Brief Life History of Karen Kirstine
Karen Kirstine Jacobsdatter was born on 2 November 1794, in Bodilsker, Bornholm, Denmark. She married Hans Jorgen Jacobsen in 1819. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter.
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Family Time Line
Hans Jorgen Jacobsen
1788–1825
Karen Kirstine Jacobsdatter
1794–
Marriage: 1819
Margrethe Kirstine Jacobsen
1820–1843
Jakob Peter Hansen
1827–1891
Sources (2)
- Maren Kirstine Jensdr, "Denmark, Marriages, 1635-1916"
- Karen Kirstine Jensdatter in entry for Jakob Peter, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
Spouse and Children
1788–1825 Male
1794– Female
Marriage
1819
Children (2)
1820–1843 Female
1827–1891 Male
World Events (7)
1796 · Odense Teater
Age 2
Odense Teater is Denmark's second oldest theater and one of the country's three main theaters. It is where Hans Christian Andersen started as a writer and is where The Pillars of Society was first performed.
1805 · Christianso Lighthouse
Age 11
The Christianso Lighthouse is one of Denmark's oldest lighthouses and the first to have a flashing light. It was built on the island of Christianso in the northern Baltic Sea.
1829 · Oldest Leather Goods in Denmark
Age 35
Kuffert Sorensen was established in 1829 by Carl Peter Sorensen as a leather goods company. Today the business has five locations and each are run by a member of the Sorensen family.
Name Meaning
equivalent of Katherine . It was first introduced to the English-speaking world by Scandinavian settlers in America; it has been used in Britain only since the 1940s, but had become very popular by the 1960s.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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