Brief Life History of Christen Breinholt
When Christen Breinholt Stokholm was born on 27 November 1844, in Vestervig, Refs, Thisted, Denmark, his father, Niels Juelby Stokholm, was 36 and his mother, Karen Marie Breinholt, was 26. He died on 2 March 1870, in Denmark, at the age of 25.
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Sources (4)
- Christen Brunholt Stokholm in household of Niels Stokholm, "Denmark Census, 1845"
- Christen Breinholt Stokholm, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
- Christen Breinholt Stokholm in household of Niels Stokholm, "Denmark Census, 1850"
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World Events (5)
1847 · Casino Theatre (Copenhagen)
The Casino Theatre was built as an entertainment center by Georg Carstensen but was converted into a theatre in 1848. After many years of never gaining popularity, it was closed in 1937 and demolished in 1960.
1849
Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy. A two-chamber parliament is established.
1859 · Copenhagen Waterworks
The Copenhagen Waterworks was the first waterworks in Denmark and served the community until 1951. It was one of the first buildings to be built outside Copenhagen's old city walls.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Danish Stokholm: habitational name from a place or farm so named, a compound of stok ‘beam, log’ and holm ‘islet’, denoting an islet with trees or referring to the oblong size of an islet.
Americanized form of Norwegian Stokholm: habitational name from a farm named after Stockholm in Sweden and also from an altered form of the farm name Skotholmen in Hordaland, from skot (related to skyta ‘shoot’, denoting a land formation that juts out) + holme ‘islet’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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