When Peder Christensen was born on 16 March 1854, in Voer, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Christen Hansen, was 50 and his mother, Karen Marie Madsen, was 38. He died on 24 November 1857, in Voer, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark, at the age of 3, and was buried in Voer, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark.
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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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