When Elle Pedersdatter was born about 1704, in Søby, Kalø, Denmark, her father, Peder, was 26 and her mother, Anne Jensen, was 23. She married Niels Rasmussen Vester on 20 June 1734, in Søby, Albøge, Djurs Sønder, Randers, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 12 September 1770, in Lyngby, Djurs Sønder, Randers, Denmark, at the age of 67, and was buried in Lyngby, Kalø, Denmark.
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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.
Modern coinage of uncertain derivation. It may have arisen as an independent given name from a short form of a name beginning with the letter L- ( compare Dee , Kay ), coincidentally corresponding with French elle ‘she’.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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