Brief Life History of Jens Pedersen
When Jens Pedersen Aagaard was born on 25 September 1791, in Farre, Sporup, Skanderborg, Denmark, his father, Peder Jensen Aagaard, was 44 and his mother, Maren Pedersdatter, was 39. He married Kirsten Andersdatter on 30 October 1819, in Skjød, Skjød, Dronningborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and lived in Hylke, Voer, Skanderborg, Denmark in 1850 and Sporup, Gjern, Skanderborg, Denmark for about 5 years. He died on 16 December 1874, in Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Jens Pedersen Sepstrup, "Denmark Census, 1840"
- Jens Pedersen Aagaard and Birthe Jespersen Marriage Record: Arkivalieronline
- Jens Pedersen, "Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916"
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World Events (8)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1799
1799-territory was merged into the Århus county. Skanderborg as a county ceased to exist.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Aase, Erik, Knut, Morten.
Danish; Norwegian (also Ågård): habitational name meaning ‘farm by a stream’, a compound of å (old spelling aa) ‘stream, small river’ and gård (old spelling gaard) ‘farm’. Compare Aagard and Agard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Jens Pedersen Aagard Andrew's father, Jens Pedersen Aagard, as a young man, spent three years in the army. In the 1800's when Jens was in his late teens, he like the other young men in Denmark, was …
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