When Thomas Jensen was born on 18 March 1725, in Vidstrup, Sejlstrup, Denmark, his father, Jens Sørensen Dahlgaard, was 55 and his mother, Johanne Jensdatter, was 40. He married Karen Nielsdatter on 17 July 1750, in Vidstrup, Sejlstrup, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 4 May 1800, in his hometown, at the age of 75.
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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.
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.
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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