Peder Christensen

Brief Life History of Peder

When Peder Christensen was born on 24 December 1795, in Assendrup, Vedslet, Voer, Skanderborg, Denmark, his father, Christen Nielsen, was 40 and his mother, Karen Andersdatter, was 33. He married Maren Kirstine Christensdatter on 9 July 1824, in Torrild, Hads, Århus, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died in 1868, in Torrild, Hads, Århus, Denmark, at the age of 73, and was buried in Tørrild, Vejle, Denmark.

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Family Time Line

Peder Christensen
1795–1868
Maren Kirstine Christensdatter
1803–1881
Marriage: 9 July 1824
Christen Pedersen
1825–
Karen Pedersdatter
1827–1899
Kirsten Pedersdr
1830–
Rasmus Pedersen
1832–
Ane
1835–1842
Niels Pedersen
1837–1848
Anders Pedersen
1841–
Ane Pedersen
1845–
Jacob Pedersen
1847–

Sources (37)

  • Peder Christensen, "Denmark Census, 1840"
  • Peder Krestensen, "Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916"
  • Peder Christensen, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"

World Events (8)

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.

1799

1799-territory was merged into the Århus county. Skanderborg as a county ceased to exist.

1818 · Danmarks Nationalbank

Danmarks Nationalbank is the central bank of the Kingdom of Denmark and serves as an independent and credible institution that issues the krone, the Danish currency. The bank undertakes all functions related to the management of the Danish central-government debt.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Bent, Anders, Thor, Jorgen, Nils, Einer, Viggo, Folmer.

Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christen . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the especially Danish and Norwegian variant Kristensen . Compare Christenson and Christianson .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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