Christen Jensen and Christianne Christensdatter Family: Grandfather to Nicolena

Hjorring County Map.  This map details where Nicolena's family was from in Denmark.  This county is in the Northeast uppermost part of Jutland.  

Birth, Horby parish register, page 33.  Christen is born to Jens Christensen and Inger Larsdatter in Wollen.  Our records indicate he was born May 18.  At the end of the paragraph it reads that he was introduced into the church June 7.  Christen would go on to marry Christianne Christensdatter from Flade parish.  Our records indicate the marriage date was 12/28/1817 but I cannot find this in the Flade register.  

Birth, Torslev parish register, page 9.  Jens Christensen is born to Christen and Christianne in 1819 (I can't make out the date). Our records say July 31 but that was the day he was christened.  

  Birth, Karup parish register, page 4.  Niels is born August 10, 1822.  

Birth, Horby parish register, page 61.  Inger Christensdatter is born March 31, 1825.  

Birth, Horby parish register, page 27.  Christian Christensen is born January 23, 1828.  

Birth, Horby parish register, page 70.  Else Christensdatter is born August 1, 1831.  

Birth, Horby parish register, page 3.  Andreas Christensen is born March 1, 1834.  In new family search his records had been combined with his younger brother Anders so I attempted to set the record straight.  

Birth, Horby parish register, page 9.  Anders Christian Christensen is born October 12, 1836.  

 Birth, Horby parish register, page 76.  Marianne Christensen is born December 21, 1839.

Birth, Horby parish register, page 18.  Thomas Christensen is born August 30, 1842.  The last of the brood.

Christine Jensen: Last child of Jens Rasmussen (Brother to Lars)

 Confirmation, Sonder Rind parish register, page 66.  Christine Jensen was the last child of Jens Rasmussen.  Her birth record is documented in a prior post.  Her birthdate was May 19, 1863 in Sonder Rind Parish.  Her confirmation record is from Sonder Rind Parish and occurred in 1877.  She is the daughter of Jens Rasmussen of Rind.  Her birthdate is listed in the next column.

Marriage, Sonder Rind parish register, page 80.  Anders Christian Gregersen, age 23 of Kjellerup and Christine Jensen, age 23, of Rind are married November 30, 1886.  Witnesses were Jens Rasmussen of Rind and Christen Pedersen of Rind.  I cannot find any children born to them in the Rind parish register and I imagine they moved away from the parish.

Brigham City Cemetery

Brigham City cemetery, Utah.  On our way to Bismarck, North Dakota we stopped by the Brigham City cemetary and thanks to Uncle Bruce and his cemetary map, were able to find the graves of Lars and Gedska Nelson.  It was fantastic to see the names of the people who have sacrificed so much so that we might have the gospel in our lives.  I cannot wait to meet them and say thank you.  You'll notice that Christian was not as enamored with the experience as I was.  On a side note, we've moved from Phoenix to Bismarck, ND and I have not had access to the internet for several months until this week.  I can't wait to get back into my hobby...of course Dave Barry said that there is a very fine line between a "hobby" and "mental illness" (25 things I have learned in 50 years, Dave Barry). 

Brigham City cemetery, Utah.  Further east in the cemetery is the plot for Charles Frederick Nelson and his wife Lena.  Charles was born in Denmark in 1852 (The headstone says 1853 but the records I have found show it is 1852) and came over with his father Laurs to America as a young boy about the age of 8 or 9 when they came over on the Monarch of the Sea in 1861.  I'm trying to get Andy to smile as he's so shy around cameras.  Christian has warmed up a little bit to the experience.