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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- 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"
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World Events (6)
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.
1730 · Danish Asia Company
The Danish Asiatic Company was a trading company established to revive the dwindling Danish trade with the East Indies and China. It was taken over by the Danish government in 1772 and continued to run until around 1843.
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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