When Simon Christensen was born in 1718, in Janderup, Vester Horne, Ribe, Denmark, his father, Christen Eskesen, was 59 and his mother, Dorthe Nielsdatter, was 49. He married Birgitte Jensdatter on 1 December 1746, in Janderup, Riberhus, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He died in 1772, at the age of 54, and was buried in Janderup, Vester Horne, Ribe, Denmark.
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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.
Meyercrones Stiftelse was founded by the widow of Henning de Meyercrone after he had served as Danish envoy in France. Christiane Meyercrone, Henning's widow, managed the property until her death in 1738. Her niece became the new manager of the foundation and arranged for its charter to be written in 1830. The original, small building was replaced by a larger building in 1933.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Bent, Anders, Thor, Jorgen, Nils, Einer, Viggo, Folmer.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christen . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the especially Danish and Norwegian variant Kristensen . Compare Christenson and Christianson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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