When Niels Jensen Rytter was born on 31 August 1836, in Skødstrup, Kalø, Denmark, his father, Jens Nielsen Rytter, was 34 and his mother, Maren Rasmusdatter Tyre, was 25. He married Marie Sørensdatter on 19 November 1864, in Skødstrup, Kalø, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Skødstrup, Øster Lisbjerg, Randers, Denmark for about 10 years and Hornslet, Øster Lisbjerg, Randers, Denmark for about 46 years. He died on 1 February 1918, in Hornslet, Kalø, Denmark, at the age of 81, and was buried in Hornslet, Kalø, 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 .
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