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I believe I've been told that - up 'til modern times - Scandinavian children were usually given their father's name as their surname: i.e. Nielsen, Rasmussdattir, etc. However, my great-great-grandparents, who left Denmark in 1882 were Hans Hansen BILLE and Maren Christiansen BILLE.
I had enough information to use the IGI to trace the family back to their home town of Kettinge, Maribo, Denmark, where the surname BILLE (earlier, might have been "BILDE") seems to have been quite common for generations - I tracked Hans Hansen Bille to his father Hans Rasmussen Bille, to his father Rasmus Nielsen Bille, to his father Niels Rasmussen Bilde, but that's where I lose the line (the names Bille and Bilde still appear in earlier records of the area, I just can't connect them to my family). I tracked Maren Christiansen Bille to her father Christian Olesen Bille, but Christians father seems to have been Ole Larsen HASLING, son of Lars Hansen or Hasling.
Does anyone know if the name "Bille" or "Bilde" have any meaning, such as smith; and is there any significance to the name being carried from generation to generation, contrary to (what I thought was) Danish traditions?
Thanks!
Lilly
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