When Kirsten Christensen was born in 1748, in Svoldrup, Vognsild, Gislum, Ålborg, Denmark, her father, Christen Nielsen, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth Christensdatter, was 34. She died on 6 October 1748, in her hometown, at the age of 0.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Bent, Anders, Thor, Jorgen, Nils, Einer, Viggo, Folmer.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christen . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the especially Danish and Norwegian variant Kristensen . Compare Christenson and Christianson .
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