When Christen Christensen Wanderskrog was born on 16 July 1797, in Hellum, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Christen Christensen, was 40 and his mother, Maren Nielsdatter, was 39. He married Karen Christensdatter on 26 November 1837, in Byrum, Læsø, Hjørring, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Børglum, Børglum, Denmark in 1860. He died on 18 September 1884, in Byrum, Læsø, Hjørring, Denmark, at the age of 87, and was buried in Byrum, Læsø, Hjørring, Denmark.
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The Christianso Lighthouse is one of Denmark's oldest lighthouses and the first to have a flashing light. It was built on the island of Christianso in the northern Baltic Sea.
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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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