Brief Life History of Poul
When Poul Christensen was born on 7 June 1849, in Voer, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Christen Hansen, was 45 and his mother, Karen Marie Madsen, was 33. He died on 7 August 1850, in Voer, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark, at the age of 1, and was buried in Voer, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark.
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- Poul Kirstensen in household of Kirsten Jensen, "Denmark Census, 1850"
- Death of Poul Christensen
- Poul Christensen, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
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1850 · Translation of the Book of Mormon into Danish
Erastus Snow and Peter Hansen translated the Book of Mormon into Danish after six months of being in the country. This translation was the first full translation of the Book of Mormon into another language, after English.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Bent, Anders, Thor, Jorgen, Nils, Einer, Viggo, Folmer.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christen . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the especially Danish and Norwegian variant Kristensen . Compare Christenson and Christianson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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