When Karen Christine Jensen was born on 4 May 1837, in Stokkemarke, Lollands Sønder, Maribo, Denmark, her father, Jens Larsen Rasmussen, was 32 and her mother, Ane Jacobsdatter, was 19. She died on 27 December 1838, in her hometown, at the age of 1, and was buried in Stokkemarke, Lollands Sønder, Maribo, Denmark.
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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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