When Anne Stephansen was christened on 5 April 1705, in Bjergby, Åstrup, Denmark, her father, Stephan Toplund Jensen, was 52 and her mother, Birgite Lauridzdatter, was 31. She died about 1742, in her hometown, at the age of 38.
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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.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: German Erna, Kurt.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Stephen (see Steven ). Compare Stephenson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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