When Frederik Wilhelm Ammundsen was born on 19 February 1861, in Sæby, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Niels Christian Vilhelm Ammonsen, was 25 and his mother, Cecilia Holm, was 24. He married Christine Dorthea Nielsen on 25 November 1885, in Sæby, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Svendborg Sankt Nikolai, Sunds, Svendborg, Denmark in 1890 and Skagen, Skagen, Horns, Hjørring, Denmark in 1911. He died on 24 July 1941, in Sæby, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark, at the age of 80, and was buried in Sæby, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark.
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World War I. Denmark remains neutral throughout the war.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Alf, Erik, Thor, Egil, Hjordis, Iver, Per, Svein.
Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Amund, Old Norse Ǫgmundr, composed of the elements agi ‘awe’ (or possibly ag ‘point of a sword’) + mund ‘protection’.
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