Brief Life History of Jens
When Jens Carlsen was born on 29 August 1828, in Løgsted, Slet, Ålborg, Denmark, his father, Carl Frederick Jensen, was 44 and his mother, Birgitha Marie Jorgensdr, was 38. He married Ane Marie Pedersdatter on 16 November 1855, in Kornum, Slet, Ålborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Slet, Ålborg, Denmark in 1901. He died on 6 April 1917, in Bjørnsholm, Slet, Ålborg, Denmark, at the age of 88, and was buried in Malle, Slet, Ålborg, Denmark.
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- Jens Carlsen, "Denmark Census, 1880"
- Jens Carlsen, "Denmark, Marriages, 1635-1916"
- Death Record--Jens Carlsen
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World Events (6)
1829 · Oldest Leather Goods in Denmark
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.
1847 · Casino Theatre (Copenhagen)
The Casino Theatre was built as an entertainment center by Georg Carstensen but was converted into a theatre in 1848. After many years of never gaining popularity, it was closed in 1937 and demolished in 1960.
1859 · Copenhagen Waterworks
The Copenhagen Waterworks was the first waterworks in Denmark and served the community until 1951. It was one of the first buildings to be built outside Copenhagen's old city walls.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Niels, Lars, Lief, Alf, Berger, Bernt, Bjorn, Carsten, Erik, Folmer, Holger, Iver. German Kurt, Bernhard, Friederike, Gerhard, Gerhardt, Hans, Helmut, Otto.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Carl (see also Charles ). In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Karlsen . Compare Carlson and Charlson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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