When Christen Larsen was born in 1730, in Torup, Kronborg, Denmark, his father, Lars Jorgensen, was 33 and his mother, Margarethe Sorensdatter, was 33. He married Giedske Christensdatter on 1 June 1755, in Torup, Kronborg, Denmark. In 1787, at the age of 57, his occupation is listed as farmer, householder, shoemaker and fisherman in Kikhavn, Torup, Kronborg, Denmark. He died on 26 April 1793, in Kikhavn, Torup, Kronborg, Denmark, at the age of 63.
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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.
Meyercrones Stiftelse was founded by the widow of Henning de Meyercrone after he had served as Danish envoy in France. Christiane Meyercrone, Henning's widow, managed the property until her death in 1738. Her niece became the new manager of the foundation and arranged for its charter to be written in 1830. The original, small building was replaced by a larger building in 1933.
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, Lars, Nels, Niels, Sven, Thor, Knud, Nils, Per, Jorgen, Alf, Bjorn.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Lars, an equivalent of Lawrence . This is also an Americanized form of the cognate Larssen. Compare Larson 1, Larrison , and Lawson 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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