When Christen Mortensen was born on 18 May 1839, in Stagsted, Skæve, Børglum, Denmark, his father, Morten Christensen, was 38 and his mother, Ingeborg Thomasdatter, was 29. He died on 16 March 1840, in Skæve, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark, at the age of 0.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Lars, Morten, Einer, Jorgen, Bent, Britt, Carsten, Egil, Gunner, Hartvig.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Morten, a vernacular form of Martin 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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