When Ane Sorensdatter was born in 1724, in Dover, Skanderborg, Denmark, her father, Søren Sørensen, was 44 and her mother, Maren Olufsdatter, was 38. She married Jens Olesen on 29 January 1743, in Illerup, Dover, Skanderborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Denmark in 1787.
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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.
The Old City Hall was built in 1762 and served as the city hall until 1912. the Hall was modelled after the City Hall that was destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire in 1795. Today the building is used only for ceremonial and representative purposes.
From Old Norse Ari, originally a byname meaning ‘eagle’, or else a short form of any of the compound names with this first element.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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