Kirsten Gai Poulsdatter Beck

Brief Life History of Kirsten Gai Poulsdatter

When Kirsten Gai Poulsdatter Beck was born in 1796, her father, Povl Povlsen Beck, was 37 and her mother, Margrethe Gai Larsdatter Thuren, was 38. She lived in Vesterø, Læsø, Hjørring, Denmark in 1850 and Byrum, Læsø, Hjørring, Denmark in 1870.

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Family Time Line

Povl Povlsen Beck
1759–1824
Margrethe Gai Larsdatter Thuren
1758–1820
Miss Poulsdatter Beck
1785–1785
Kirsten Poulsdatter Beck
1786–1855
Anne Kirstine Poulsdatter Beck
1789–1823
Kirsten Pedersdatter Poulsdatter Beck
1792–1854
Miss Poulsen Beck
1794–1794
Kirsten Gai Poulsdatter Beck
1796–
Paul Poulsen Beck
1798–1815
Anne Gai Poulsdatter Beck
1804–1880

Sources (3)

  • Kirsten Gay Poulsd in household of Jens Peter Dahm, "Denmark Census, 1850"
  • Kirsten Gai, "Denmark Baptisms, 1618-1923"
  • Kiersten Gaj Bek in household of Louise Castalle Luedgård, "Denmark Census, 1870"

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

English: topographic name for someone who lived beside a stream, from northern Middle English bekke ‘stream’ (Old Norse bekkr).

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of various places in northern France named Bec, for example Bec Hellouin in Eure, named with Old Norman French bec ‘stream’, from the same Old Norse root as in 1 above.

English: from the Middle English personal name Becke (Old English Becca or Beocca), of uncertain origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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