Johan Christian Flyge

Brief Life History of Johan Christian

When Johan Christian Flyge was born on 28 August 1808, in Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark, his father, Heinrich Wilhelm Flyge, was 27 and his mother, Ulrikka de la Motte, was 22. He married Lucia Dorthea Berg on 18 August 1839, in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark in 1860. In 1845, at the age of 37, his occupation is listed as skomagersvend. He died on 11 September 1885, in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the age of 77, and was buried in Vor Frue, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Family Time Line

Johan Christian Flyge
1808–1885
Lucia Dorthea Berg
1815–1891
Marriage: 18 August 1839
Carl Wilhelm Heinrich Flyge
1839–1864
Mathilde Pauline Franzine FLYGE
1841–1846
Johann Christian Flyge
1844–1857
Heinrich Bernhard Flyge
1846–1905
Jacob Ludvig Flyge
1849–1913
Peter Emil Flyge
1853–1938

Sources (24)

  • Johan Chr Flyge, "Denmark Census, 1860"
  • Johan Christian Flyge, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
  • Johan Christiane Flyge, "Denmark Census, 1870"

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

Altered form of Flythe , a surname of English origin.

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

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