Brief Life History of Karen Pedersdatter
When Karen Pedersdatter Low was born in 1675, in Lauegård, Bornholm, Denmark, her father, Peder Hansen Low, was 39 and her mother, Boel Mogensdatter, was 34. She married Jens Olufsen in 1696, in Østermarie, Bornholm, Denmark. She died in 1741, in Lyrsby, Østermarie, Bornholm, Denmark, at the age of 66, and was buried in Østermarie, Bornholm, Denmark.
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- Karne Pedersdr in entry for Peter Hop, "Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916"
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1701 · Oldest Naval Academy in the World
The Royal Danish Naval Academy was established in 1701 to educate then commission all officers into the Royal Danish Navy. It is the oldest, still-existing, officers' academy in the world.
1713 · Royal Danish Military Academy
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.
1729
Greenland becomes Danish province.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived near a tumulus, mound or hill, Middle English lowe, from Old English hlāw (see Law 2).
Scottish and English: nickname for a short man, from Middle English lah, lowe (Old Norse lágr; the word was adopted first into the northern dialects of Middle English, where Scandinavian influence was strong, and then spread south, with regular alteration of the vowel quality).
English and Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname for a violent or dangerous person, from Anglo-Norman French lou, leu ‘wolf’ (from Latin lupus). Wolves were relatively common in Britain at the time when most surnames were formed, as there still existed large tracts of uncleared forest.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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