When Kirsten Pedersen Bach was born on 4 March 1703, in Vester Vandet, Hillerslev, Thisted, Denmark, her father, Peder Nielsen Bach, was 31 and her mother, Johanne Thomasdatter Hune, was 25. She married Poul Jensen Tøfting on 24 January 1725, in Vester Vandet, Hillerslev, Thisted, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 18 April 1785, in Øster Vandet, Hillerslev, Thisted, Denmark, at the age of 82, and was buried in Øster Vandet, Hillerslev, Thisted, Denmark.
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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.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Niels, Bjorn, Knud, Nils, Anders, Jorgen, Egil, Einer, Knut, Peer.
Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Peder (see Peter ). This surname is also found in northern Germany. Compare Petersen 2 and Peterson 1.
English: variant of Peterson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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