When Kirstine Christensen was born on 23 February 1892, in Herning, Lundenæs, Denmark, her father, Peder Christensen, was 44 and her mother, Mariane Ottosen, was 42. She married Jens Majlund Nielsen on 10 December 1911, in Ringkøbing, Ringkøbing, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Sevel, Ginding, Ringkøbing, Denmark for about 4 years and Sevel, Bøvling, Denmark in 1930. She died on 10 January 1967, in Viby, Havreballegård, Denmark, at the age of 74.
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World War I. Denmark remains neutral throughout the war.
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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 .
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