Brief Life History of Ole
When Ole Jensen was born in January 1795, in Lyndby, Bramsnæs, Roskilde, Denmark, his father, Jens Nielsen, was 50 and his mother, Anne Magrethe Stephansdatter, was 35. He died in December 1800, in his hometown, at the age of 5, and was buried in Lyndby, Bramsnæs, Roskilde, Denmark.
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- Ole, "Denmark Baptisms, 1618-1923"
- Burial of Ole Jensen in Lyndby Parish
- Christening of Ole Jensen, child of Jens Nielsen, in Lyndby Parish
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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.
Name Meaning
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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