Brief Life History of Christen
When Christen Jensen was christened on 24 June 1712, in Hellum, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Jens Pedersen, was 45 and his mother, Maren Christensdatter, was 31. He married Bodil Andersdatter on 22 April 1754, in Hellevad, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died in March 1773, in his hometown, at the age of 60, and was buried in Hellum, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Christen Jensen, "Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916"
- Christen Jensen in entry for Jens Christensen, "Denmark Baptisms, 1618-1923"
- Christen Jensen in entry for Christen Christensen, "Denmark, Baptisms, 1618-1923"
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World Events (4)
1713 · Royal Danish Military Academy
The Royal Danish Military Academy educated and commissioned all officers for the Royal Danish Army. The Military Academy function was initiated in 1713 by request of King Frederick IV on inspiration from the Naval Academy.
1729
Greenland becomes Danish province.
1730 · Danish Asia Company
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.
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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