Brief Life History of Laurentze
When Laurentze Brink Andreassen was born in April 1809, in Stenderup, Øster Lindet, Slesvig, Denmark, her father, Andreas Christensen, was 58 and her mother, Ingeborg Lauridsdatter, was 44. She married Andreas Thaestensen Holm on 21 February 1836. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Nustrup, Gram, Haderslev, Denmark for about 15 years.
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Sources (16)
- Laurence Drink in household of Andreas Christensen Holm, "Denmark Census, 1860"
- Laurentz Brink, "Denmark, Marriages, 1635-1916"
- Laurentze Brink, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
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World Events (6)
1814
Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden.
1818 · Danmarks Nationalbank
Danmarks Nationalbank is the central bank of the Kingdom of Denmark and serves as an independent and credible institution that issues the krone, the Danish currency. The bank undertakes all functions related to the management of the Danish central-government debt.
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.
Name Meaning
North German; Danish and Swedish (of German origin): topographic name for someone who lived by a pasture or green, from Middle Low German brinc ‘hill, edge, slope, grazing land’, especially a raised meadow in low-lying marshland. Swedish name is ornamental.
Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived by the brink, which is in the central and east Netherlands the name of the common area in the centre of the village, the village square. Compare Vandenbrink .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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