Brief Life History of Elsebe Madsdatter
When Elsebe Madsdatter Kofoed was born on 24 May 1688, in Svaneke, Bornholm, Denmark, her father, Mads Poulsen Kofoed, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Davidsdatter Wolfsen, was 22. She married Carl Olufsen on 7 January 1707, in Svaneke, Bornholm, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1736, in Rønne, Bornholm, Denmark, at the age of 48, and was buried in Rønne, Bornholm, Denmark.
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- Elsebe Madtzdr Kofod, "Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916"
- Elsebe, "Denmark Baptisms, 1618-1923"
- Elsebe Madtzdr Kofod, "Denmark, Marriages, 1635-1916"
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1701 · Oldest Naval Academy in the World
The Royal Danish Naval Academy was established in 1701 to educate then commission all officers into the Royal Danish Navy. It is the oldest, still-existing, officers' academy in the world.
1713 · Royal Danish Military Academy
The Royal Danish Military Academy educated and commissioned all officers for the Royal Danish Army. The Military Academy function was initiated in 1713 by request of King Frederick IV on inspiration from the Naval Academy.
1729
Greenland becomes Danish province.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Anders, Nanna.
Danish: from ko ‘cow’ + fod ‘foot’, hence a nickname for someone with a club foot or other deformity of the foot. Compare Kofford .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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