When Ellen Svendsen was born on 11 June 1768, in Tårnby, Copenhagen, Denmark, her father, Svend Nielsen Kylling, was 58 and her mother, Sofia Gertsdatter, was 34. She died on 15 December 1769, at the age of 1.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Bjorn, Erik, Knut, Lars, Niels, Per, Thor, Astrid, Britt, Carsten, Einer, Evald.
Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Svend, from Old Norse Sveinn, originally a byname meaning ‘boy, servant’. Compare Svenson , Swanson , Swendsen , Swensen , and Swenson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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