03:43 Feb 11, 2009 |
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an article about the history of Danish family names |
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once Peder, the second eldest son, received a confirmation of the family name, he said: Explanation: I'm not sure what kind of "confirmation" (or "affirmation" or "ratification") of the name this might refer to... |
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as Peder, the second oldest son, has achieved/obtained confirmation of th family name, he is indicat Explanation: as Peder, the second oldest son, has achieved/obtained confirmation of the family name, he is indicated/mentioned.. It might mean that Peder did not know his father and therefore not his true last name?? A guess :) |
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Reference: an article about the history of Danish family names Reference information: This is a discussion of Danish family names up to the present day. (in Danish) http://www.themis.dk/synopsis/docs/Artikler/Navnet_det_er_st... It used to be the custom for sons to use their father's name followed by ´-sen´ Anders Petersen's son would be called Niels Andersen, and his son would be e.g. Peter Nielsen. In the 1800s the authorities insisted that each family should select a name that was passed on from generation to generation, and this is probably what is referred to - not so much changing the name as fixing it for future generations. ´Anføres´ here would mean simply ´listed´ or entered in the register. Families were encouraged to use place names or other names instead of the -sen names (patronyms) - and this resulted in the many Østergaards and Sønderbys and similar names, which were probably already in use. The same principle is still used today - I have a relative known as ´Hans Ikast´, to distinguish him from other members of the family with the same name and surname. |
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