When Margrethe Jørgensdatter Dam was born on 30 April 1693, in Vesterø, Hjørring, Denmark, her father, Jørgen Pedersen, was 11690 and her mother, Maren Lauritzdatter Dam, was 31. She married Lars Berthelsen Gaarn on 6 August 1723, in Vesterø, Hjørring, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died in 1766, at the age of 73, and was buried in Vesterø, Hjørring, Denmark.
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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.
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.
Greenland becomes Danish province.
Some characteristic forenames: Vietnamese Hung, Hoa, Tuan, Ngoc, Thanh, Binh, Chanh, Duc, Hiep, Minh, Nu, Tien. Southeast Asian Hong, Chan, Dong, Hon, Man, Oi, Ok, Phoung, Sang, Sokhom, Sun.
Vietnamese (Đàm): from the Chinese surnames 譚, 谈 and 覃, see Tan 1-3.
Cambodian: written ដាំ, possibly of Vietnamese origin (see above). The surname ដាំ also corresponds to the Khmer word meaning e.g. ‘to plant’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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