MARCH 31 St. Benjamin's Feast Day - Benjamin DOMAN

March 31st marks the feast day of St. Benjamin in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Benjamin was martyred in Persia in the fifth century.

My children have two Benjamins as ancestors:

Benjamin GEROW (1768 New York -1835 Ontario), their 6th great-grandfather (married Margaret RUSSELL)

Benjamin DOMAN (1809-1879 Wiltshire, England) their 5th great-grandfather (married Elizabeth HAYTER)

Adding Benjamin Doman to our tree at Ancestry.com, I rediscovered that in 1861 his son-in-law Job COX's occupation was "Dairyman, in Longbridge Deverill. In Canada in later years his profession was the more general "farmer". Ontario death records from 1933 are now available (they were not in 1998 when we began our research) so I am discovering precise dates of death and burial for Job Cox and Leah (Doman) Cox

Dolman Family History
I found this blog while trolling the internet and ancestry.co.uk. Must take a deeper look at it soon! A quick glance reveals the maiden name of Benjamin Doman's mother Mary - FORD. Too bad the UK parish records are not online. I have been spoiled by the accessibility of the Danish records.

Why does it seem easier to go to Salt Lake City than to order the films at the local FHC?

Peder Christian HENRICHSEN & Marie JACOBSDATTER of Dronninglund, Denmark

Last week we looked at their grand-daughter Mathilde Marie Lorentzdatter. I wanted to take a closer look at her mother's family, and have discovered some new information, including additional siblings.

Peder Christian Henrichsen was baptized March 10, 1799 in Dronninglund kirke. His parents were Heinrich IVERSEN and Maren PEDERSDATTER of Aså Mølle.

I have not located Marie Jacobsdatter's baptism. She should have been born 1800-1803, according to her age at marriage and death. Her parents were Jacob PEDERSEN and his wife Maren NIELSDATTER, of Aså Mølle.

The couple were married September 28th 1821 in Dronninglund, when Marie was 18 years old.

Their first child was my 3rd great grandmother, Marthe Marie Pedersdatter, baptized November 1821 in Hellevad, Dronninglund.

Between 1822 and 1832 the couple baptized seven more children.
in Hellevad:
 - Jakob Henrik 1822 (died Sept 1829 in Ørum)
 - Mariane Marie, 1824 in Hellevad
 - Wilhelmine Kirstine, 1825 (died March 1827 in Ørum , four months before the birth of her sister)
the rest in Ørum:
 -Wilhelmine Kirstine, 1827
 - Hansine 1828
 - Jakobine Henriette 1831
 - Petrine Kristine 1832

I suspect that Jakobine and Petrine both died as infants. They do not appear in the 1834 census.

Marie Jacobsdatter died in Ørum in 1832, shortly after the birth of her youngest daughter Petrine. Petrine's death record immediately follows her mother's (opslag 189 in the parish records online).

I cannot find a death record for Jakobine in Ørum. A search of the census records revealed a surprise.

After Marie's death, her young family was separated.

Jakobine Pedersdatter, the youngest surviving child, was fostered by the family of Lars Pedersen and his wife Johane Hansdatter, in Aså By. She was likely taken in shortly after her mother's death, at the age of one. She appears with them in the 1834, 1840, and 1845 census records. She is no longer with them in 1850, when she would be 19 years old.  I cannot find her elsewhere in 1850.

The eldest child, Marthe Marie Pedersdatter was taken in by her maternal grandparents, Jacob Petersen and his wife Maren Nielsen. At her mother's death, Marthe Marie would have been eleven. Her sister Hansine Pedersdatter, who would have been four years old, was fostered with her. Jacob Petersen was the miller at Aså By. So Marthe Marie and Hansine lived close to their youngest sister Jacobine.

By 1845, Hansine no longer appears in the census with her grandparents. I have not yet found her death record, or evidence of her leaving the parish. Marthe Marie is unmarried at age 24 with her grandparents in 1845. By 1850, Marthe Marie, still unmarried, has a daughter Mathilde Marie Lorentzdatter, by Lorenz Carstens.  In 1860, Martha Marie has married Jens Christian Jensen, also of Aså Mølle, and moved with him and their family to Øster Brønderslev, Børglum. Cannot find any of them in 1870.

The widower Peder Christian Henrichsen kept two of his daughters with him in Ørum. Mariane Marie Pedersdatter and Wilhelmine Pedersdatter appear with him in the 1834 and 1840 census records.  Peder Christian Henrichsen remarried in 1834 to Johanne Marie Christensdatter, a dozen years his senior. She must have died prior to 1840, since she does not appear in the census with her husband. There is no sign of Mariane Marie or Wilhelmine in 1850, when they would have been 27 and 23 years old respectively. 1850 is the last census where Peder Christian Henrichsen appears.

Need to find:
- death of Peder Christian Henrichsen aft. 1850 in Orum (no), or Dronninglund
- death of Mariane Marie / Wilhemine Pedersdatter aft 1840 in Orum,(no) or Dronninglund
- death of Johanne Marie Christensdatter, between 1834-1840 (no)
- deaths of Martha Marie, Jens Christian Jensen, Jacob Jensen in Øster Brønderslev, Børglum after 1860.
- death of Hansine Pedersdatter in Dronninglund after 1840

Up until two months ago, we believed Marthe Marie Pedersdatter was an only child. We thought her parents died prior to 1834, she was raised by her maternal grandparents, bore a child out of wedlock and died young and unmarried.

Now we know that her mother Marie Jacobsdatter had eight children during her eleven year marriage, and three of them predeceased her. Two were fostered by her parents, two remained with their father, and one was fostered near her parents.

There is always something new to discover, going to the source (parish records) for a second or third or fourth look can be extremely valuable.

30th - James BUNTING, of Burwell, Cambridge

James BUNTING, my 5th great-grandfather, was baptized March 30th, 1777, in Burwell, Cambridge. His parents were Robert Bunting and his wife Mary ROGERS, who both died in 1817.

Our earliest known Bunting ancestor was James' 4th great grandfather Richard, who was born circa 1584. Associated lines are THURNALL,YOUNGER, FABIAN, THOMPSON, and ROGERS

At the age of 24, James married, Susanna, widow of Thomas Gray in Burwell. Susanna was born in 1768 and had three children with her first husband. James and Susanna baptized three more children together. James Bunting died sometime prior to the 1841 census. At this point, we do not know his profession, but his grandfather was an Alehousekeeper and Victualar, so he may have continued in that vein.

Burwell Museum of Fen Edge Village Life

Feast day of St. Berthold

March 29th is the Feast Day of St. Berthold.

http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1775 has this to say:
Considered by some historians to be the founder of the Carmelite Order. He was born in Limoges, France, and proved a brilliant student at the University of Paris. Ordained a priest, Berthold joined his brother, Aymeric, the Latin patriarch of Antioch, in Turkey, on the Crusades. On Mount Carmel he found a group of hermits, joined them, and established a rule. Aymeric appointed Berthold the first Carmelite superior general. Berthold tried to reform the Christian soldiers in the region, having had a vision of Christ, and headed the Carmelites for forty-five years.

We have two ancestors with this name in our tree: Berthold WARMBOKEN and Bertold NIENBORCH.

Bertold Nienborch, my 18th great-grandfather was born abt. 1335. He lived in the Hanseatic city of Lubeck.
Berthold Warmboken, my 13th great-grandfather was born abt 1480, and also lived in Lubeck.

Richard Marchant and Mary Evett

Richard MARCHANT 1703-1774 married Mary EVETT 1704-1748, daughter of William Evett, glover of Worcester, and his wife Elizabeth WOOD, in Worcester. Both the bride and groom were Quakers. They were young when they married: Richard was 19, Mary 18.

The couple baptized six children. Two lived to be adults: Elizabeth, my 6th great-grandmother, who married Vikris Dickinson, and her younger brother Jabez.

According to Bath 1680-1850: a social history, when Richard died in Redland, near Bath, 1774 his net worth was in excess of thirty thousand pounds. He owned substantial real estate in Bath, and played a key role in financing the construction of the Royal Crescent and the Circus.

"His many amiable and good qualities... he was an affectionate, endearing husband and parent; humane and generous to the distressed; hospitable to his friends; and was constantly employed in rendering acts of benevolence to those who stood in need of assistance."

Geocaches:
Hot Springs - Bath  Earthcache
The first king of England (Bath) Virtual
The Circus Mystery cache
Royal Crescent (Bath, NE Somerset)

mtDNA revisited - Haplogroup U5a1a

My daughter and I watched  The Human Family Tree, a National Geographic special about the Genographic project. She is very interested in the idea that all of us are from Africa.
Log on to the Genographic project 
Here are some links about the U5a1a haplogroup.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~staples/mat_research.htm


http://www.familytreedna.com/public/CossackDNA/default.aspx?
"U5a1a: Mediterranean Origin. The mitochondrial super-haplogroup U encompasses haplogroups U1-U7 and haplogroup K. Haplogroup U5, with its own multiple lineages nested within, is the oldest European-specific haplogroup, and its origin dates to approximately 50,000 years ago. Most likely arising in the Near East, and spreading into Europe in a very early expansion, the presence of haplogroup U5 in Europe pre-dates the expansion of agriculture in Europe. Haplogroup U5a1a—a lineage within haplogroup U5—arose in Europe less than 20,000 years ago, and is mainly found in northwest and north-central Europe. The modern distribution of haplogroup U5a1a suggests that individuals bearing this haplogroup were part of the populations that had tracked the retreat of ice sheets from Europe. 11% of modern day Europeans share this origin. "


http://www.brian-hamman.com/DoYouBelongToTheU5mtDNAHaplogroup.htm
Interesting visual showing the mutations that led to U5a1a


www.familytreedna.com/public/U5a1a1-FGS/
Headed by Emily Doolin Aulicino. As a group they are trying to slowly identify the common ancestor.

"The U5a1a1-FGS DNA Project is an ongoing project open to any female or male who has taken the full mitochondrial DNA test and is a U5a1a1. To qualify as a U5a1a1 you must have the following mutations in your full genome sequence:
05495C, 15924G Testing only the HVR1 and/or the HVR2 does not give you results for the two markers above. Only the full genome sequence does. Our primary objective is to try to identify and tie together the numerous female lines to assist in proving our relationships. You will be asked to complete a JOIN form and submit your all female lineage with spouses, dates and locations up to 1900. Current participants' results can be viewed on our website. Please contact the administrators for further information."

 General information about haplogroups
http://www.answers.com/topic/human-mitochondrial-dna-haplogroup

family of Mathilde Marie LORENTZDATTER & Dronninglund parish

Mathilde Marie, my paternal grandfather's grandmother, is one of my favourite ancestors. 

She lived much of her life at the mill in Aså, Dronninglund, Hjørring, in Denmark. She was born there, and was baptized 26 Jan 1847 in Dronninglund, Dronninglund, Hjørring.

  map of the region

Dronninglund kirke   
      inside photos    history, photos, frescoes     outside photos


Her mother was Marthe Marie Pedersdatter, who was not married to her father Lorenz Carstens. Marthe Marie Pedersdatter seems to have been raised by her grandparents, at the mill farm.


   1850 Census   hjoerring, Dronninglund, Dronninglund, Assaae By, , Mølle og gård, , FT-1850
Jacob Petersen 71  Enkemand  Aftægtsmand på gården Her i sognet [Marthe's grandfather]
Martha Maria Pedersdatter 28  Ugift  Husholder Hellevad sogn, Hjørring amt
Mathilde Maria Sørensdatter 3  Ugift  Hendes datter Her i sognet [transcription error - should be Lorensdatter]

Following Marthe Marie in the census records.

   1845 census
   Hjørring, Dronninglund, Dronninglund, Assaae Mølle, , en Gaard, 1.47, FT-1845
Jacob Petersen 67  Gift  Aftægtsmand, forsørges ved Gaarden her i Sognet [Marthe's maternal grandfather]
Maren Nielsdatter 68  Gift  Aftægtskone, forsørges ved Gaarden Viborg [Marthe's maternal grandmother]
Martha Maria Pedersdatter 24  Ugift  En Pleiedatter her i Sognet
    Marthe's future husband is likely there as well as a servant
Jens Chr. Jensen 27  Ugift  Tjenestekarl Vreilev Sogn

   1834 census
    Hjørring, Dronninglund, Dronninglund, Assaae Bye, , en Mølle, 60, FT-1834
Jacob Petersen 56  Gift  Mølleeier
Maren Nielsen 57  Gift  hans Kone
Peter Jacobsen 26  Ugift  deres Barn
Niels Christian Jacobsen 24  Ugift  deres Barn
Martha Maria Petersen 13  Ugift  Pleiedatter  [their granddaughter, by their dau. Marie]
Hanssine Petersen 5  Ugift  Pleiedatter
    {what happened to Hanssine age 5 - should check for death, is this Marthe's sister?}

 New info - 1860 census
Hjørring, Børglum, Øster Brønderslev, Ø. Brønderslev Kjær, , , 109 F2, FT-1860
Jens Christian Jensen 41  Gift Mølleforpagter  Vreilev Sogn Hjørring Amt
Martha Marie Pedersen 39  Gift hans Kone  Hellevad Sogn Hjørring Amt
Mathilde Marie Lorenzen 14  Ugift deres Barn  Dronninglund Sogn Hjørring Amt
Jacob Jensen 4  Ugift deres Barn  Dronninglund Sogn Hjørring Amt

Found their marriage in Dronninglund 1851. One of the witnesses was the miller Peter Jacobsen, her uncle, who took over the mill from her grandfather Jacob Petersen. We never knew she married, and to someone who she lived with for many years at the mill farm. Looks like the family moved after the baptism of their son Jacob in 1856/7 and the 1860 census.
I have not yet located any of this family in 1870.

By 1880, Mathilde Marie is married and living in Aalborg with her husband Christian Peter POULSEN.

Where is Marthe Marie's father Peder Christian Henrichsen during the census years? What happened to her mother Marie Jacobsdatter?

New - located the deaths of Marthe Marie Pedersdatter's  grandparents, Jacob Petersen and Maren Nielsdatter.  Have not yet discovered their marriage.


Things to search for in Dronninglund
birth @ 1821 Marthe Marie PEDERSDATTER
birth @ 1800/1801 Marie JACOBSDATTER (death 1834 here or Orum?)
birth @ 1799 Peder Christian HENRICHSEN  (and death post 1850 here or Orum?) census for both, poss remarriage?
birth @ 1778/80 Jacob Petersen
confirm birth 1760 Feb Heinrich IVERSEN
birth @ 1760 Maren Pedersdatter

marriage @ 1821 Peder Christian HENRICHSEN & Marie JACOBSDATTER
marriage? 1799? Jacob Petersen to Maren Nielsdatter, could be in Viborg
marriage 1797 Heinrich IVERSEN to Maren PEDERSDATTER (census 1801?)
confirm death 1827 Heinrich IVERSEN
death ? of Maren Pedersdatter b.@ 1760


Geocaches
Asaa  Barkegryden had fun looking for this one in 2008, then went for ice cream, waffle cones and strawberry whipped cream


  
Østermølle #1
Brønderslev - Nordjylland - Danmark
Dr. Lund micro
Jeg holder øje med dig ! micro, 

338th Anniversary of Elizabeth BISHOP and Richard VICKRIS, my 8th Great-Grandparents

Richard VICKRIS (1648-1700),  son of Robert Vickris and his wife Elizabeth, married Elizabeth BISHOP (1655-1724), daughter of George Bishop and Elizabeth CANNE 25 Mar 1672 at a Quaker meeting in Bristol. Richard Vickris and Elizabeth's father George Bishop were important figures in the early Quaker movement, and both have entries in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Signatures in the Quaker meeting record of their marriage include Richard Vickris, Elizabeth Vickris (nee Bishop) signing with her new married name, Robert Vickris (Richard's father) and George Bishop (possibly a brother, as Elizabeth's father predeceased her wedding).

The couple's vows included a mutual "promise to each other to live together in love and faithfulness to God's ordinance until by Death they should be separated."

Valuable information from a respected researcher

Elizabeth was born in Bristol in 1655. Her father was a prominent Quaker, and 'intelligence officer' in Oliver Cromwell's army during the Civil War. She was the only surviving child of George Bishop and his wife, nee Elizabeth CANNE. Elizabeth (Canne) Bishop died young, in 1658, leaving her young daughter to be raised by George Bishop's sister, also Elizabeth Bishop (the Elder). Our Elizabeth's father George died when she was 13. Her aunt was required to grant permission for Elizabeth -aged seventeen to his twenty-four -to marry Richard Vickris.


Richard was a Quaker writer. His father was a Parliamentarian who did not approve of his Quaker leanings; indeed he considered a persecutor of Friends.  His stepmother Hester Vickris (nee Crispe) attended Quaker meetings as early as 1669.  His father Robert sent him to fight in France as a young man (where?) in the hopes he would outgrow his pacifist leanings. He returned instead with a faith that was stronger than ever. In August 1684 Richard Vickris was in fact sentenced to death for refusing "to retract his beliefs and attend the services of the Church of England". (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography). During his incarceration, Elizabeth visited the King's brother James, the Duke of York, successfully seeking his assistance.


The couple had 10 children between 1673 and 1695, including Sarah VICKRIS bap 1690 Chew Magna, Somerset who married Caleb DICKINSON. The family lived at Firgrove, the Vickris estate in Chew Magna, Somerset, after the death of Richard's father, Robert Vickris. The couple hosted Quaker meetings from their Manor House, including a meeting in 1687 when William Penn spoke under the boughs of his great oak. The Manor House was recently for sale.

Richard's father Robert remembered his daughter-in-law in his will with "a piece of gold of twenty shillings instead of a ring", and to her children one hundred pounds each at age 21 or marriage. The bulk of his estate, not otherwise committed, was left to Richard, including the estate at Chew Magna.

Elizabeth's will, dated 1723, includes a "desire to be buried in the burial place of the people called Quakers in Bristol as near my husband and children a possible". Her will is quite detailed. Her husband Richard left the household goods to Elizabeth for her use during her lifetime, and instructed her to dispose of them to their children as she wished.

History of Quakers in Bristol

Connections to William PENN, founder of Pennsylvania
Richard Vickris was a witness at William Penn's marriage. William Penn advocated for Richard, urging Richard's father Robert to reconcile with his son. William Penn also argued for Richard's release from Newgate, Bristol.

In 1681, Richard and his father Robert were among the first purchasers of land in the new Quaker Colony of Pennsylvania. My understanding is their property was on the waterfront in Philadelphia. One day I will identify the exact location. Richard had no intention of moving to the New World, and must have considered land there a good investment.



Geocaches
Near Chew Magna Stanton Drew Stone Circle (Somerset) virtual, largest after Avebury  photos
and nearby pub which is now on my 'must see' list
Bristol
Gorgeous Earthcache
Ten Centuries In Bristol: #1 St. James Priory micro
Ten Centuries in Bristol: #2 Quakers Friars micro, I wouldn't mind attempting the entire series..., particularly #5 and #3
CCCC celebrating Cabot's 'discovery' of Newfoundland
and for fun, in Philadelphia
Living History

Helen BICKERTON, my 7th Great-Grandmother, baptized 315 years ago in Abdie, Fife

Helen BICKERTON was baptized 24 Mar 1695 in Abdie, Fife, 315 years ago today.

She was the daughter of David Bickerton, and had a brother David bap. 1697/

Helen married James WILKIE 16 Feb 1721, son of Andrew WILKIE and Helen LYALL, in Newburgh Fife.

The couple had 5 children Janet 1722, David 1724, Elspet 1726, Jean 1728 (ours - married Abraham LOW 1749 Abdie) and Helene 1730.


also:

SHERIFF COURT OF FIFE DEEDS, 1715-1809
BICKERTON, DAVID: portioner & late Bailie of Newburgh, & only son in life of John Bickerton; Bond to dau, Helen Bickerton, spouse of James Wilkie, tenant in Hattonhill; 5 June 1743 [SC20/36/7]


Wikipedia has this to say about Hatton Hill
Hatton Hill is a mountain landform  in Angus, Scotland  and is the most easterly peak of the Sidlaw Hills. Hatton Castle stands on the flanks of Hatton Hill above the village of Newtyle.[1]  The general vicinity has elements of prehistory including presence of the Eassie Stone, a Pictish stone dating back to the Dark Ages.[2]


I assume that Hattonhill  in Abdie, Fife is named for the Hatton Hill in Angus.

180th Wedding Anniversary of Harriet BALDREY and Robert MACKROW

180 years ago on this day, Harriet BALDREY married Robert MACKROW  at St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England. St Marylebone was named for the 'bourne'. The Ty bourne was a stream running from what is now Regent's Park down to the Thames. This is the church where Elizabeth Barrentt married Robert Browning sixteen years later in 1846. photo of the church

They were both born in rural Norfolk - Tottington and Geldeston respectively - but were married in London. The couple had 10 children between 1829 and 1848. The first six children were baptized at St. Marylebone in Chelsea, with very different spellings: Sarah McCraw, Harriet Flora Mackrow, Elizabeth Mackerow, Emily Elizabeth Mackerow, Robert William Mackirow.

Over the years the family seemed to fall on hard times. They lived for many years on Symons Street in Chelsea. They eventually started a laundry business. The couple ended their lives in the Infirmary of the Chelsea workhouse. They were both buried in common graves in the Brompton Cemetery. Their daughter Harriet Flora Mackrow, my 4th Great Grandmother, married Henry SHELVERTON of Burwell in 1854.

Geocaches near Marylebone
Marylebone to Mayfair: Part I  multicache micro
Sherlock 6 - Elementary, my dear Watson! virtual puzzle cache,
near Symons Street: The London Rainbow Cache 2 - Orange  virtual

Ønslev, Maribo, Denmark -- pre-1700s until 1889

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Ønslev KirkeNykøbingvej 83 A, 4863 Eskilstrup, Denmark2365 145
     
Geocache Ønslev Kirke - Falsters kirker 


Ønslevs location in Denmark
Some Records available at the Family History LibraryParish Records 1630 - 1920Census Records 1878-1921
Parish Records at www.arkivalieronline.dk 1660-17251723-17861785-18141813-18361835-18541854-18901890-18911892-1922

Our families in Ønslevmy great-great-great-grandmotherAne Birgitte HANSEN married Christian HANSEN of Udby 14 Feb 1889 in Ønslev. She was baptized there in 1865.
Her parents Hans Peder HANSEN and Birthe JØRGENSEN were married there 1865, and they had six children between 1865 and 1879.
To search in Ønslev- death of Hans Peder Hansen, after 1880 (born there 1840)- death of Birthe JØRGENSEN, after 1880 (born there 1841)- marriages or deaths of Ane Birgitte's siblings
- death of Jørgen HANSEN BENTZEN, Birthe's father (between 1855-1880 census)verify his baptism Jan 1800- death of Else HANSDATTER, Birthe's mother, after 1880- baptism of Hans OLSEN, Birthe' s paternal grandfather, abt. 1753
-death of Hans LARSEN SKYTTE, Hans Peder's father (born there 1811), betw 1855-1880-death of Maren PEDERDATTER, Hans Peder's mother (born there 1814) betw 1855-1880 &-possibly the baptisms of her parents Peder Rasmussen Kappe & Malene Jorgensdatter (who were married in Eskilstrup)
- marriage of Ane HANSDATTER SKYTTE, born Ønslev, to Lars BARRET, bef. 1811- deaths of Lars Barret bef 1817? (wife's 2nd marriage)-death of Ane HANSDATTER SKYTTE , after 1855, bef 1880
- death of Hans RASMUSSEN SKYTTE (Ane's father) after 1801-death of his mother Anna JØRGENSDATTER after 1787- death of Ellen ERICSDATTER (Ane's mother) after 1801
-confirm marriage of Erich HANSEN to Anne RASMUSDATTER 14 Apr 1752 (VRI)look for their births and deaths

Robert PARNELL of Portsea, Hampshire my 4th great-grandfather

Robert Parnell was baptised 21 Mar 1784 at St. Mary's in Portsea. He was the son of Joseph Parnell and Elizabeth MELMORE, who had six children.

At his death in 1853, he willed certain items to my gr-gr-gr-grandfather:
"I give unto my son John Daniel Parnell one wooden chair, two rush chairs, one brass candlestick, one iron ditto, one set of fire irons, a Pembroke table, three silver tea-spoons, one feather bed and two pillows."

Robert worked as Caulker. His will describes him as "Superannuated Caulker of Portsmouth Dock Yard", a caulker's function was to ensure ships were watertight.

He married Sophia RICHARDS in July 1814 in Alverstoke, Hampshire, on the western side of Portsmouth Harbour. They had nine children from 1815 to 1826. Sophia died young - 35 years old in 1828, leaving Robert to raise their children. It appears that he never remarried.

(why is there a note in his father's file about Protestant immigrants?)

(In the 1841 census, his father Joseph Parnell appears at the age of 90 with someone who seems to be a second wife - Nancy Parnell age 75. Robert's mother died in 1823. I suspect this is Nancy FOWLER, who married a Joseph Parnell at Saint Marys Portsea 3 July 1824. )

Ane HANSDATTER SKYTTE / SKIOTTE - Ancestry/FamilySearch revisited

Playing around entering ancestors on Ancestry.com has encouraged me to recheck familysearch.org for new records. Many new entries since we were in Denmark in 2008.

Found this one today:
21 Mar 1787 - baptism  of Anna Hansdatter Skiotte, born 14 Mar 1787 Ønslev, Maribo, Denmark
daughter of Hans RASMUSSEN SKIOTTE and Ellen ERICHSDATTER. We knew her name, parents and approximate age, but this record has birthdate and baptism date that are new.

also siblings - this should help me discover more about the Skytte name in Ønslev.
child born/died 23 Oct 1792, child born/died 29 Oct 1791, very sad one year apart
Lars Hansen Skytte born 22 Jan 1794
Rasmus Hansen Skiotte born 20 Jan 1789
Else Hansdatter Skiotte born 20 Feb 1785

This family appears in census records as Hansens/Hansdatters, omitting the Skytte. Interesting to find the alternate spelling, and the use of Skytte/Skiotte in all the parish records

There is another family - Anders Nielsen Skytte and Maren Jensdatter - baptizing children during the same period, I am assuming this in a brother, but am not putting them into the tree at this point.

All this success had gone to my head, so I then proceeded to search for the birth of Ane's father Hans Rasmussen Skytte. I found a few records that make me wonder:

1. Rasmus Rasmussen Skytte, son of Rasmus Skytte 5 Aug 1753 Onslev, Maribo
2. Hans Rasmusen born 11 Feb 1743, son of Rasmus Hansen
3. Hans Rasmusen born 11 Dec 1746 to Rasmus Mortensen and Anna Jorgensdatter

This last one is the only Hans Rasmusen born to a Anna Jorgensdatter. The Mortensen is intriguing and deserves further investigation.

There is a marriage between Rasmus Mortensen and Ane Jorgensdatter celebrated 19 Feb 1738, Onslev (husband previously married, additional data in original record) according to the VRI.

Exploring Ane Jorgensdatter, there are two baptisms in Onslev with dates that would work"
1. Ane Jorgensdatter 8 Mar 1716, father Jorgen Mouridtzen
2. Anne Jorgensdatter Brygger, 24 Aug 1710, father Jorgen Brygger

Back checking Hans Rasmussen Skytte on Ancestry
- found a marriage 12 Feb 1779  between Ellen Erichsdatter and Hans Rasmusen Onslev, this is new

Family Search has Ellen Erichsdatter's baptism (there are 2, one in 1743 on in 1752)
This one matches her age in the 1787 and 1801 census records. 10 Dec 1752 to Erich Hansen and Anne Rasmusdatter.

Siblings for Ellen:
Maren, bap 31 Mar 1765
Rasmus, bap 24 Mar 1754
Oluf bap 23 Jan 1757

Found the marriage of Erik Hansen and Anna Rasmusdatter 14 Apr 1752, Ønslev, Maribo, Denmark

There are 2 baptismal records for Anna Rasmusdatter in Ønslev: one in 1713 and one in 1728. Since Anna was married in 1752 and having children in 1765, the 1713 record is impractical.
1 August 1728, Ane Rasmusdatter, daughter of Rasmus JENSEN

There is an Erich Hansen Skotte christened 15 Jun 1721 in Halsted, Maribo, son of Hans Skotte. For now I have to assume they are unconnected, but it is fascinating.

Not bad for an evening's work!

John FABEN / FABIAN, bap 20 Mar 1691 Burwell, Cambridgeshire

Somehow I missed this line entirely. Sandra Adams is responsible for all the research on this line.

John Faben , son of Oliver Faben and his wife Mary. Brother Oliver. My 8th great grandfather.

John married Ann ? 15 Sep 1718 in Burwell. -- probably the widow Bones / Bowes
They had at least three children: Ann (chr 1719), John  (chr 1720) - our ancestor, and Oliver (chr 1722)

John's wife Ann died Oct 1724. He remarried Emma Thrift in 1729.


TheWikipedia entry for Burwell has this to say:

"The village is located at the head of Burwell Lode, a man-made waterway which connects it with the River Cam. The present course, created in the mid 17th century, replaced an older route which was probably Roman in origin. The lode splits into two at the village, and each branch served a series of basins, warehouses and wharves, which were located at the bottom of long strips of land, with the merchants' houses at the other end of them."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Burwell.14.5.05.jpg St Mary's Church Burwell

Lots of photos and descriptions of St. Mary's Burwell

Burwell: The History of a Fen-edge Village by William Franklin

John and his family were likely living in Burwell at the time of the 1729 Burwell Barn Fire, where many people were gathered to view a puppet show.  

Old postcards of Burwell 
British History Online entry for Burwell

Maren Sofie Pedersen born Ørslev, Løve, Holbæk, Denmark 1854

my paternal grandmother's paternal grandmother, or the 3rd great grandmother of my children

Maren Sofie Pedersen was born March 20th 1854 in Ørslev, Holbaek, Denmark.
  Map of Holbaek

Maren Sofie Pedersen, her mother Maren Sofie Jensdatter and sister (Kirsten Caroline?)

Map and image of kirke

Parish records to check

Danmarks Kirkebøger:
"Ørslev (Løve H.). F 1682-92, 1698-99, 1700-1891; K 1790-1891; T 1682-96, 1698-1798; V 1682-96, 1698-1731, 1736, 1741-81, 1784-86, 1788-1891; D 1682-91, 1698-1891."

Sjællands Kirker - Ørslev Kirke  geocache micro

Her parents were Peder NIELSEN also of Ørslev, and Maren JENSDATTER of nearby Gierslev.
Sjællands Kirker - Gierslev Kirke  geocache micro


Married 14 May 1878 in Ørslev to Lars Peder Pedersen, son of another Peder Nielsen and Karen Andersdatter.

Lars and Maren had nine children, including my great-grandfather Valdemar Pedersen who emigrated to Canada in the 1920s.

Maren Sofie Pedersen died in Sorterup, Denmark 24 October 1908 at the age of 54.

Happy St. Alexander's Day - March 18th

Here are a few of my ancestors named Alexander, in honour of the day.

Alexander PARNELL, my Great Grandfather
b. 12 July 1881 died 2 Aug 1967, married Harriet Maria CRESWICK 28 Nov 1905


Alexander ALISON - my 3rd great grandfather, a stonemason (grandfather of Alexander PARNELL)
   b. 15 May 1821, Balmalcolm, Kettle, Fife, d. 17 Nov 1892 Kirkcaldy, Fife
  married Margaret MITCHELL 20 May 1844 Edinburgh


Alexander McCormick, my 6th Great Grandfather
b 1740, died 17 Feb 1792 Balmerino, Fife, married Christian JOHNSTON Jan 1770 Kilmany, Fife.
Alexander OGILVIE @ 1385, Auchterhouse, Forfarshire,  my 18th Great Grandfather


Alexander SIMPSON b.@ 1650, father of Barbara SIMPSON, who married John LILLY in Orwell, Kinross
Alexander LINDSAY @ 1505, Edzell, Angus, married Rachel BARCLAY - my 12th great Grandfather
Alexander LINDSAY @ 1387, married Marjory DUNBAR - my 17th Great Grandfather
Alexander LINDSAY died Oct. 1381 in Candia, Crete married Katherine STIRLING abt. 1358, my 19th Great Grandfather

Alexander ABERNATHY born bef 1300, Scotland - my 21st great grandfather
Alexander LYALL & his wife Janet BIRRELL, no direct relationship now, but we used to think they were somehow related... possibly to Helen LYALL, wife of Andrew WILKIE of  Fife.

 curious there are NO Alexanders on my husband's side of the family...

1794: William OSLAR married Sarah PEACOCK in Waterbeach

William Oslar or Osler was most likely christened William OSTLER in Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire, son of Sarah OSLAR in 1770.

The Black Bunnies of Dry Drayton cache

He married Sarah PEACOCK in Waterbeach, Cambridge, March 18th 1794.

William Ostler died at the age of 37 in Waterbeach following surgery at Addenbrookes hospital in 1806.

New information:
 Likely baptism of Elizabeth LEECH, Sarah Oslar/Ostler's mother
23 Apr 1710 All Saints, Long Stanton, Cambridge to John Leech and Elisabeth (Batch C130432)
possible sibling: John LEACH bap 3 apr 1708 to John Leach & Elizabeth

Marriage of John Leech to Elisabeth Castor 20 Oct 1706 Saint Michael, Long Stanton, Cambridge
also marriage of John Leach to Elizabeth Musson 20 Oct 1694 Saint Michael, Long Stanton

Alternate spellings of OSLAR are OSTLER, HOSTLER, HORSLEY, OSTLAR, HOSTLAR etc.

Kiss me, I'm Irish! (well, my children are...) George RIDDLE - immigrant ancestor

Benjamin GEROW's daughter Jane (b. 1808 Pickering) married George RIDDLE of Ireland, in Hallowell, Prince Edward County 12 June 1834.

George Riddle was born @ 1809 in Ireland, most likely in Turlough, County Mayo.
Cache: The Clydesdale (multi)

Turlough parish, possibly named for the disappearing lakes of the limestone areas of Ireland. In 1837 there were places of worship for Presbyterians and Wesleyan Methodists. There is a Museum of Country Life on the grounds of Turlough Park House.

photos of Turlough, including a plaque which describes the first church being established by Saint Patrick, and him baptising many people at a nearby well, and a lovely image of 'one of the best preserved round towers of Ireland'
holiday cottage


We believe George's parents were Robert Riddle or Riddell from Londonderry, Ireland, who married Bessie BOOTH. Robert's parents James Riddell and Eliza MARTIN were also from Londonderry, but James's father was from Scotland, most likely from the Roxborough area.George Riddle continued to identify his religious affiliation as 'Church of Scotland' (Presbyterian)

Londonderry cache: Boom Hall part of a series - Boom Hall is February, find March and April and then the Spring puzzle cache

Turlough is in Ireland, and Londonderry is part of Northern Ireland.

Happy Saint Patrick's day!

Benjamin Gerow ,6th great grandfather of my children

Benjamin GEROW was born 16 March 1768 at either Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County, New York or in Duchess County New York. (Not to be confused with Cortland, in upstate New York)

His parents were Isaac Gerow and his wife Charity. Isaac was Captain of the Queen's Rangers who died July 1778 in New York City, most likely of fever. He is buried in the Trinity Church Yard. The widow Charity and her children came to New Brunswick with the Loyalists (somewhere I have the name and date of the ship), and settled on the Washademoak lake (not sure exactly where), Queen's County.

He married Margaret (Millie)  RUSSELL (or Rosel?) 17 Feb 1793 Queen's County New Brunswick. We have not been able to discover much about her origins or family. She may have been born in 1770 in Dutchess County, NY.

They had the following children: Phoebe, Sherwood, Isaac, Sarah, Daniel, James, Charity, twins Henry and Jain (our ancestor) in 1808 and Peter Van Blericom. The first six children were born in New Brunswick.

Benjamin had moved to York, Upper Canada in 1804 and had his own home. He obtained a lease at Pickering, where Jane Gerow was born in 1808. He held Parish Offices for the Township of Pickering, including 'poundkeeper' and 'town warden'.
1812-1814 served as a private in Capt. Rideout's Co. 3rd Regiment, York militia
1816 moved to Prince Edward County and settled in an area which became known as
Gerow Gore. Lands patents in Sophiasburg in 1818.

Benjamin died 3 February 1835 in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
His will was probated Feb 11, 1835 Prince Edward County . I have yet to see a copy.

Interesting references that may be to 'our' Benjamin:

1812 William Brown vs.Benjamin Gerow for assault, found guilty, but who was the aggressor and who the victim?

Nearby caches:
Cortlandt Manor
Sanctuary Euro Style (multi)    Rested here     Coyote waits     Get to the Point
Washedemoak Lake
Narrows escape     Old MacDonald Had a Point  
Prince Edward County
Restin' in Burrs (across from loyalist cemetery)
Restin' in Bowerman (possible resting site of Charity Wiggins Gerow Pickett/Rickett?)

Dorthe Pedersdatter, couple of new generations

My fourth-great-grandmother was baptised March 17, 1778 in Skaeve, Hjørring, Dronninglund, Denmark.

http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Dronninglund_Herred.jpg

http://saltlandet-saeby.dk/skaeve/

Her parents were Peder JENSEN and Helle ANDERSDATTER.

1787 Her parents were 52 and 48 years old, and her father was "Mand Bonde og huusmand" Gentleman Peasant and ?
1801 both parents listed as 60, to her 26
marriage 21 Sep 1811 to Christen PEDERSEN
Their daughter Ane Sofie Christensdatter was the mother of Christian Peter POULSEN, the first of our POULSEN. His father was named as Poul Christian NIELSEN, no age given

Dorthe died in 1831 in her 53rd year.

Photos of the inside of the Skaeve church
Altar
Baptismal Font, dating from 1575
Frescoes
Collection box (very secure!)

Looking again I just found the marriage of her paternal grandparents in the IGI, and several other submitted records
Jens NIELSEN m. Dorothe HANSEN 5 May 1737 Skaeve, Hjorring, Denmark
A submtted record lists Jens Nielsen's birth as 1693 and burial 18 Jun 1775, Dorothe Hansen's christening 9 Mar 1707 and burial 24 Jan 1776, and her parents as Hans POULSEN and Maren NIELSEN., married 8 Nov 1705.

More unverified information:

Hans Paulsen b. 1678 of Skaeve, marriage 8 Nov 1705 Skaeve, buried 26 Dec 1748
Maren Nielsen bap 16 jun 1678 Skaeve bur 23 Feb 1757
- parents Niels Nielsen & Dorethe Lauridsen
Children: Dorothe 1707-1776, Maren 1709-1772, Mette 1712, Karen 1715, ?, Poul 1719, Anne 1720-1754, Niels 1723-1795

So Dorthe Pedersdatter was named for her grandmother Dorthe Hansen, who was named for her grandmother Dorethe Lauridsen.

Nearby geocache
Kvaderstensbroen (found 2008)

Robert MACKROW baptised Tottington, Norfolk 1802

Robert was the youngest of the six sons of Jacob MACKROW and his wife Elizabeth GOSS, of Tottington, Norfolk. He was my fourth-great-grandfather

Tottington is now a deserted village which was taken over by the British Army to serve as a military range in preparation for the Battle of Normandy in 1944. Residents have never been allowed to return to their homes.



St. Andrew's church, Tottington
Many images of the interior of the church
Introduction to the Churches of the Norfolk Battle Training Area
The ministry safeguards the graveyard with high fences and the roof of the church has been replaced with blastproof material.

Robert lived in London much of his life. He worked as a butler and servant in Belgrave Square. Other occupations include 'Carman' and 'Waiter'. Robert ended his working life as a Laundryman, together with his wife the former Harriett BALDREY.


Robert was admitted to the Chelsea Workhouse in September 1882 and ultimately died in the Chelsea Workhouse infirmary in 1885.

We have photos of most of his family, with the unfortunate exception of our own ancestor, Harriett Flora MACKROW who married Henry SHELVERTON in 1854.

Happy Birthday Henry CRESWICKE

March 13, 1737 Henry Creswicke, son of Henry Creswicke, Esq. and Helen HORTE baptised at Hanham Court, Bitton, Gloucestershire.

His father in law (wife Mary Dickinson) Vickris DICKINSON, is said to have had a pack of hunting dogs that were the origin of the Clifton Foot Harriers. "the hounds, or their lineal descendants, passed on to one of the Creswicks of Hanham Court." - Western Daily Press, 3 Dec 1953

Henry Creswicke, like his father before him and other Creswickes, was imprisoned for a time for Debt.

No portrait of him, but his father and grandfather. great and 2nd great grandfathers.

Hanham Court

Saint Peter's, Leeds, Yorkshire (1755-1892) DRAKE, NEILD, FARRAR, LOWE, HUTCHINSON, WRIGHT

Earlier this week we took at look at our matrilineal line. Time now for the seat of our patrilineal line - St Peter's parish in Leeds, Yorkshire.

History of St. Peter's: the Medieval Parish Church
By taking the virtual tour, you can see an image of the present font, where most of our ancestors would have been baptised (the old font in use until the time of Cromwell)

Leeds Parish Church Saint Peter-at-Leeds
St. Peters was reconstructed in the middle of the nineteenth century(1837-1841), and consecrated in 1841, at which time it was the largest new church built since St. Paul's Cathedral in 1707.

description of the building - Leeds Parish Church 
 The cost of replacing the medieval church was apparently thirty thousand pounds. This site emphasized the role of the new church in ministering to the "increasingly disillusioned working classes of the Industrial Revolution".

Directly relevant to our DRAKE family. Our earliest identified ancestor Joshua DRAKE testified in 1832 at a parliamentary investigation of the conditions in the textile factories. It seems from his answers that his children worked in the factories. "Necessity compels a man that has children to let them work" was his answer to the question "Why do you allowyour children to go to work at those places where they are ill-treated or over-worked?"

BUT - elsewhere this Joshua Drake mentions a daughter Elizabeth working in the factories, becoming ill and possibly dying from the dust of the flax. Our Joshua married an Elizabeth, but no sign of a daughter by that name.

Links to transcriptions of the registers of St. Peter's Parish Church, Leeds
Prior to 1750 - too early for any of ours, yet...

The first baptisms we have found for our family at St. Peter's were for the FARRAR family. Joshua Stugdale Farrar was baptised in 1787, son of Joshua. He married Sarah LOWE at St. Peters in 1809. Sarah was christened at St. Peters in 1787. Their nine children were baptised at St. Peters over a twenty year span between 1809 and 1830. Their daughter Rachel bap. 1816 married Abraham NEILD there in 1835, just a couple of years before they rebuilt the parish church of St. Peters. Abraham was also baptized at St. Peter's, in 1814 son of John and Martha Nield of Woodhouse.

Ellen Wright married John Drake at St. Peters in 1829. Her sisters Hannah and Elizabeth were also baptized there, but for some reason Ellen was born elsewhere (Windsor, Berkshire).

Occupations in Leeds:
in 1814, John Neild was a clothier.
in 1851 & 1861, Abraham Nield was a Tanner. At his marriage in 1835 Abraham was a clothier like his father. In 1869 Abraham was a Flesher.
in 1841, Joshua Stugdale Farrar was a Slate River.
in 1871 Henry Drake was a "calf grinder"? in 1881 he was a Laborer in Dye Works, while his wife Martha (nee Nield) was a "Skin Ironer (Leather)". By 1891, Henry  was a Leather Dresser, but in London. in 1869 at the marriage of his son John Abraham Drake, Henry was listed as an Engine Tenter.
in 1829 at his marriage to Ellen Wright, John Drake is listed as 'Dyer', In 1851 he is an Engine minder, 1861 Engine ? at Stuff Mill

DRAKE
Henry b1849
John d 1865 m. 1829 to Ellen Wright
John Abraham b 1881
Joshua m 1813
FARRAR
Joshua b 1755
Joshua Stugdale b 1786 m 1809
Rachel b 1816 d 1857 m 1835
HUTCHINSON, Ann b 1769
LOWE, Sarah b 1787 m. 1809
NEILD
Abraham b 1814, m. 1835, d 1880
Martha b 1851

? elizabeth d 1812
WRIGHT, Ellen d 1892, b 1808



Elsewhere in LEEDS, or perhaps even at st Peters
DANBY, Elizabeth (d)
DICKINSON, John b1474, d1554
This couple was married in 1499. John Dickinson was Alderman in 1525 at Leeds. He was the son of William Dickinson and Isabel Langton. 



Places to Visit
St. Peters ;-)
Royal Armouries

James McCORMICK and Janet MITCHELL, 1796 Rathillet, Fife

 James McCormick and Janet Mitchell were my 5th Great-Grandparents. They were married March 12, 1796. Unclear whether the marriage was in Rathillet or Kilmany. Perhaps they lived in the hamlet of Rathillet and were married in Kilmany?


Rathillet, Fife
Small, rural hamlet five miles from the market town of Cupar. Situated just off the Kirkcaldy to Dundee road.

Parish records (baptisms and marriages) Rathillet 1762-1840

McORMAK (or McOrmie/McOrme/McCormice), JAMES & JANET MITCHEL: Cristian, 1/6 Oct 1799; Janet, -/20 Sep 1801; Alexander, 22/27 Feb 1803; Mgt, 11/14 Apr 1805; Kathron Scoot, 5/8 March 1807; James, 12/23 April 1809; E1isabeth, 25 March/7 April 1811

Excerpts from the 1861 Parochial Directory for Fife and Kinross
 Description of the parish of Kilmany, where Janet Mitchell was baptised.

"The lands of Rathillet were the property of the Crown until the reign of Malcolm IV., when, on the marriage of Duncan, Earl of Fife, with Ada, niece of Malcolm, they were conferred upon him by a charter, which is quoted by Sibbald. They afterwards became the property of a family of the name of Hackston or Halkerstone. One of this family was a leading man among the Covenanters, and was present at the death of Archbishop Sharp, on Magus Muir, although he took no part in that deed. He was after-wards taken prisoner at the battle of Bothwell Bridge, and executed at Edinburgh."

Kilmany entry on fife-scotland.blogspot.com with video of Kilmany church
Kilmany church dates from 1768
According to this site, in 1846, Kilmany parish had 659 inhabitants, 58 in Kilmany. Vivid description of the terrain of the parish. Those not involved in agriculture "carry on the pursuit of weaving, at their own homes, for the manufacturers of Dundee and Cupar". "There are three corn-mills, seventeen threshing-mills, and a saw-mill" which uses inferior timber for making barrels to be sent to Leith and other places connected with the herring fishery.

Peter Ohlsen CARSTENS - baptised March 10

Peter Ohlsen CARSTENS, my 4th great-grandfather, was born in Sønderborg, Denmark in 1784. He was the eldest child (and longest lived) of Lorenz CARSTENS and Johanne Christine HELGERUD, both of Sønderborg. I assume he was named for his maternal grandfather Peter Ohlsen Helgerud (son of Ola Bentsen Helgerud), from the Helgerud farm in Norway

1799 at Brahetrolleborg Seminarium for agriculture
1809 married Anne Kirstine NIELSDATTER in Copenhagen, first child (our ancestor Lorenz Carstens born there during the same year)
They moved to Northen Jutland where they moved several times.

1840 census
aalborg, Kær, Øster Hassing, Øster Hassing by, , en gård, 87, FT-1840

Peter Carstens ?? 56  gift  Gårdmand 
Anne Kirstine Nielsen 56  gift  hans kone 
Vilhelm Carstens 26  ugift  deres barn 
Hjeronnimus Carstens 20  ugift  deres barn 
Jens Frederik Nielsen Carstens 17  ugift  deres barn 
Johanne Mari Hansdatter 23  ugift  Tjenestepige 
Lorens Carstens ?? 31  ugift  Møllebygger.

1845 census
aalborg, Kær, Øster Hassing, Øster Hassing by, , en gaard, 1, FT-1845
Peter Olesen Carstens 62  gift  Gaardmand. Sønder Aapyen??, Als.
Anne Christine Nielsen 61  gift  hans kone. Taastrup præstegaard, Sjælland.
Larens Carstens 36  ugift  Møllebygger. Deres barn. København
Wilhelm Carstens 31  ugift  Deres barn. Hellevad sogn, Hjørring amt.
Peter Jeronnimus Carstens 25  ugift  Deres barn. Svenstrup sogn, Hjørring !! amt.
Jens Frederik Nielsern Carstens 22  ugift  Deres barn. Skagern
Peter Ole Jensen 2  ugift  Plejebarn. Øster Hassing sogn, Aalborg amt.
Anne Margrethe Hansdatter 22  ugift  Tjenestepige. Hals sogn, Aalborg amt.
Bertel Larsen 36  ugift  Under forsørgelse. her i sognet

1850 census
aalborg, Kær, Øster Hassing, Østerhassing bye, , en Gaard, 43, FT-1850

Peter Carstens 67  Gift  Gaardmand,Huusfader Sønderborg
Ane Kirstine Nielsen 66  Gift  hans Kone Høie Thostrup Sogn,Frederiksborg A
Wilhelm Carstens 36  Ugift  Søn,Slagter Hellevad S.Hjørring A
Jeronimus Carstens 30  Gift  Søn,tjener for Faderen Sveastrup S.Hjørring A
Kirstine Pedersdatter 26  Gift  hans Kone dette Sogn
Jens Pedersen 2  Ugift  deres Søn dette Sogn
Peter Ole Jensen Carstens 7  Ugift  Pleiesøn dette Sogn
Mette Catrine Stærkilsdatter 25  Ugift  Tjenestepige Vesterhassing S "-"
Bertel Larsen Lund 35  Ugift  under Fattigforsørgels. dette Sogn

His wife Anna Christine died in Østerhassing in 1853.

Peter Ohlsen Carstens died in February 1856 at the age of 71.
We visited Sønderborg 1 2and the church in 2008 on Alex's birthday, before going to the Danfoss Universe, which I highly recommend. (We want a Segway!)