When Lars Madsen was born in 1729, in Pedersker, Bornholm, Denmark, his father, Mads Larsen, was 25 and his mother, Seine Hansdatter, was 27. He married Karen Nicolajsdatter Kofoed on 12 September 1751, in Povlsker, Bornholm, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 14 May 1766, in Pedersker, Sønder, Bornholm, Denmark, at the age of 37, and was buried in Pedersker, Bornholm, Denmark.
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Greenland becomes Danish province.
The Danish Asiatic Company was a trading company established to revive the dwindling Danish trade with the East Indies and China. It was taken over by the Danish government in 1772 and continued to run until around 1843.
The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is a non-governmental science Academy founded in 1742 for the purpose of advancements of science in Denmark.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Jorgen, Per, Viggo, Anders, Carsten, Niels, Thor, Alf, Einer, Jeppe.
Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Mads, a pet form of Mat(t)hias or Mat(t)heus (see Matthew ). This surname is also found in northern Germany. Compare Madson , Matson , and Mattson .
English: variant of Madson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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