When Pernilla Thomsen was born in 1720, in Bindeballe, Randbøl, Tørrild, Vejle, Denmark, her father, Thomas Jacobsen, was 39 and her mother, Else Thomasdatter, was 34. She married Soren Nielsen Velling on 12 August 1744, in Randbøl, Tørrild, Vejle, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 19 May 1776, in Nørup, Koldinghus, Denmark, at the age of 56, and was buried in Nørup, Koldinghus, Denmark.
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Greenland becomes Danish province.
The Danish Asiatic Company was a trading company established to revive the dwindling Danish trade with the East Indies and China. It was taken over by the Danish government in 1772 and continued to run until around 1843.
Meyercrones Stiftelse was founded by the widow of Henning de Meyercrone after he had served as Danish envoy in France. Christiane Meyercrone, Henning's widow, managed the property until her death in 1738. Her niece became the new manager of the foundation and arranged for its charter to be written in 1830. The original, small building was replaced by a larger building in 1933.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Bent, Carsten, Einer, Nels, Sven, Viggo, Aksel, Anders, Astrid, Bjorn.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from a short form of the personal name Thomas . This surname is also found in the Netherlands. Compare Thompson and Thomson .
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