Show GENEALOGY y Scan Scandinavian din avian N Names I ft T I IS with great gratification that this department presents n it Its New Years Year's issue this art art- from the pen of Andrew JenD Jenn Jen- Jen D n one of the Mormon church Mr Jenson is one of S. S 10 e ma many emigrants who have at- at ed led prominence after coming coining rom rom the land of his fathers that fathers that vely land of Denmark about he tells Ho He has made mado se a s. aC I e C for himself in the annals of 9 91 state whilo while ho has haa been re- re history and is regarded asen as yell eU fitted for writing the first J icle cle on tho the subject of aVian surnames ever published this western country While as asS S m matter of fact themselves and their de- de form a a. large portion of oft id e 0 inhabitants of this region no noine none nono t ine no has attempted to write upon heir leir genealogical history in this thin it tee te ANDREW ASSISTANT 1 4 HISTORIAN I VIA 1 is a a. general desIgnation deag- deag nation utIon for tor the three throe northern Iiron Euro Euro- n kingdoms Sweden Norway and Sometimes it i I. I applied in oT or Sense cense to Sweden an and andS andray S ray 7 alone wone In the middle area aces the tha thee thela la e 0 ot of was ws bestowed in- in r on the tho Inhabitants of the ee countries whose wh-ose related agea and common mode mode- of life political fortunes fortune afforded ButtI- ButtI it t basis baals for tor them one 11 i. i The geographical term torm in Is 18 B gradually passing out ott of ot uRe useS use the th appellation is still stUl employed in ethnographic and especially In a n. Uti litI lit Ut- ry i enso In this article treating n i Scandinavian names I shall con- con m myself almost exclusively to Denck Den- Den ck rk k the smallest of ot the three coun- coun I named enmark proper consists of ot the pen- pen ula of Jutland and about islands g principally on the east of tho the The whole area are of or tho counIs coun- coun Is II about English square squareS S Jea os es and the number of inhabitants and one halt millions Ono the the he population live in Copenhagen i capital For o puras pur- pur es as Denmark is divided into eighteen iter ter counties each county or tot it being subdivided into parishes Of th the tho l latter e re 0 are aro 1360 Denmark is a n. low ly country tho highest hest point of ot olova- olova being being- only onh about feet teet above Brooks Drooks anti Lakes Lake ie e country has no rivers rivetS but brooks streamlets abound there thero are a 0 aber ber iber of or beautiful lakes Tho The clio elite cli- cli te o 0 of ot Denmark Is remarkably ternate tom tern ate for tor so northerly a region Agri- Agri tate ture fishing and took stock raising are principal Industries of ot tho the coun- coun Most of ot the inhabitants belong the Lutheran church The bulk of ot aro are natives with only a thousand r Jows Tows and others of ot for for- bIrth The Danes Dane have havo regular well formed features fair tair or nih hair and blue eyes with mua- mua frames they aro are as a a. rule rulo kind and honest and continue to tont tont nt ln their ancient reputation of ot bead be be- bold ad hardy seamen All An cIa classes ses i noted for tor their hospitality Tho Thoas lies as s stand in the front ranks of all peoples in point of ot education at the head of the educational in- in of ot their country stands the tho University of ot Copenhagen of r the Danish dialect had gradually rated Itself from tho the old frlan lan Ian as a D. softer and simpler speech h a strong Infusion of ot German In- In it tt was little used in writing rn n a to the time of ot the reformation sinco that time Danish literature grown rn until it now occupies a among the tho literature le e world t I n i Denmark as well as 09 in England V other European tho peo- peo aro are more or less divided Into 0 Sc though tho the lines of or these are aret 4 t 10 so definitely drawn wn now as ns the they thoy re e years yeaTs ago 10 Confined to Peasantry ri dealing wi with th genealogy and the thees es JOB of tho people leOPle in this article I II II 11 I confine myself principally to the tho santry of tho countr country Following a a- partial list cf cr tho most common or given ghen names of or males E pa ni nd among tho the peasantry of Denek Den- Den rk ek Abel Adam Andreas Andrea or An- An 4 Anton August Berthel Clans Klaus Inus Carl or Karl Christian or g Ch Chresten sten or Kresten Christof- Christof Enok Edmund Edward EJnar p all U Erik Ern Eskild Ferdinand Frantz Fritz Georg Hans Holger aid raid Ivor or Ivar har Johannes eph ph or Josef T J Jakob kob Jons Jorgen Jorgon pan an 1111 Knud Lara Lauritz r Lorens Is s. s Mikkel or Magnus Mar- Mar Martin Mortin Mouritz Ki Kill NilI NI- NI lI ll I f Olaf Ole OJe Oluf Poder or P Peter il 1 or PoJ Robert Rasmus Stephen i Svend Samuel Soron Thom- Thom 4 Thor and owIng lowing I is a a. somewhat corresponding ber of ot peasantry names of or females females' I line Une after tho the of ot Abel S aes es Anna Astrid Au Augusta usta after atter August Amalla Amalia An- An after tho tim Andreas Ute Itte Berthe Christine Christino or tino Charlotte CharIott Caroline Dorothea orthea Elizabeth Else Emilio nOro or Eva Ea ler or er tho the of ot trudo trude Hansine after the culine hans linns Helene Helone Ir Hed In Ingoe Ingo- Ingo o- o e or Johanna rr r tho T Jens ns r l' tho the Joseph Karen Karon ton ten Katharine or Katrine Louisa Margrethe Martinc Magna Ia na A Jilda Uda Marie Mario Mol Molvine vine Martha en n n Nielsine after aCter tho masculine i Othilla Petrino after masculine Rasmus Rose Rosalie id d d. d Sarah Sofio after atter the I. I 4 u h SO Soren Suren en Thora Tho- Tho after tao tho masculine masculine- knoma T. T f va a. a after arter the tho masculine elm 7 explanation of Principle lis Is' Is article Is written for tor tho the pur- pur of enlightening the genealogist aleo aIso to enable the common reader tand tho the principle of ot an in names In order to get got a start- start joint for our genealogical research is s take tho the above e list of It malo male names foundation or beginning arid and Hethe He- He e etho e- e the tho name namo Adam ns as an example m marries Eva and antI a l son Is 19 born hem they thoy call him hini Abel thus ho hoS S and Is rally becomes Adams Adam's son J named to distinguish him from the tho theof of ot tho samo same name namo of ot somebody else eRe o 0 we WC C get the very natural and und name of or Abel Adams Adam's traded to Abel bel In case ease daughter being beluS' born to A Adam nm an anand and and the parents gave her the name gnes aho sho would at al once become becom as Agnes Adams Adam's In course courso of ot time Abel takes to hima him him- f a a a wife wU and they havo a son whom V name Dame Enok ho lie of or course becomes k k tho the son of Abel or Enok Abol's Abols 1 SI c c c. Enok Abelson because h hn he is 13 isson son lion of or Abel not of or Adam Adam his grandfather In C case cizo of or a J Ji t l c dau daughter being born to Ab Abel I an and his wife wilo tho child at once becomes known as the daughter of or Abel and whatsoever whatsoever ever over personal name tho the parents may choose to give her hEIr sho she Is and always will be bo daughter whether eho she Is called caned Marie Mario Elo EIlo or anything else olse This Is la practically all that needs nood to tobe tobe tobo be bo said b by way of explanation of this class of Danish names which so BO many students at first pronounce ridiculous and BO so hard to decipher In tracing genealogy By By- understanding the plain primitive principle nothing is 18 easier I. I than to deal with the Scandinavian names of ot that kind Convenient Procedure The genealogist will find it convenIent convenient conven conven- lent to proceed in the following manner manner manner man man- ner Take for Jr Instance tho the name of ot Andreas Jenson you want to trace his genealogy and you OU know by his own surname that his fathers father's name namo was wai Jens At once you ou arc confronted with tho the fact that there aro perhaps scores of ot Jena's Jenss In tho the samo same parish record e. e ad you ou would be at nt loss to know leno which particular Jens Tens Is the father tather of or that special Andreas Jensen Jenson whose whoso genealogy you ou are aro hunting But you relieved cd from embarrassment embar are soon Boon your our by discovering that every personal namo in the tho pariah record Is 18 plainly associated with the place of residence of ot the party or his trade or 1 profession or perhaps all this com corn 1 Hence Honce in looking for the birth of ot Andreas Andreu Jensen Jonson you will undoubtedly undoubtedly i edly find something recorded like the following Born Dorn to Jens Jen Nielsen Nielson if i tho the grandfathers grandfather's r name nomo happens to be Niels Niela the watchmaker 0 of Damgren the name of or the farm or tho the house or orthe orthe I Ithe the village and nd Maren Hans Hane Datter DaUer I if It the mother happens to be a daughter daugh h ter by the name of ot Hans a. a son who was named Andreas In continuing your genealogical research you next look for tor the marriage of or lens Jens Nielsen to Maron Maren Hans Hans-dattor daughter and there thoro you OU will most likely find the ages of the contracting parties partie to together together to- to gether gother with the names of ot their respective tive par parents with their of residence resi deuce dence and other information which Inmost Inmost in inmost most Instances will be ample amplo for you in order to find the next generation In this manner tho the genealogist may continue indefinably from generation to generation as long as ns there thero are any records to cull from I Many Towns Town and Cities I horo hero desire to draw the readers reader's at attention attention nt- nt to the fact that Denmark with an area of ot only English square equaTe miles mUen about sixth ono tho the size elze of contains about cities towns villages neighborhoods estates estate farms houses etc eta which have separate sepa rate and distinct names Thus It will willbe willbe willbe be understood how each individual easily can be bo traced and connected with some Bome locality which will distInguish distinguish distinguish distin distIn- him from any other person of ot the tho same name nama In the same locality I may here her explain further urther that a parish In Denmark Is both a civil and ecclesiastical ecclesias division of the country countr with well defined boundaries and that in each parish country parishes at nt least there thore aro are both a Q civil magistrate magis magis- and a a. Lutheran priest the latter Is also with a number of ot secular duties among which Is la the keeping of or a a. record of ot all births marrIages marriages marriages mar mar- and deaths in the parish and In making the tho entries in his pariah parish records records records rec rec- no ho Is always careful to note tho the If It ItIn particular village gaard estate In the tho country or street and house number if it In the city where the birth marriage or death takes place and thus tho the genealogist can proceed without difficulty An III Illustration astra S Y n. n AS an nn A win w. w Ull mo u parish of or Torslev in amt emt the northernmost amt in Denmark The parish of ot Torslev had bad in 1890 2264 in inhabitants inhabitants In- In habitants who lived in estates gaarde and houses each of ot which has a namo name or appellation that can distinguish distinguish dis die It readily from any other place in tho the same samo parish As a a. sample I give a 3 few tew of ot tho the names of ot the villages es estates estates es- es tates tatos and houses in this particular parish parIsh parIsh par par- ish hus hue FJeldgaard FJeld- FJeld Galtrup Orm- Orm gaard holt hoit His RIs Ravnsholt Roson- Roson Roson- Roson dal daI Silkeborg Straden Try e Toften Vang yang gaard etc By this list of or names It will be seen seon how easy any mans man's genealogy can bo be traced simply by referring to tho place of ot resIdence res res- In caso case there aro several Andreas Andreas Andreas An An- dreas in tho the parish of Torslev tho the recorder will Invariably record tho the place of ot residence in connection with tho the name such as Andreas Andrea Jenson lenson of or Damgren or or Tr Try or of ot Tam Tam- or of or of or C etc tC Yet Yot it cannot be denied that the tho Denmark often otten sameness tameness of names In give occasion for amusing and in some somo instances offensive nicknames especially especially espe espe- rOW low In villages containing only a hundred Inhabitants where people In I their close dose associations together often otten call their neighbors by their first name Such appellations as little Jons big Jens Tena old Jen whist whistling read rend ling Jens Jons Jumping June Jons haired Jens Tens tho the girls' girls Jens Pig ernes Jens Jane Black Jons Ot If he ho happens happens hap hap- pens to bo be dark haired Jens Jane of ot the hill Jens HoJ 1 Jens Jene of or the valley Dal Dat Jens Jena Jons of or the tho woods Skov Jens b by the pon pond J Jens Jens- ns- ns Dam Darn etc are not at nt all uncommon Some Family Names Name I I What I have said sald In the tor foregoing pertains mostly to tho the peasantry of ot Denmark tho the so called upper classes carry tamU family names namee tho same as tho gentry of ot England and other European countries Many lo 3 of ot the most dl distinguished distin distin- lIn- lIn ul hod Danish families can trace their family names back COO years and in a afew tow few Instances Instance nearly nearh a thousand years ear But In most of ot the tho parishes tho the genoa genoa- logy log of ot the pe peasantry can only bo be traced d back some borne two or three hundred hun- hun dred l years cars About sixty years ago o the tho method motho of or naming the tho children n of oC the tho Danish peasantry was as changed chans-cd and Instead of ot giving tho the child his fathers father's first namo narn lam with the affix son aon or datter for tor a surname the son bon and daughter part of It waH wee changed chanCed to sen sea and mado made to answer for tor both sexes This In my mv e es estimation was as a a. great mistake Tho ThoRon flon Ron clatter and sen son proposition should havo liaw been dropped altogether and now no nn and 1 natural family names been Instituted in their places This In Indeed was done dono In hundreds of or canes cales especially espe espe- emily amon among those who were training at nt the tho time under American Influences Thus I remember In m my boyhood days ho how hoa a man afterwards prominent Inthe in inthe the tho Mormon church added to his name nam which was wan Tens Jens Christian Andersen the affix of or Velby Weiby the tho name namo of ot th tho place where ho he was born and titus thuM be became be- be camo came known both In his native o country country country coun coun- try and Utah as ns Tens Jens C. C A. A Welby Weiby aines N O of 01 Another juan whose whole name namo was Hans Christian and who was born In a a. village called Hog Hogsted added tho the namo narno of ot his Ills village lunge to his namo name and antI thus became known as Hans Hane C. C S 8 hogsted hog Ilo- stell sted a n name which scores of ot hI his de- de residing ln In Utah and Idaho today tola hear A third party parly known as S plain Jens Jong Christonsen being born on onan onan an nn estate called Kornum took toole the tho latter latter lat lat- ter namo for tor his family tamU namo name and hi Ills his descendants today are numerous under that namo name In Utah and Colorado Appellation Ap Ap- J son aon on or sou semi which de denotes de dc- notes descent In iii one generation on only h. h should never have been n adopted as na part of ot f family names n. as ns tho the very origin and nd lisa of or them for tor many generations unfits them |