When Jens Christensen was born in June 1755, in Hellum, Børglum, Denmark, his father, Christen Jensen, was 43 and his mother, Bodil Andersdatter, was 35. He died in March 1756, in Hellum, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark, at the age of 0, and was buried in Hellum, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark.
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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 .
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