Brief Life History of Margretha
When Margretha Jensen was born in 1774, her father, Jens Jensen, was 27 and her mother, Anne Pedersen, was 28. She married Soren Nielsen in Kregme, Frederiksborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died on 28 August 1828, at the age of 54.
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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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