Brief Life History of Ellen Margrethe C.
When Ellen Margrethe C. Jorgensen Pich was born on 12 March 1795, in Grenå, Kalø, Denmark, her father, Hans Jørgen Christensen Pich, was 37 and her mother, Else Jensdatter, was 39. She married Carl Ulrich Marius Emil Houberg on 16 October 1817, in Århus, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Århus, Denmark in 1840.
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- Ellen Jorgensen in household of Carl Houberg, "Denmark Census, 1840"
- Birth and Christening record for Ellen Margrette daughter of Hans Jo... Pich and his wife Else Jensd. of Grennaa.
- Ellen Magrethe Jorgensen, "Denmark, Marriages, 1635-1916"
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World Events (7)
1796 · Odense Teater
Odense Teater is Denmark's second oldest theater and one of the country's three main theaters. It is where Hans Christian Andersen started as a writer and is where The Pillars of Society was first performed.
1805 · Christianso Lighthouse
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.
1829 · Oldest Leather Goods in Denmark
Kuffert Sorensen was established in 1829 by Carl Peter Sorensen as a leather goods company. Today the business has five locations and each are run by a member of the Sorensen family.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Jorgen, Nels, Lars, Niels, Holger, Anders, Borge, Einer, Folmer, Morten, Bjorn.
Danish and Norwegian (Jørgensen); North German (Jörgensen): patronymic from the personal name Jørgen, Jörgen, from Greek Geōrgios (see George ). Compare Jergensen , Jergenson , Jorgenson , and Yorgensen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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