Elsebe Madsdatter Kofoed

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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Family Time Line

Carl Olufsen
1675–1741
Elsebe Madsdatter Kofoed
1688–1736
Marriage: 7 January 1707
Oluf Carlsen
1707–1761
Carl Carlsen
1707–1763
Poul Kofoed Carlsen
1708–1750
Karen Carlsdatter
1712–1790
Elesebeth Carlsdatter
1713–1761
Ingeborg Carlsdatter
1732–1788

Sources (4)

  • Elsebe Madtzdr Kofod, "Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916"
  • Elsebe, "Denmark Baptisms, 1618-1923"
  • Elsebe Madtzdr Kofod, "Denmark, Marriages, 1635-1916"

World Events (4)

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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