Petrine Kirstine Jensen

Female26 September 1847–29 March 1855

Brief Life History of Petrine Kirstine

Petrine Kirstine Jensen was born on 26 September 1847. She died on 29 March 1855, at the age of 7, and was buried in Vesterbølle, Hald, Denmark.

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  • Petrine Kirstine Jensen, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
  • Petrine Kirstine Jensen, "Denmark Burials, 1640-1917"

World Events (2)

1849

Age 2

Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy. A two-chamber parliament is established.

1850 · Translation of the Book of Mormon into Danish

Age 3

Erastus Snow and Peter Hansen translated the Book of Mormon into Danish after six months of being in the country. This translation was the first full translation of the Book of Mormon into another language, after English.

Name Meaning

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

Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Jens, a shortened form of Johannes (see John ). This is the most frequent surname in Denmark. In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Jenssen . Compare Jenson 2 and Johnson .

English: variant of Jennison .

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

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