When Maren Christensen was born on 9 February 1831, in Marke, Kundby, Holbæk, Denmark, her father, Christen Sørensen, was 28 and her mother, Birthe Sophie Olsdatter, was 29. She married Neils Madsen on 30 January 1858, in Butterup, Merløse, Holbæk, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Kundby, Kundby, Tuse, Holbæk, Denmark in 1860 and Hjembæk, Tuse, Holbæk, Denmark in 1870. She died on 11 June 1912, in Hjembæk, Holbæk, Denmark, at the age of 81, and was buried in Hjembæk, Holbæk, 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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