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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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R. Scott and Matthew R. Nelson
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Sunday, February 15, 2015

Anne Clemmensdatter and Family: Sister to Kirstine Clemmensdatter

Birth, Tranebjerg parish register, page 119.  Second to last on the page is Anne Magrethe, born or christened July 1, 1813.  Her parents are listed as Clemmen Sorensen and Maren Olesdatter.  She is born in Branbury.  

Marriage, Tranebjerg parish register, page 146.  Jens Olesen, age 28, marries Anne Margrethe Clemmensdatter, age 24 on November 24, 1837.  Listed as witnesses are Hans Christian Pedersen and Jens Johan Pedersen. Unfortunately, I do not know the names of Jens parents.  There are two Jens listed born in Orby around 1809 which is his approximate birth year and birthplace in the censuses.

 Birth, Tranebjerg parish register, page 21.  Ole Jensen is born October 27?, 1841 in Tranebjerg.  Present are Soren Olsen's wife Mads Jorgensen and Hans Mortensen.

 Birth, Tranebjerg parish register, page 110.  Mette Marie Jensen is born April 12, 1845.  I find both her and her brother living past 1860 in the Census.

Death, Tranebjerg parish register, page 106.  Ane Margrethe Clemmensdatter passes away on April 12, 1871--her daughters birthday.  She was the wife of Jens Olesen Spinders.  She was 58.

Death, Tranebjerg parish register, page 8.  Jens Olsen Spinder passes away August 18, 1876.  He was 67, again placing his birth around 1809.  The 1870 census says he was born in Orby--a village in Tranebjerg parish.

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Ole Clemmensen Family: Brother to Kirstine Clemmensdatter

 Marriage, Besser parish register, page 214.  Number 13 near the top of the page is the marriage of Ole Clemmensen, age 31, to Anekatrine Nielsdatter, age 26.  The date of marriage is November 30, 1849.

 Birth, Onsbjerg parish register, page 25.  Niels Soren Olesen is born June 27, 1850.

  Birth, Onsbjerg parish register, page 37.  Clemmen Olesen is born July 27, 1852.

    Birth, Onsbjerg parish register, page 102.  Ane Dorthe Olesen is born August 6, 1855.

 Birth, Onsbjerg parish register, page 110.  Marie Kirstine Olesen is born October 17, 1857.  This is the last of the children of Ole and Ane Kathrine who survive into adulthood.
 
     Birth, Onsbjerg parish register, page 3.  Jens Olesen is born April 23, 1860.
 
 Death, Onsbjerg parish register, page 21.  Death Jens Olesen dies May 12, 1864.  He was four years old.  No cause of death is listed.
 
   Birth, Onsbjerg parish register, page 17.   This is an amazing record.  Jens Olesen is born November 16, 1864.  In the last column of the page is written:  "Trilling"or Triplets.  Below is the record of his two sisters born the same day.
  
  Birth, Onsbjerg parish register, page 25.  Mette Marie Olesen and Maren Olesen are born November 16, 1864.  In the last column of the page is the word "Trilling."

 Death, Onsbjerg parish register, page 22.  Jens Olesen dies November 18, 1864, two days after birth.

Death, Onsbjerg parish register, page 74.  Mette Marie Olesen and Maren Olesen die November 19, 1864.
 
Birth, Onsbjerg parish register, page 103.  Jensine Olesen is born January 3, 1867.
 
 Death, Onsbjerg parish register, page 80.  Jensine Olesen dies April 8, 1867.

 Birth, Onsbjerg parish register, page 106.  Jensine Olesen is born December 16, 1867.  She is the last child I can find in the parish registers to Ole and Ane Kathrine.

Death, Onsbjerg parish register, page 83.  Jensine Olesen dies the same day she is born.

Death, Onsbjerg parish register, page 216.  Ole Clemmensen dies December 10, 1897.  He was 79.  His wife is still living.  He was born in 1818.  His mother was Ane Dorthe Jensdatter.  

 Death, Onsbjerg parish register, page 201.  Ane Cathrine Nielsdatter passes away July 7, 1919 at the age of 96 years.  She passes away in Tanderup, Onsbjerg parish.  She was born February 16, 1823 and was the daughter of Niels Pedersen Tistrup and Mette Kirstine Christensdatter.  She was married to Ole Clemmensen.