When Christian Theodor Jensen was born on 10 November 1893, in Torup, Strø, Frederiksborg, Denmark, his father, Jens Peder Jensen, was 38 and his mother, Thrine Dorthea Sørensen, was 37. He married Jenny Martine Sophie Pedersen on 27 July 1917, in Torup, Kronborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Anholt, Randers, Denmark in 1930.
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 .
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