Brief Life History of Henrick
When Henrick Jensen was born on 11 September 1757, in Skovby, Rugård, Denmark, his father, Jens Sorensen, was 37 and his mother, Mette Hansdatter, was 27. He died in 1759, in his hometown, at the age of 2, and was buried in Skovby, Odense, Denmark.
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- Henrich Jensen, "Denmark, Baptisms, 1618-1923"
- Danish Family Search
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Holger, Einer, Jorgen, Bent, Knud, Per, Ove, Morten.
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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