When Ingeri Christensen was born on 18 October 1843, in Leri, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, her father, Christen Johannesen, was 44 and her mother, Kari Johnsdotter Naes, was 38. She died in 1845, in her hometown, at the age of 2.
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The Nonconformist Act recognized Christian dissenter churches. It became legal to organize churches of other denominations.
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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