Brief Life History of Otto Jensen
When Otto Jensen Hammer was born on 12 January 1843, in Rybjerg, Skivehus, Denmark, his father, Jens Ottesen Hammer, was 38 and his mother, Nicoline Ane Kirstine Jacobsdatter, was 22. He married Mette Jensen Kemp on 8 November 1867, in Hjerk, Skivehus, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Harre, Harre, Viborg, Denmark in 1870 and Dølby, Hindborg, Viborg, Denmark in 1890. He died on 7 July 1910, in Dølby, Skivehus, Denmark, at the age of 67, and was buried in Dølby, Skivehus, Denmark.
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- Otte Jensen Hammer, "Denmark Census, 1890"
- Arkivalieronline, Death and Burial for Otto Jensen Hammer
- Otte Jensen Hammer, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
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1847 · Casino Theatre (Copenhagen)
The Casino Theatre was built as an entertainment center by Georg Carstensen but was converted into a theatre in 1848. After many years of never gaining popularity, it was closed in 1937 and demolished in 1960.
1849
Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy. A two-chamber parliament is established.
1868 · Magasin Du Nord
Magasin is a Danish chain of department stores that was founded in 1868 in Copenhagen and still exists today. They can be found in Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, and the UK.
Name Meaning
German, English, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German hamer, Yiddish hamer, a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of hammers, for example in a forge, or a nickname for a forceful person. As an English surname, the derivation from Middle English ham(m)er, hamor ‘hammer’ (Old English hamor) is formally possible, either as a metonymic occupational name or as a locative or occupational name taken from a shop sign or inn sign. However, there is no evidence that such appellations became hereditary surnames. The surname of German origin (possibly also in the sense 2 below) is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
English and German: topographic name for someone who lived in an area of water meadow, or flat, low-lying alluvial land beside a stream, Middle English ham(me), Old English hamm, Old High German ham (see Hamm ) + the English and German agent suffix -er. In England, names composed of a topographic term + -er are characteristic of southern England, especially Kent, Sussex, Surrey, and Hampshire.
English: possibly a variant of Hanmer , and in northern England a variant of Hamer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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