Brief Life History of Johanne Marie
When Johanne Marie Jensen was born on 3 December 1863, in Ravnholt, Tiset, Havreballegård, Denmark, her father, Mads Jensen, was 34 and her mother, Edel Magrethe Rasmussen, was 30. She married Knud Nielsen Knudsen on 4 June 1889, in Tiset, Havreballegård, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Tilst, Hasle, Århus, Denmark for about 35 years.
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- Johanne Marie Jensen in household of Knud Nielsen Knudsen, "Denmark Census, 1890"
- Johanne Marie Jensen, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
- Ane Marie Jensen in household of Mads Jensen, "Denmark Census, 1870"
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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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