Alma Augusta Johanne Møgelberg

Female23 April 1877–3 April 1950

Brief Life History of Alma Augusta Johanne

When Alma Augusta Johanne Møgelberg was born on 23 April 1877, in Frederiksberg, København, Denmark, her father, Slagtermester Hans Ferdinand Møgelberg, was 48 and her mother, Thora Caroline Sliphagen, was 35. She married Sogneraadsformand Jens Christian Jensen in 1899. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Grove, Ginding, Ringkøbing, Denmark for about 24 years and Grove, Ringkøbing, Denmark in 1930. She died on 3 April 1950, in Karup, Silkeborg, Denmark, at the age of 72.

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Family Time Line

Sogneraadsformand Jens Christian Jensen
1874–1943
Alma Augusta Johanne Møgelberg
1877–1950
Marriage: 1899
Dorthea Marie Jensen
1900–1965
Thyra Frederikke Jensen
1902–1977
Martha Jensine Jensen
1904–1968
Mary Antonie Jensen
1908–1988
Petrus Johan Jensen
1911–1984

Sources (12)

  • Alna Mogelberg in household of Julius Bernth, "Denmark Census, 1890"
  • Alma Jensen in household of Jens Chr Jensen, "Denmark Census, 1916"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Alma Augusta Johanne Møgelberg - Church record: birth-name: Alma Augusta Johanne Møgelberg

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1899
  • Children (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (14)

    +9 More Children

    World Events (4)

    1914

    Age 37

    World War I. Denmark remains neutral throughout the war.

    1917

    Age 40

    The United States take possession of the Virgin Islands. The islands are purchased from Denmark for $25 million the year before.

    1939

    Age 62

    Denmark signs 10-year non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany.

    Name Meaning

    Relatively modern creation, of uncertain origin. It had a temporary vogue following the Battle of Alma ( 1854 ), which is named from the river in the Crimea by which it took place; similarly, Trafalgar had occasionally been used as a girl's name earlier in the 19th century. Nevertheless, the historical event seems only to have increased the popularity of an existing, if rare, name. Alma is also the feminine form of the Latin adjective almus ‘nourishing, kind’ (compare the term alma mater ‘fostering mother’, denoting an educational establishment). The name was borne by Alma Bennett ( 1889–1958 ), American vamp of the silent screen. In Tennessee Williams's play Summer and Smoke ( 1948 ), a bearer of the name explains that it is ‘Spanish for soul’, but this seems to be no more than coincidental.

    Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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