When Jens Jensen was born on 16 December 1793, in Nyrup, Raklev, Ars, Holbæk, Denmark, his father, Jens Olsen, was 44 and his mother, Karen Jensen, was 41. He married Ane Christiansen on 14 November 1818, in Røsnæs, Kalundborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Raklev, Raklev, Ars, Holbæk, Denmark for about 11 years and Raklev, Ars, Holbæk, Denmark for about 20 years. He died on 16 December 1878, in Nyrup, Raklev, Ars, Holbæk, Denmark, at the age of 85, and was buried in Raklev, Ars, Holbæk, 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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