Brief Life History of Ole
When Ole Svendsen was born about 1794, in Tikøb, Kronborg, Denmark, his father, Svend, was 11792 and his mother, Olvig Svensdatter, was 38. He married Bodil Geertsdatter on 25 May 1827, in Græsted, Kronborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Græsted, Holbo, Frederiksborg, Denmark for about 16 years and Græsted, Græsted, Holbo, Frederiksborg, Denmark in 1860.
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- Ole Svendsen, "Denmark Census, 1834"
- Ole Svendsen, "Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916"
- Svendsen Ole in entry for Svend Olsen, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
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1794 · Stibo
The Stibo Group was founded in 1794 by Niels Lund as a printing company. Today, The Stibo Group provides information management and print technology software for business operations.
1796 · Odense Teater
Odense Teater is Denmark's second oldest theater and one of the country's three main theaters. It is where Hans Christian Andersen started as a writer and is where The Pillars of Society was first performed.
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Bjorn, Erik, Knut, Lars, Niels, Per, Thor, Astrid, Britt, Carsten, Einer, Evald.
Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Svend, from Old Norse Sveinn, originally a byname meaning ‘boy, servant’. Compare Svenson , Swanson , Swendsen , Swensen , and Swenson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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