Brief Life History of Kiersten
When Kiersten Andersdatter Malund was christened on 1 November 1727, in Åle, Åle, Skanderborg, Denmark, her father, Anders Mikkelsen Malund, was 31 and her mother, Anne Sørensdatter, was 23. She married Peder Jensen in 1748, in Åle, Skanderborg, Denmark.
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Family Time Line
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- Kiesten, "Denmark Baptisms, 1618-1923"
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World Events (8)
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.
1762 · Old City Hall (Aalborg)
The Old City Hall was built in 1762 and served as the city hall until 1912. the Hall was modelled after the City Hall that was destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire in 1795. Today the building is used only for ceremonial and representative purposes.
Name Meaning
Norwegian (Måland): habitational name from a farm name composed of Old Norse mór ‘moor, heath’ + land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’.
Americanized form of Norwegian Mæland (see Meland ).
English (Staffordshire): variant of Mayland .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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