Soren Herman Pedersen: Second Child of Peder Sorensen and Maren Jensdatter

Birth, Elsborg parish register, page 52. Soren Herman Pedersen born March 30, 1834 to Peder Sorensen and Maren Jensdatter. Gedska Sorensdatter, Peder's sister, is listed in the right hand column.

Confirmation, Elsborg parish register, page 158. Soren Herman Pedersen of Vindelbek village is confirmed in the Lutheran church in 1848 at the age of 14. His birthday is listed as March 30, 1834 in Elsborg.
1850 Elsborg Census, page 9. Soren Herman Pedersen is a farmhand and is 16 years old. He is not living with his family.

Marriage, Viborg Domsogn register, page 18. Marriage of Soren Herman Pedersen of Viborg, 23 years, to Ane Marie Poulsen also of Viborg, age 22. It is May 30, 1857. This is an amazing discovery (I had almost given up finding him) as I knew he was in the Viborg area in 1880, but stumbled across this marriage record in the register after looking through 15 different parish registers...Viborg was not too far from Elsborg and perhaps to a young man this may have been an exciting place to go.

Birth, Viborg Domsogn parish register, page 151. Edwinsine Pedersen was born July 4, 1858. Ane Marie was 23 years old. Witnesses were Pauline Laura Poulsen, Anders ? and Soren Mu?sen.

Birth, Viborg Domsogn parish register, page 19. Edwin Pedersen born March 25, 1860. Second child to Soren and Ane Marie. Witnesses were Pauline Poulsen and Bern? Berg. ? Jensen of Svostrup.

Birth, Viborg Domsogn parish register, page 181. Marie Pouline Laura Markine Pedersen on July 1, 1862. Witnesses were Laura and Martine Poulsen and P. Poulsen. ? Jensen and Jorgen Poulsen.

Birth, Viborg Domsogn parish register, page 51. Hans Peter Jorgen Thorvald Petersen born April 4, 1864. Christened at the church April 28, 1864. Witnesses were ? and Soren Poulsen.

Birth, Viborn Domsogn parish register, page 77. Georg Pedersen was born August 18, 1866 and christened March 14, 1867. Witnesses included Jorgen Poulsen and several others.

Birth, Viborg Domsogn parish register, page 252. Baby girl born to Soren and Ane Marie on August 9, 1869. It is not listed as a stillborn and is not given a name so it must not have been christened before she died. Ane Marie was 34 at the time. There is writing on the right hand column that must explain the situation but I haven't learned Danish yet.

1880 Viborg census, page 59. Ane Marie born Poulsen is listed as married but Soren is not living with them (see the next census). Living with her are Georg Petersen and Edwin Petersen, ages 14 and 20. Edwins occupation is "Thypograph." The two boys are both unmarried.

1880 Viborg Kobstad Census, page 50. Soren Herman Pedersen is living in a "poor house." He is listed as 46 and married. This page contains the names of other men who are also married and living in this "poor house." Was this a debtors prison? Soren's birthplace is listed as Elsborg.

Death, Viborg Domsogn parish register, page 71. Ane Marie Petersen born Poulsen passes away on September 14, 1881 at the age of 46. Her husband is listed as S. H. Petersen. A cause of death I think is written in the right hand column.

Death, Viborg Domsogn parish register, page 200. Soren Herman Petersen passes away at the age of 62 on September 18, 1896 and is buried on September 23, 1896. His wife preceding him in death was Ane Marie Poulsen who died September 14, 1881. He was born in Elsborg.

Maren Jensdatter, wife of Peder Sorensen

Birth, Viskum parish register, page 36. Maren born to Jens Jensen and Marie Kirsten Christensdatter on 8 Sondag efter Trinit or August 10, 1794. She was born in Lille Torsager which is how we made the connection. Maren's death record in Elsborg lists her birthplace as Lille Torsager. Scott and I knew she was born around 1794 due to her age subtracted from the census years.
1801 Viskum census, page 8. Marie Kirstin Christensdatter, age 30, is living in her brothers home. She is unmarried likely meaning that the father of Maren and her never married. Maren is 7 and is listed as Marie Kirstin's illegitimate daughter. Her brother's name is Jens Christensen, age 34. Jens is married to Anne Dorthe Christensdatter, age 30. They have two children Marie Dorthe Jensdatter and Maren Jensdatter, ages 3 and 2, respectively. Jens's mother Maren Pedersdatter, a widow, age 70 is living with them. I have yet to find Maren Jensdatter's confirmation record, but the next we learn of her, she is in Lysgaard getting married to Peder Sorensen in 1830.

Peder Sorensen: Older brother to Gedska

Birth, Gronbaek parish register, page 73. Birth of Peder Sorensen to Soren Hermansen and Maren Pedersdatter on April 30, 1806. He was the second child born to Soren and Maren, the first being Anne Marie three years earlier in Thorso parish, just south of Gronbaek. At the christening he was carried by Gedske Hermansen from Vindum, the sister of Soren. Also present were Mads Jensen, ?, and ? daughter Anne ?.

Confirmation, Vindum parish. Peder Sorensen was confirmed in 1823. His birthdate is correctly listed as April 30, 1806. No parent names are listed, and his father, Soren, had passed away by this time.

Departure, Vindum parish register, page 133. Peder Sorensen, age 24, leaving to Hojberg parish. He was the 11th person listed as leaving in the year 1829. Hojberg was immediately south of Vindum parish.

Marriage, Lysgaard parish register, page 82. Peder Sorensen of Gronbaek, 23 or 24 years old marrying Maren Jensdatter, age 35 1/2 years of Lysgaard on January 3, 1830. Scott and I searched about 10 parish registers before we found the marriage record. We knew he was married around 1830 because we found him in the 1834 census that follows, married, and with a 4 year old child.

1834 Census, Elsborg parish, page 5. Peder Sorensen age 28 and Maren Jensdatter age 41 living in the home of another family. He is an "Inderste og Dagleie." They have a 4 year old daughter, Inger Marie Pedersdatter.

Departure, Elsborg parish register, page 187. Peder Sorensen and Maren Jensdatter are leaving Elsborg parish for Vindum parish and do so May 27, 1840. Listed in the same column as Peder's name is a Peder Hermansen who may be his father Soren's brother. Peder is 32 and Maren is 44.
1840 Census, Vindum parish, page 15. Peder is 33 and Maren is 45. They have 2 children now, Inger Marie age 10, and Soren Pedersen age 6. They are living with Peders mother Maren Pedersdatter, a widow who is 72 years old. Peder is a tenant farmer or "Huusmand og Dagleier." The 1840 Census happened after May as this is when they moved from Elsborg to Vindum.

1845 Elsborg census, page 11. Peder and family have moved back to Elsborg and will remain here through his and his wife's deaths. Maren Pedersdatter, his mother, is not with them. Peder is 39, Maren is 51. Inger Marie is 15, and Soren Herman is 11. Inger Marie was born in Vium parish while Soren Herman was born in Elsborg parish. Here we learn that Maren was born in Viskum parish and her age would put the year around 1794.

1850 Elsborg census, page 8, family #37. The search for Peder Sorensen might have ended here as his name disappears from the census and registers. In looking through this census, Scott and I discovered his daughter Inger Marie who was married and had several children (future post). In looking further I found a Peder Hermansen, age 46, with a wife, Maren Jensdatter, age 56 living in the same village as the prior Peder Sorensen's I had found. Maren was born in Mammen. Also living with them was a Christen Nielsen age 8, who is described as an "almisslem." Coupled with a departure record of his daughter with her father listed as Peder Hermansen and the death record we later find demonstrating his name Peder Sorensen (Hermansen) we concluded that Peder had changed his last hame to his father's last name. Around this time in Denmark Patronymics was giving way to the Western/English way of keeping the last name. Who knows why he chose to do this midway through his life but nonetheless that is what he did--and it almost through us off.

1855 Elsborg census, page 18. Peder Hermansen age 49 and Maren Jensdatter age 62. Maren's birthplace is Viskum. The family listed above them is their daughter Inger Marie and her family. They are Lutheran.

1860 Elsborg census, page 5. This is the last census prior to the deaths of both Peder and Maren. Peder is 54 and Maren is 60 (She was 62 in the last census so she is 67). Maren's birthplace is Mammen parish which was directly south of Viskum where she was born. I find the census takers to do this often and it may be that boundaries of parishes changed over time or lazy census takers perhaps, I'm not sure? The second family above them is their daughter Inger Marie and her family.

Death, Elsborg parish register, page 132. Maren Jensdatter dies September 2, 1862 and is buried September 7. Under her name is writing that I think says born: Lille Thosager as the place of her birth. Her husband is listed as ? Hermansen of Vinkelsbek, Elsborg parish. She was 68 years old.

Death, Elsborg parish register, page 124. On February 17, 1866 Peder Sorensen (Hermansen) dies and is buried on February 25. He was from Vinkelsbek village and it says he was born in Vindum in 1806. He was 60 years old.

3 Children of Anne Marie Sorensdatter and Christen Mikkelsen

Birth, Houlbjerg parish register, page 57. Maren Christensdatter is born on October 28, 1834. She is the first child of Anne Marie and Christen and is born 4 months after they were married in June.

Death, Houlbjerg parish register, page 203. Maren Christensdatter passes away at the age of 4 on July 12, 1838. I believe a cause of death is in the far right column.

Birth, Houlbjerg parish, page 66. Mikkel Christensen is born on November 30, 1838, about 4 months after his older sister Maren dies. He is christened in the church January 6, 1839. Witnesses include Ane Marie Jensdatter, and Soren Pedersen of Langae (Could this be Maren Sorensdatter's husband?).

Birth, Houlbjerg parish register, page 75. Maren Christensen is born on April 28, 1841. Named after he sister who preceded her in death. Witnesses include Mette Kirstine Jespersdatter, Peder Hermansen ?, and Soren Mikkelsen (Christen's brother perhaps) of Houlbjerg.

Anne Marie Sorensdatter: Sister of Gedska

Birth, Thorso parish register, page 119. Christening of Anne Marie on 24 p Trinitatis (November 20, 1803). Parents are Soren Hermansen and Maren Pedersdatter. She was born October 16, 1803. Witnesses were Mariane Jensdatter, Soren Jensen, Christen Pedersen, Jens Hansen and Anders Envoldsen all of Thorso.

Confirmation, Vindum parish register, page 74. Confirmed in 1820, this document states her father Soren Hermansen has passed away and lists her mother, Maren Pedersdatter. It lists her correct birthday of October 16, 1803.

1834 Haurum Parish census, page 9. It is possible this census lists Anne Marie Sorensdatter, age 29, as well as her sister Maren Sorensdatter, age 27, and their brother Herman Sorensen, age 22. They are living on a large farm as farm hands in Haurum parish which is several parishes southeast of Vindum. I cannot prove from this census that these are the children of Soren Hermansen, but they are the correct names and ages. This census was taken on February 18, 1834. Anne Marie is married later this year.

Marraige, Vellev parish register, page 101. Marraige of Anne Marie Sorensdatter, age 31 to Christen Mikkelsen, age 39 1/2. Soren Mikkelsen is listed under Christen's name and I think that Soren is Christen's brother. They are married June 27, 1834. The far right column discusses their smallpox vaccinations.

1840 Houlbjerg census, page 4. Christen is 49 and a laborer. Anne Marie is 37. They have one child Micheal who is 2 years old. They are living in the home with another family of Anders Nielsen who is a carpenter.

1845 Houlbjerg census, page 15. Christen, age 55 (I think the transcriber misread this number), and Anne Marie age 42 are living in their own home with their two children Mikkel, age 7, and Maren, age 4. Maren Pedersdatter, Anne Marie's mother is living with them and is a 72 year old widow and is described as a female pensioner with her own farm in Vindum parish. Anne Marie's birthplace is Sall (it was actually Thorso) and Maren Pedersdatter's birthplace is Sall parish.

1850 Houlbjerg Census, page 2. Christen is 53, Anne Marie is 48. Micheal is 11, and Maren is 7. Maren Pedersdatter is not living with them.

1855 Houlbjerg census, page 3. Christen is 63, Anne Marie is 50. Maren is 14, and Micheal is no longer living with them.

1870 Houlbjerg census, page 4. Christen is 78, Anne Marie is 65. Her birthplace is correct with Thorso parish. There are three others in the house, but I do not know their relationship to Christen and Anne Marie. This is the last Census for Christen before he passes away.

Death, Houlbjerg parish register, page 144. Christen Mikkelsen passes away on February 17, 1874. He is buried on February 25. He was 81 years old.

1880 Houlbjerg census, page 14. Anne Marie, age 77 is living with her unmarried daughter Maren, who is 38.

Death, Houlbjerg parish register, page 78. Death of Anne Marie Sorensdatter on January 19, 1885. She was 81 1/2 years old. Her deceased husband was Christen Mikkelsen. She was born in Thorso.

Rasine Jensens Husband

Birth, Hem parish register, page 71. Birth of Christen Pedersen on January 29, 1851 to Peder Pedersen and Bodil Christensdatter. Christen later married Rasine Jensen and moved to Sonder Rind parish. Christen was on the tail end of his family and had atleast 5 brothers and sisters according to the 1850 Hem parish census.

Children of Rasine Jensen and Christen Pedersen

Birth, Sonder Rind parish, page 36. Birth of Jensine Pedersen on January 2, 1880. Rasine was 26 years old. Niels Berg, Rasine's brother in law, was one of the witnesses.

Birth, Sonder Rind parish register, page 39. Bodil Kathrine Pedersen was born January 26, 1882. Niels Berg was one of the witnesses.

Birth, Sonder Rind parish register, page 17. Birth of Peder Pedersen on February 28, 1884. Witnesses were Bodil Laursen of Vester Velling, Jens Rasmussen of Rind, Niels Berg of Vinkel (?) and Christine Jensen of Vinkel.

Birth, Sonder Rind parish register, page 48. Birth of Ane Pedersen on November 23, 1888. Witnesses were Niels Berg of Rind, Christen Jensen of Rind, Andreas Andersen of Rind, Anders Gregersen of Rind, and Christen Christensen of Rind.

Birth, Sonder Rind parish register, page 26. Birth of Jens Pedersen on October 29, 1891. Rasine was 38. Witnesses were Jens Rasmussen, Jens Christensen, Andreas Andersen.