Rasmus Clausen Ebbe

Brief Life History of Rasmus

When Rasmus Clausen Ebbe was born about 1702, in Toreby, Musse, Maribo, Denmark, his father, Claus Matzen Ebbe, was 41 and his mother, Kirsten Pedersdatter, was 40. He married Cidsel Hansdatter in 1728, in Flintinge, Toreby, Ålholm, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He died in October 1768, in Flintinge, Toreby, Ålholm, Denmark, at the age of 67, and was buried in Toreby, Ålholm, Denmark.

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Family Time Line

Rasmus Clausen Ebbe
1702–1768
Cidsel Hansdatter
1706–1771
Marriage: 1728
Dorothe Rasmusdatter
1729–1732
Rasmussen
1731–1731
Hans Rasmussen Ebbe
1732–1771
Karen Rasmusdatter
1734–1800
Hans Rasmussen
1737–
Kirsten Rasmusdatter
1739–1742
Claus Rasmussen Lolle
1742–1818
Jørgen Rasmussen Ebbe
1745–1812
Kirsten Rasmusdatter
1748–
Dorthe Rasmusdatter
1751–1751
Dorthe Rasmussen
1755–1757

Sources (10)

  • Rasmus Ebbe in entry for Dorthe Rasmussen, "Denmark, Baptisms, 1618-1923"
  • Rasmus Ebbe in entry for Dorthe Rasmussen, "Denmark, Baptisms, 1618-1923"
  • Rasmus Ebbe in entry for Dorothe Rasmussen, "Denmark, Baptisms, 1618-1923"

World Events (7)

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 Holger, Bente, Ingard, Niels, Ansgar, Astrid, Bent, Bjorn, Erik, Evald, Jorgen, Knud.

North German, Danish, and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Claus , a shortened form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas ). In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variants Claussen and Klausen . Compare Clauson 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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