When Jacob Christensen was born on 27 June 1815, in Horne, Vennebjerg, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Christen Jensen, was 51 and his mother, Mette Jensdatter, was 43. He married Dorethe Marie Jorgensdatter on 29 December 1840, in Tornby, Vennebjerg, Hjørring, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Tornby, Vennebjerg, Hjørring, Denmark in 1845. He died on 13 February 1848, in Horne, Åstrup, Denmark, at the age of 32.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Bent, Anders, Thor, Jorgen, Nils, Einer, Viggo, Folmer.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christen . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the especially Danish and Norwegian variant Kristensen . Compare Christenson and Christianson .
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