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This blog will be dedicated to the collection and dispersment of information relating to the geneology of the Jay L and Afton May Nelson Family. All contributors are welcome. Our mission is to find and publish accurate information relating to our ancestory. We hope that we can collect here pictures, records of births, deaths, marriages, and confirmations, as well as other verifiable evidence of our forebearers.


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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Jens Nielsen: Second child of Niels Rasmussen

 Birth, Hjermind parish register, page 20.  Ane Nielsdatter is born December 27, 1842.  She is christened March 8, 1843.  Her parents are Niels Kaspersen and Dorthe Henningsdatter.  She would become Jen's Nielsens wife after her first husband Laurs Christensen passed away in 1882.  Laurs had also been married before he married Ane.  

Marriage, Hjermind parish register, page 76.   Ane Nielsdatter, age 29 1/4 of Hjermind marries Laurs Christensen, age 50 of Hjermind.  Laurs was a widow.  Father, Niels Caspersen is present at the wedding on March 14, 1872.    

 Birth, Hjermind parish register, page 4.  Niels Christian Laursen is born November 18, 1874 and christened December 29.  They are living in Hjermind Mark.

 Birth, Hjermind parish register, page 6.  Laurtis Laursen is born April 20, 1876.  Ane was 33.

1880 Hjermind parish census, page 28.  Laurs and Ane are 58 and 37 respectively.  Laurs children from his first marriage are Niels Martin, Martin and Maren (ages 20, 18, and 13).  Niels Christian is 5, and Laurits is 3.

 Birth, Hjermind parish register, page 11.  Hans Laursen is born April 1, 1880.  Ane was 37.

 Death, Hjermind parish register, page 109.  Laurs dies November 6, 1882.  He was 61 years old.

 Marriage, Hjermind parish register, page 98.  Jens Nielsen of Oster Velling, age 36 1/2 marries the widow Ane Nielsdatter of Hjermind Mark, age 39 1/2.  when Jens is present at the births of his nieces and nephews he is from Oster Velling.  Present are Kaspar Nielsen and Niels Rasmussen of Lille Torup.  The date is July 26, 1883.  I have searched the parish registers and they do not have any children together.  I find them (him after 1907 when she dies) in the Hjermind census in 1890 (page 17) with none of her children living with them, 1901 (page 43), 1906 (page 21), 1911 (page 48), 1916 (page 18), 1921 (page 41), 1925 (page 45).  
 
 Death, Hjermind parish register, page 186.  Ane Nielsdatter dies April 26, 1907 in Hjermind and is buried May 4.  She leaves behind Jens Nielsen and was the daughter of Niels Kaspersen and Dorthe Henningsen.  She was 64.

Death, Hjermind parish register, page 83.  Jens dies March 19, 1926.  He was the sone of Niels Rasmussen and Ane Marie Jensdatter of Lille Thorup.  His deceased wife was Ane Nielsdatter.  He was 80 years old.

1 comment:

Elaine McIver said...

I am so thrilled with all the work which you have done -- and it's so well documented. Keep on keepin' on. With love, Elaine