When Christian Johan ENGER was born on 24 October 1846, in Teigebyen, Nannestad, Akershus, Norway, his father, Jacob NIELSEN ENGER, was 29 and his mother, Martha KRISTOFFERSDATTER, was 28. He married Ellen Marie MATTHIASDATTER ENGER in 1873, in Fillmore, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Hendrum Township, Norman, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years and Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States in 1930. He died on 14 May 1930, in Cass, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Pontoppidan Cemetery, Hendrum, Norman, Minnesota, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1851: Cass, Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Cass, Minnesota, United States
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Alf, Bjorn, Erik, Iver, Juel, Kristoffer, Selmer.
Norwegian: habitational name from various farmsteads, notably in eastern Norway, so named from the plural indefinite form of Old Norse eng ‘meadow’.
South German: habitational name for someone from any of various places called Enge, Engen, Engar, Enger, or Engern.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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