When Ole Holm Christensen was born on 16 July 1805, in Randers, Denmark, his father, Christen Jensen Seilberg, was 48 and his mother, Ellen Pedersen, was 36.
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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