When Hanz Marcussen was christened on 22 July 1708, his father, Marcus Nissen, was 42 and his mother, Mrs. Nissen, was 39. He married Maren Nielsen on 18 May 1738, in Sottrup, Slesvig, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 7 February 1773, in Denmark, at the age of 64.
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The Royal Danish Military Academy educated and commissioned all officers for the Royal Danish Army. The Military Academy function was initiated in 1713 by request of King Frederick IV on inspiration from the Naval Academy.
Greenland becomes Danish province.
The Danish Asiatic Company was a trading company established to revive the dwindling Danish trade with the East Indies and China. It was taken over by the Danish government in 1772 and continued to run until around 1843.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Alf, Britt. German Hans, Kurt, Otto.
Danish, Norwegian, North German, and Dutch: patronymic from the personal name Marcus (see Mark 1). In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Markussen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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