When Peter Sofus Jensen was born on 3 May 1882, in Sigersted, Ringsted, Denmark, his father, Hans Peder Jensen, was 28 and his mother, Kirstine Hansdatter, was 25. He lived in Sigersted, Ringsted, Sorø, Denmark in 1890. He died about 1883, in Denmark, at the age of 2, and was buried in Sigersted, Ringsted, Denmark.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Holger, Einer, Jorgen, Bent, Knud, Per, Ove, Morten.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Jens, a shortened form of Johannes (see John ). This is the most frequent surname in Denmark. In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Jenssen . Compare Jenson 2 and Johnson .
English: variant of Jennison .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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