When Jens Jensen was born on 9 January 1807, in Vassingerød, Uggeløse, Frederiksborg, Denmark, his father, Jens Nielsen, was 37 and his mother, Anna Caterine Tagesdatter, was 37. He died on 21 January 1807, in his hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Uggeløse, Frederiksborg, Denmark.
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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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