Brief Life History of Jorgen
When Jorgen Clausen was born in 1719, in Sløsserup, Toreby, Ålholm, Denmark, his father, Claus Jorgensen, was 49 and his mother, Margeretha Jørgensdatter, was 32. He died on 10 January 1720, in his hometown, at the age of 1.
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1670–1743 Male
1687–1769 Female
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Holger, Bente, Ingard, Niels, Ansgar, Astrid, Bent, Bjorn, Erik, Evald, Jorgen, Knud.
North German, Danish, and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Claus , a shortened form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas ). In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variants Claussen and Klausen . Compare Clauson 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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