When Jens Christensen was born in April 1720, in Rakkeby, Rakkeby, Børglum, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Christen Larsen, was 44 and his mother, Johanne Madsdr, was 37. He married Inger Hansdatter on 28 February 1752, in Rakkeby, Børglum, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He was buried in Rakkeby, Børglum, Denmark.
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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.
The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is a non-governmental science Academy founded in 1742 for the purpose of advancements of science in Denmark.
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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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