Anders Sorensen

Brief Life History of Anders

When Anders Sorensen was born about 1795, in Skørring, Skanderborg, Denmark, his father, Søren Andersen, was 52 and his mother, Else Andersen, was 37. He married Kirsten LaursDatter on 3 January 1820, in Skørring, Skanderborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He lived in Storring, Framlev, Århus, Denmark in 1840. He died on 17 January 1870, at the age of 76.

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Family Time Line

Anders Sorensen
1795–1870
Maren Mortensen
1801–1872
Marriage: 5 September 1831
Morten Andersen
1832–1832
Morten Andersen
1833–1833
Laurs Christoffer Andersen
1834–
Morten Andersen
1835–1857
Andreas Andersen
1838–1879
Kirsten Anderson
1840–1911
Karen Andersen
1843–1875
Jens Peder Andersen
1848–1863

Sources (25)

  • Anders Sørensen, "Denmark Census, 1845"
  • Anders Sorensen, "Denmark, Church Records, 1484-1941"
  • Anders Sørensen, "Denmark Census, 1840"

World Events (8)

1794 · Stibo

The Stibo Group was founded in 1794 by Niels Lund as a printing company. Today, The Stibo Group provides information management and print technology software for business operations.

1799

1799-territory was merged into the Århus county. Skanderborg as a county ceased to exist.

1814

Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Per, Viggo, Einer, Lars, Morten, Bent, Holger, Jorgen, Knud.

Danish and Norwegian (Sørensen): patronymic from the personal name Søren, Danish form of Latin Severinus (see Severin ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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