Brief Life History of Margrethe Kirstine
When Margrethe Kirstine Christensen was born on 5 November 1849, in Astrup, Vennebjerg, Hjørring, Denmark, her father, Christen Jensen, was 38 and her mother, Øllegaard Wilhelmine Thomsen Høgsted, was 37.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Margrethe Kirstine Christensen in household of Kristan Jansen, "Denmark Census, 1860"
- Margrethe Kirstine Christensen, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
- Margarethe Kirstine Christensd in household of Christian Jensen, "Denmark Census, 1850"
World Events (6)
1850 · Translation of the Book of Mormon into Danish
Erastus Snow and Peter Hansen translated the Book of Mormon into Danish after six months of being in the country. This translation was the first full translation of the Book of Mormon into another language, after English.
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.
1914
World War I. Denmark remains neutral throughout the war.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Bent, Anders, Thor, Jorgen, Nils, Einer, Viggo, Folmer.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christen . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the especially Danish and Norwegian variant Kristensen . Compare Christenson and Christianson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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