Brief Life History of Zidgel
When Zidgel Michelsen was born in 1726, in Lem, Skivehus, Denmark, her father, Michel Lauridsen, was 25 and her mother, Kirsten Hendriksen, was 23. She married Niels Jensen Skraedder on 20 February 1748, in Lem, Skivehus, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1793, in her hometown, at the age of 67, and was buried in Lem, Skivehus, Denmark.
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1729
Greenland becomes Danish province.
1730 · Danish Asia Company
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.
1744 · Hirschholm Palace
Hirschholm Palace was a royal palace located in present-day Horsholm municipality just north of Copenhagen. It was one of the finest buildings of its time and became known as the Versailles of the North. It developed a bad reputation in connection with its role in the affair between Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Caroline Mathilda in the 1770s. After that it fell into disrepair and was demolished in 1809.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Johan, Niels, Per, Sofus, Sophus, Thor.
North German, Danish, Norwegian, and Dutch: patronymic from the personal name Michel (see Michael ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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