Brief Life History of Dorthea Marie
When Dorthea Marie Laugesen was born on 2 March 1887, in Skjerk, Aulum, Hammerum, Ringkøbing, Denmark, her father, Niels Laugesen, was 37 and her mother, Ane Magrethe Nielsen, was 31. She married Mads Christian Madsen on 13 June 1912, in Aulum, Lundenæs, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Aulum, Hammerum, Ringkøbing, Denmark for about 10 years and Avlum, Aulum, Hammerum, Ringkøbing, Denmark in 1925.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- Marie Madsen in household of Mads Chr Madsen, "Denmark Census, 1921"
- Dorthea Marie Laugesen, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
- Marie Dorathea Laugesen, "Denmark Census, 1901"
Spouse and Children
Children (6)
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Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1914
World War I. Denmark remains neutral throughout the war.
1917
The United States take possession of the Virgin Islands. The islands are purchased from Denmark for $25 million the year before.
1939
Denmark signs 10-year non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany.
Name Meaning
form of a post-classical Greek name, from dōron ‘gift’ + theos ‘god’ (the same elements as in Theodora , but in reverse order). The masculine form Dorotheus was borne by several early Christian saints, the feminine by only two minor ones, but only the girl's name has survived. In modern use in the English-speaking world it represents either a 19th-century Latinization of Dorothy or a learned reborrowing.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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