Brief Life History of Jens
When Jens Jensen Skraeder was born on 3 September 1823, in Tved, Mols, Randers, Denmark, his father, Jens Laursen Skrader, was 45 and his mother, Ane Jensdatter, was 44. He married Karen Jensdatter on 26 July 1850, in Tved, Mols, Randers, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Tved, Tved, Mols, Randers, Denmark in 1834.
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- Jens Jensen Skrader, "Denmark Census, 1834"
- Arkivalieronline< Jens Jensen, Birth 1823; Tved, Mols, Randers, Denamrk 1940-1859 opslag 51
- Jens Jensen, "Denmark, Marriages, 1635-1916"
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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.
1859 · Copenhagen Waterworks
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.
Name Meaning
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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