When Jens Rasmussen was born on 22 April 1797, in Hundslund, Åkær, Denmark, his father, Rasmus Jensen, was 32 and his mother, Helle Jensdatter, was 27. He married Helene Hansdatter on 22 March 1823, in Hundslund, Åkær, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Ørridslev, Ørridslev, Voer, Skanderborg, Denmark for about 10 years and Vedslet, Vedslet, Skanderborg, Denmark in 1870. He died on 22 April 1879, in Ørridslev, Skanderborg, Denmark, at the age of 82, and was buried in Ørridslev, Skanderborg, Denmark.
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1799-territory was merged into the Århus county. Skanderborg as a county ceased to exist.
The Christianso Lighthouse is one of Denmark's oldest lighthouses and the first to have a flashing light. It was built on the island of Christianso in the northern Baltic Sea.
County reestablished in 1824
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Lars, Jorgen, Niels, Bent, Holger, Thor, Borge, Knute, Per, Alf.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Rasmus .
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