Thomas Jensen

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Jensen was born on 8 January 1792, in Tornby, Åstrup, Denmark, his father, Jens Thomasen, was 27 and his mother, Kirsten Pedersdatter, was 27.

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Family Time Line

Jens Thomasen
1764–1829
Kirsten Pedersdatter
1765–1835
Ingeborg Jensdatter
1788–
Peder Jensen
1789–1794
Thomas Jensen
1792–1794
Jens Jensen
1794–1794
Peder Jensen
1795–
Thomas Jensen
1798–1867
Maren Cathrine Jensdatter
1802–1882
Ane Marie Jensdatter
1802–1882
Anne Sophie Jensdatter
1803–1893
Kirsten Jensdatter
1806–1852

Sources (2)

  • Danish Parish Birth Records
  • Thomas Jensen, "Denmark Baptisms, 1618-1923"

World Events (1)

1794 · Stibo

The Stibo Group was founded in 1794 by Niels Lund as a printing company. Today, The Stibo Group provides information management and print technology software for business operations.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Holger, Einer, Jorgen, Bent, Knud, Per, Ove, Morten.

Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Jens, a shortened form of Johannes (see John ). This is the most frequent surname in Denmark. In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Jenssen . Compare Jenson 2 and Johnson .

English: variant of Jennison .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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