When Karen Johanne Jensen was born on 3 July 1860, in Vestbjerg, Sulsted, Ålborghus, Denmark, her father, Jens Christian Jensen, was 25 and her mother, Mette Marie Poulsdatter, was 35. She married Anders Pedersen on 23 December 1884, in Ajstrup, Ålborghus, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Sulsted, Kær, Ålborg, Denmark in 1870 and Ajstrup, Kær, Ålborg, Denmark for about 26 years. She died on 27 April 1925, in Ajstrup, Ålborghus, Denmark, at the age of 64, and was buried in Ajstrup, Ålborghus, Denmark.
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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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