Brief Life History of Christen Jepsen
When Christen Jepsen Buch was born about 1655, in Skanderup, Anst, Ribe, Denmark, his father, Jep Jepsen Buch, was 32 and his mother, Sara Jacobsdatter Buch, was 28. He married Bodil Eriksdatter on 28 July 1692, in Skanderup, Anst, Ribe, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died in 1703, in his hometown, at the age of 49, and was buried in Skanderup, Anst, Ribe, Denmark.
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- Christen Jepsen Buch, "Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916"
- Christen Buch in entry for Erich Buch, "Denmark Baptisms, 1618-1923"
- Christen Jepsen Buch and Bodil Erichsdatter, Marriage Record
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1701 · Oldest Naval Academy in the World
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.
Name Meaning
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’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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