Brief Life History of David
When David Jensen was born on 17 March 1747, in Arnager, Bornholm, Denmark, his father, Jens Davidsen, was 25 and his mother, Ellen Abrahamsdatter, was 28.
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- DEATH - David Jensen, son of Jens Davidsen, Nylarsker, Bornholm, Denmark - January 1, 1772
- David Jensen, "Denmark Baptisms, 1618-1923"
- BAPTISM - David Jensen, Nylarsker, Bornholm, Denmark
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Siblings (6)
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1762 · Old City Hall (Aalborg)
The Old City Hall was built in 1762 and served as the city hall until 1912. the Hall was modelled after the City Hall that was destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire in 1795. Today the building is used only for ceremonial and representative purposes.
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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