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<p>Created page with &quot;Category of this wiki: People with the first or last name &#039;&#039;&#039;Johnsen&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;p&gt;The name Johnsen goes back to patronymic naming, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patronymic. Since the name Osterbuhr is very unusual and difficult to pronounce in English-speaking countries, some Osterbuhr emigrants who had an ancestor named Jan &#039;&#039;(and there are many of them...)&#039;&#039; called themselves the son of Jan: Janssen. That still doesn&#039;t sound very English, so Janssen became Johnsen.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Category of this wiki: People with the first or last name &#039;&#039;&#039;Johnsen&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> &lt;p&gt;The name Johnsen goes back to patronymic naming, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patronymic. Since the name Osterbuhr is very unusual and difficult to pronounce in English-speaking countries, some Osterbuhr emigrants who had an ancestor named Jan &#039;&#039;(and there are many of them...)&#039;&#039; called themselves the son of Jan: Janssen. That still doesn&#039;t sound very English, so Janssen became Johnsen.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;All people belonging to the &#039;&#039;Osterbuhr family branch&#039;&#039; can be found &#039;&#039;&#039;[[:Category:Branch: Osterbuhr|here]]&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;/p&gt;</div>

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