When Christian Jensen was born on 8 December 1817, in Vestermarie, Bornholm, Denmark, his father, Christian Jensen, was 16 and his mother, Maren Kristine Andersdatter, was 17. He married Karen Christine Bohn on 3 February 1857, in Vestermarie, Bornholm, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Vester Marie, Vestermarie, Bornholm, Denmark in 1860. He died on 27 January 1889, in Nylarsker, Bornholm, Denmark, at the age of 71, and was buried in Nylarsker, Vester, Bornholm, Denmark.
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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.
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.
The Casino Theatre was built as an entertainment center by Georg Carstensen but was converted into a theatre in 1848. After many years of never gaining popularity, it was closed in 1937 and demolished in 1960.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Holger, Einer, Jorgen, Bent, Knud, Per, Ove, Morten.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Jens, a shortened form of Johannes (see John ). This is the most frequent surname in Denmark. In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Jenssen . Compare Jenson 2 and Johnson .
English: variant of Jennison .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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