When Birreth Andersdatter was christened on 10 January 1697, in Tvilum, Skanderborg, Denmark, her father, Anders Jensen, was 30 and her mother, Maren Sørensdatter Aagaard, was 30.
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The Royal Danish Naval Academy was established in 1701 to educate then commission all officers into the Royal Danish Navy. It is the oldest, still-existing, officers' academy in the world.
The Royal Danish Military Academy educated and commissioned all officers for the Royal Danish Army. The Military Academy function was initiated in 1713 by request of King Frederick IV on inspiration from the Naval Academy.
1799-territory was merged into the Århus county. Skanderborg as a county ceased to exist.
Some characteristic forenames: German Milbert, Otto, Helmuth, Hertha, Reinhold.
German: variant of Berroth, from the ancient Germanic personal name Berwald, composed of the elements ber ‘bear’ (the animal) + wald ‘to wield, rule’. This surname was imported in Württemberg by (French) Waldensians in 1699.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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