When Jens Carlsen was born on 20 March 1854, in Lier, Buskerud, Norway, his father, Carl Evensen, was 31 and his mother, Martha Jensdatter, was 31. He married Maren Sophie Pedersdatter on 27 June 1877. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Lier Hospital, Lier, Buskerud, Norway in 1854. He died on 18 July 1923, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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Birth year of Erik Werenskiold Norwegian painter and illustrator. He was especially known for his drawings of the Asbjørnsen and Moe fairytale collection.
Birth year of Theodor Kittelsen. One of the most popular artists in Norway. He became famous for his nature paintings, as well as his illustrations of fairy tales and legends, especially of trolls.
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Niels, Lars, Lief, Alf, Berger, Bernt, Bjorn, Carsten, Erik, Folmer, Holger, Iver. German Kurt, Bernhard, Friederike, Gerhard, Gerhardt, Hans, Helmut, Otto.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Carl (see also Charles ). In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Karlsen . Compare Carlson and Charlson .
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Possible Related NamesMarch 20, 1854 Jens Carlsen (Ole Christian Gornelius Olsen Carlsen's adoptive father) Jens left home when he was about 20 years old and went to Christiania, now known as Oslo, Norway. He hired out i …
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