830, in Randers, Sankt Mortens, Støvring, Randers, Denmark, her father, Jens Jensen Hjetting, was 66 and her mother, Karen Sophia Frederiksdatter Soelsbeck, was 45. She married Svend Larsen in 1860, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 13 October 1863, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 32.
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- Mette Marie Hjetting, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
- Mette Marie Hjetting, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
- Mette Marie Hjetting, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
An extremely common given name from the Middle Ages onwards, derived via Old French Marguerite and Latin Margarita from Greek Margarītēs, from margaron ‘pearl’, a word ultimately of Hebrew origin. The name was always understood to mean ‘pearl’ throughout the Middle Ages. The first St Margaret was martyred at Antioch in Pisidia during the persecution instigated by the Emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century. However, there is some doubt about her name, as the same saint is venerated in the Orthodox Church as Marina . There were several other saintly bearers of the name, including St Margaret of Scotland ( d. 1093 ), wife of King Malcolm Canmore and daughter of Edmund Ironside of England. It was also the name of the wife of Henry VI of England, Margaret of Anjou ( 1430–82 ), and of Margaret Tudor ( 1489–1541 ), sister of Henry VIII , who married James IV of Scotland and ruled as regent there after his death. See also Margery , Marjorie .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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1857: Ship "Westmoreland" Helsine Hjetting, 5 children and sister Mette Marie passengers Liverpool to Philadelphia.
Diary of Matthias Cowley: . . . Monday 20th - My health was very bad. Went to the office and had a conversation with President O. [Orson] Pratt. Received letter from Elder J. Woods Norwich, Sister E. …
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