Mette Kirstine Jespersen

Brief Life History of Mette Kirstine

When Mette Kirstine Jespersen was born on 16 July 1811, in Vejlby, Hindsgavl, Denmark, her father, Jesper Thomsen, was 34 and her mother, Kirsten Nicolaisdr, was 28. She married Peder Larsen on 26 July 1839, in Vejlby, Hindsgavl, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Kærum, Båg, Odense, Denmark for about 10 years and Vejlby, Vends, Odense, Denmark in 1870. She died on 14 April 1879, in Vejlby, Hindsgavl, Denmark, at the age of 67, and was buried in Vejlby, Hindsgavl, Denmark.

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Family Time Line

Peder Larsen
1795–1869
Mette Kirstine Jespersen
1811–1879
Marriage: 26 July 1839
Lars Pedersen
1825–
Ane Marie Pedersdatter
1829–
Peder Pedersen
1840–
Jesper Pedersen
1842–1905
Maren Pedersen
1846–1848
Jens Thomsen Pedersen
1848–1859

Sources (23)

  • Mette Kierstine Jespersen, "Denmark Census, 1870"
  • Mette Kirstine Jespersdr, "Denmark, Marriages, 1635-1916"
  • Mette Kirstine Jespersdr, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"

World Events (6)

1814

Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden.

1818 · Danmarks Nationalbank

Danmarks Nationalbank is the central bank of the Kingdom of Denmark and serves as an independent and credible institution that issues the krone, the Danish currency. The bank undertakes all functions related to the management of the Danish central-government debt.

1829 · Oldest Leather Goods in Denmark

Kuffert Sorensen was established in 1829 by Carl Peter Sorensen as a leather goods company. Today the business has five locations and each are run by a member of the Sorensen family.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Aksel, Eilif, Jorgen, Maija, Niels, Sigfred, Sten. German Otto.

Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Jesper, Danish and Low German form of Kasper and Kaspar , equivalents of Casper .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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