When Karen Marie Nielsen was born on 10 May 1866, in Elling, Åstrup, Denmark, her father, Carl Nielsen, was 32 and her mother, Anne Marie Thomasdatter, was 30. She married Peder Christian Thomsen on 11 April 1893, in Elling, Åstrup, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Elling, Horns, Hjørring, Denmark for about 46 years. She died on 8 February 1933, in Frederikshavn, Frederikshavn, Nordjylland, Denmark, at the age of 66, and was buried in Elling, Åstrup, Denmark.
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Magasin is a Danish chain of department stores that was founded in 1868 in Copenhagen and still exists today. They can be found in Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, and the UK.
World War I. Denmark remains neutral throughout the war.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Jorgen, Knud, Lars, Nels, Bent, Borge, Holger, Ove, Einer, Oluf.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Niels, a shortened form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas ). Compare Nielson , Neilsen , Nelsen , Nilsen , and Nilson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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