When Knud Henriksen Bille was born on 25 January 1627, in Odense, Denmark, his father, Henrik Knudsen Bille, was 51 and his mother, Lisbeth Eilersdatter Bryske, was 41. He married Mette Henriksdatter Gyldenstjerre on 4 September 1653. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 7 August 1684, in Ørum, Hedensted, Vejle, Denmark, at the age of 57.
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From 1662-2007, Denmark’s counties (Amts) existed for the entire country. The Lutheran Parish records are organized into TABS in the following manner: TAB 1. 1662-1793 – Parish records dates were added according to when record keeping began for each parish. TAB ONE includes original county (Amt) names (1662). Example: Aidt, Dronningborg, (old county), Denmark TAB 2. 1794-1970– Counties (Amt) were renamed in 1794, but boundaries changed little. Additionally, minor jurisdictional districts called “Herrods” were created and each one included multiple parishes. Every “herrod” has a specific name which is added to the name descriptions in TAB TWO. Parish records for time periods ONE and TWO are found in TABS ONE and TWO. Example (TAB 2): Aidt, Houlbjerg,(herrod), Viborg,(new county), Denmark TAB 3. 1971-2007 – County (Amt) numbers were reduced from 23 to 13 in 1970, although the parish registers remain consistent within the TAB ONE and TWO time periods to 2002 - 2007. See FamilySearch research links
Danish: from the Old Norse personal name Bille meaning ‘axe, hatchet’.
German (mainly North Rhine-Westphalia) and Danish (of German origin): nickname for someone with a conspicuous bottom, from Middle Low German bille ‘buttock’.
French, Walloon, and Flemish: from Old French bille ‘block, piece of tree trunk; stick, plank’ (a word of Gaulish origin), probably used as a metonymic occupational name for a sawyer or a carpenter, joiner.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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