When Christian Gundersen Pedersen was born on 1 October 1897, in Ullerup, Aggersborg, Øster Han, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Jacob Pedersen Hedegaard, was 34 and his mother, Jensine Marie Jensen, was 22. He lived in Aggersborg, Øster Han, Hjørring, Denmark in 1911. He died in 1921, in Denmark, at the age of 24, and was buried in Denmark.
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World War I. Denmark remains neutral throughout the war.
The United States take possession of the Virgin Islands. The islands are purchased from Denmark for $25 million the year before.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Niels, Bjorn, Knud, Nils, Anders, Jorgen, Egil, Einer, Knut, Peer.
Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Peder (see Peter ). This surname is also found in northern Germany. Compare Petersen 2 and Peterson 1.
English: variant of Peterson .
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