When Petrine Troelsen was born on 13 July 1884, in Flejsborg, Ålborghus, Denmark, her father, Niels Christian Troelsen, was 41 and her mother, Ane Kathrine Jacobsen, was 22. She married Anders Lausten Thomsen on 11 April 1903, in Hyllebjerg, Års, Ålborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Hyllebjerg, Ålborghus, Denmark in 1930. She died on 3 December 1955, in Hyllebjerg, Års, Ålborg, Denmark, at the age of 71.
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World War I. Denmark remains neutral throughout the war.
The United States take possession of the Virgin Islands. The islands are purchased from Denmark for $25 million the year before.
Denmark signs 10-year non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Asger, Nels.
Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Truels, a derivative of Old Norse Thorgils (see Trulson ). This surname, which is very rare in Norway, is also found in northern Germany.
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