When Christen Jepsen Buch was born about 1655, in Skanderup, Anst, Ribe, Denmark, his father, Jep Jepsen Buch, was 32 and his mother, Mette Christensdatter, was 27. He married Bodil Erichsdatter on 28 July 1692, in Skanderup, Anst, Ribe, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died about 1703, in his hometown, at the age of 50, and was buried in Skanderup, Anst, Ribe, Denmark.
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The Royal Danish Naval Academy was established in 1701 to educate then commission all officers into the Royal Danish Navy. It is the oldest, still-existing, officers' academy in the world.
Some characteristic forenames: Indian Dhaval, Nimish, Abhinav, Akshay, Deep, Deepak, Devyani, Haren, Harish, Hemant, Jawahar, Ketan. Scandinavian Morten, Fredrik. German Otto, Erwin, Frieda, Gerda, Hans, Juergen, Jurgen, Wilhelm.
German: topographic name for someone who lived by a beech tree or in a beech wood, from Middle High German buoche, or a habitational name from any of numerous places called with this word, notably in Bavaria and Württemberg as well as in Austria and Switzerland.
Danish: from German (see 1 above) or a nickname from Danish buk ‘he-goat’.
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