Brief Life History of Mette Margrethe
When Mette Margrethe Alexandersdatter was born on 16 March 1824, in Rø, Allinge-Gudhjem, Bornholm, Denmark, her father, Alexander Olsen, was 44 and her mother, Kirstine Espersdatter, was 43. She married Jorgen Peter Hansen Schow on 10 February 1859. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Olsker, Olsker, Bornholm, Denmark in 1890 and Olsker, Nørre, Bornholm, Denmark in 1901. She died on 6 May 1902, in Olsker, Bornholm, Denmark, at the age of 78, and was buried in Olsker, Bornholm, Denmark.
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- Metthe Magrethe, "Denmark Census, 1840"
- Mette Margrethe Olsen, "Denmark, Marriages, 1635-1916"
- Alette Margrethe Olsen, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
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1829 · Oldest Leather Goods in Denmark
Kuffert Sorensen was established in 1829 by Carl Peter Sorensen as a leather goods company. Today the business has five locations and each are run by a member of the Sorensen family.
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.
1849
Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy. A two-chamber parliament is established.
Name Meaning
An extremely common given name from the Middle Ages onwards, derived via Old French Marguerite and Latin Margarita from Greek Margarītēs, from margaron ‘pearl’, a word ultimately of Hebrew origin. The name was always understood to mean ‘pearl’ throughout the Middle Ages. The first St Margaret was martyred at Antioch in Pisidia during the persecution instigated by the Emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century. However, there is some doubt about her name, as the same saint is venerated in the Orthodox Church as Marina . There were several other saintly bearers of the name, including St Margaret of Scotland ( d. 1093 ), wife of King Malcolm Canmore and daughter of Edmund Ironside of England. It was also the name of the wife of Henry VI of England, Margaret of Anjou ( 1430–82 ), and of Margaret Tudor ( 1489–1541 ), sister of Henry VIII , who married James IV of Scotland and ruled as regent there after his death. See also Margery , Marjorie .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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