When Elsebeth Kirsten Kofoed was born in 1789, in Gudhjem, Gudhjem, Bornholm, Denmark, her father, Povel Svendsen, was 51 and her mother, Karen Isachsdatter, was 39.
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1738–1805 Male
1750–1807 Female
1777–1805 Male
1783– Female
1786–1842 Male
1789– Female
1792–1805 Male
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Anders, Nanna.
Danish: from ko ‘cow’ + fod ‘foot’, hence a nickname for someone with a club foot or other deformity of the foot. Compare Kofford .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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