Brief Life History of Peder Caspar
When Peder Caspar Caspersen was born in 1796, in København, Denmark, his father, Caspar Pedersen Holm, was 26 and his mother, Benedicte Marie Berg, was 25.
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- Peder Caspar Caspersen, "Denmark, Baptisms, 1618-1923"
- Peder Caspar Caspersen, "Denmark, Baptisms, 1618-1923"
World Events (7)
1796 · Odense Teater
Odense Teater is Denmark's second oldest theater and one of the country's three main theaters. It is where Hans Christian Andersen started as a writer and is where The Pillars of Society was first performed.
1805 · Christianso Lighthouse
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.
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
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Gunhild, Juel, Lennart, Thor.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German (Holstein): patronymic from the personal name Casper . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the Danish and Norwegian variant Kaspersen.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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