Brief Life History of Lars
When Lars Ovesen Jensen was born in 1550, in Øland, Øster Han, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Jens Madsen Laursen Kusk, was 41 and his mother, Birgitte Jensdatter Mork, was 22. He married Anne Bertelsdatter Kjærulf in 1579, in Biersted, Kær, Ålborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died in 1638, in Biersted, Kær, Ålborg, Denmark, at the age of 88.
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- Kjaerulf Studies
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1563
Seven Year War begins. Fought between Sweden and Denmark.
1626
The Thirty Years' War. The Danish army is defeated.
Name Meaning
Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Ove, a Danish form of the older Aghi, derived from a word meaning ‘edge, spear’ or ‘respect, fear’. Compare Oveson and Overson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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