Ane Mortensdatter

Brief Life History of Ane

When Ane Mortensdatter was born on 4 January 1836, in Dronninglund, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark, her father, Morten Jacobsen, was 24 and her mother, Ane Marie Johannesdatter, was 29. She married Jens Bentsen on 15 November 1861, in Dronninglund, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Nordby, Skast, Ribe, Denmark in 1870 and Dronninglund, Dronninglund, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark in 1890. She died on 19 December 1911, in Skæve, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark, at the age of 75, and was buried in Dorf, Dronninglund, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark.

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Family Time Line

Jens Bentsen
1833–1914
Ane Mortensdatter
1836–1911
Marriage: 15 November 1861
Ane Marie Bentine Bengtsen
1862–1866
Morten Bentsen
1864–
Jens Bentsen
1868–1923

Sources (20)

  • Ane Mortensen in household of Jens Bentsen, "Denmark Census, 1890"
  • Ane Bentsen, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ane Mortensen in entry for Ane Marie Bentine Bengtsen, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"

World Events (4)

1847 · Casino Theatre (Copenhagen)

The Casino Theatre was built as an entertainment center by Georg Carstensen but was converted into a theatre in 1848. After many years of never gaining popularity, it was closed in 1937 and demolished in 1960.

1849

Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy. A two-chamber parliament is established.

1859 · Copenhagen Waterworks

The Copenhagen Waterworks was the first waterworks in Denmark and served the community until 1951. It was one of the first buildings to be built outside Copenhagen's old city walls.

Name Meaning

Originally a feminine form of John , from the Old French form Je(h)anne. Since the 17th century it has proved the most popular of the feminine forms of John, ahead of Joan and Jean . It now also commonly occurs as the second element in combinations such as Sarah-Jane. In Britain it is still one of the most frequent of all girls' names. It is not a royal name, but was borne by the tragic Lady Jane Grey ( 1537–54 ), who was unwillingly proclaimed queen in 1553 , deposed nine days later, and executed the following year. Seventy years earlier, the name had come into prominence as that of Jane Shore , mistress of King Edward IV and subsequently of Thomas Grey , 1st Marquess of Dorset, Lady Jane's grandfather. Jane Shore's tribulations in 1483 at the hands of Richard III , Edward's brother and successor, became the subject of popular ballads and plays, which may well have increased the currency of the name in the 16th century. A 19th-century influence was its use as the name of the central character in Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre ( 1847 ). From 1932 to 1959 it was used as the name of a cheerful and scantily clad beauty whose adventures were chronicled in a strip cartoon in the Daily Mirror. It is also borne by the American film stars Jane Russell ( 1921–2011 ) and Jane Fonda ( b. 1937 ).

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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