Brief Life History of Josephine
When Josephine Jensen was born on 13 November 1866, in Hørmested, Sejlstrup, Denmark, her father, Jens Christian Johansen, was 33 and her mother, Agnete Nielsdatter, was 35. She died on 26 February 1869, in her hometown, at the age of 2, and was buried in Hørmested, Sejlstrup, Denmark.
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- Josephine Jensen - Birth - 1866 - Hørmested
- Josephine Jensen - Death/Burial - 1869 - Hormested
- Josephine Johansen, "Denmark, Baptisms, 1618-1923"
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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.
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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