Mourits Mourtisen Hoyer

Brief Life History of Mourits

When Mourits Mourtisen Hoyer was born on 11 March 1678, in Denmark, his father, Mouritz Hansen Høyer, was 41 and his mother, Gjertrud Mouritsdatter Borchorst, was 31. He married Sophie Dorothea Hansdatter Wandal about 1705, in Jelling, Jelling, Tørrild, Vejle, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 30 March 1750, in Vejle, Vejle, Vejle, Denmark, at the age of 72.

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Family Time Line

Mourits Mourtisen Hoyer
1678–1750
Sophie Dorothea Hansdatter Wandal
1680–1726
Marriage: about 1705
Ditlev Højer
1704–1784
Hans Vandal Mouritsen Hoyer
1711–1746
Anna Mouritsdatter Hoier
1709–1748
Gertrud Kirstine Mouritsdtr Hoyer =*=
1717–1798

Sources (9)

  • Mourits Hoyer, "Denmark, Marriages, 1635-1916"
  • Danish priests Index
  • Danish Priests Index

World Events (6)

1701 · Oldest Naval Academy in the World

The Royal Danish Naval Academy was established in 1701 to educate then commission all officers into the Royal Danish Navy. It is the oldest, still-existing, officers' academy in the world.

1713 · Royal Danish Military Academy

The Royal Danish Military Academy educated and commissioned all officers for the Royal Danish Army. The Military Academy function was initiated in 1713 by request of King Frederick IV on inspiration from the Naval Academy.

1729

Greenland becomes Danish province.

Name Meaning

Danish: patronymic from the personal name Mourits, a variant of Moritz .

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

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