When Bodil Kirstine Jensen was born on 24 March 1849, in Roholte, Fakse, Præstø, Denmark, her father, Lars Hansen, was 35 and her mother, Ane Margrethe Johansdatter, was 32. She married Peder Christensen on 16 August 1867, in Roholte, Tryggevælde, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Roholte, Roholte, Fakse, Præstø, Denmark in 1880 and Kongsted, Fakse, Præstø, Denmark in 1911. She died on 16 April 1916, in Roholte, Fakse, Præstø, Denmark, at the age of 67, and was buried in Roholte, Tryggevælde, Denmark.
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Erastus Snow and Peter Hansen translated the Book of Mormon into Danish after six months of being in the country. This translation was the first full translation of the Book of Mormon into another language, after English.
The Copenhagen Waterworks was the first waterworks in Denmark and served the community until 1951. It was one of the first buildings to be built outside Copenhagen's old city walls.
Magasin is a Danish chain of department stores that was founded in 1868 in Copenhagen and still exists today. They can be found in Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, and the UK.
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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