When Johanne Abrahamsdatter was born on 21 July 1720, in Lendum, Sejlstrup, Denmark, her father, Abraham Jensen, was 35 and her mother, Elle Nielsdatter, was 31. She married Thomas Olesen about 1750, in Lendum, Horns, Hjørring, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died in March 1753, in her hometown, at the age of 32, and was buried in Lendum, Horns, Hjørring, Denmark.
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Greenland becomes Danish province.
The Danish Asiatic Company was a trading company established to revive the dwindling Danish trade with the East Indies and China. It was taken over by the Danish government in 1772 and continued to run until around 1843.
Meyercrones Stiftelse was founded by the widow of Henning de Meyercrone after he had served as Danish envoy in France. Christiane Meyercrone, Henning's widow, managed the property until her death in 1738. Her niece became the new manager of the foundation and arranged for its charter to be written in 1830. The original, small building was replaced by a larger building in 1933.
and Norwegian feminine form of Johan .
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