Brief Life History of Carl
When Carl Jensen was born on 18 January 1860, in Ravnholt, Tiset, Havreballegård, Denmark, his father, Mads Jensen, was 30 and his mother, Edel Magrethe Rasmussen, was 26. He lived in Tiset, Ning, Århus, Denmark for about 20 years.
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Family Time Line
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- Karl Jensen in household of Edel Margrete Rasmusdatter, "Denmark Census, 1890"
- Carl Jensen, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
- Carl Jensen, "Denmark Census, 1870"
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Siblings (10)
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World Events (7)
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.
1914
World War I. Denmark remains neutral throughout the war.
1917
The United States take possession of the Virgin Islands. The islands are purchased from Denmark for $25 million the year before.
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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