New Danish Relatives - December 2014

This month I have been playing with my father's Danish ancestry, trying to trace folks in the Census records in the hopes of finding them later in their lives or determining dates of death.

A side benefit of scrolling through census returns? New extended family members.

In Aalborg -

Børge Alfred Poulsen - born 1913, last seen in 1925 census (Aalborg)
Gerda Marie Poulsen - born 1915, last seen in 1925 census (Aalborg)


Karl Evald Poulsen - born October 1910, last seen in the 1921 census (Aalborg)


Another line, last seen in Øster Brønderslev, Hjørring, Denmark in 1860 census

Marthe Marie Jensen (born Marthe Marie Pedersdatter or Marthe Marie Pedersen 1821 in Hellevad)
husband Jens Christian Jensen (born 1819 Vrejlev)
son Jacob Jensen (born 1852 Dronninglund)

Where were they in 1870? 1880? When did they die?

DNA matches - does anyone know Deloris Edith Petersen?

DNA testing for genealogical purposes sounds fascinating. The reality, so far, for my father's side has not been as fruitful as I had hoped. He does have many, many matches. But we have not been able to prove them.

The closest match by far is found on the myFTDNA website. Deloris Edith Petersen is estimated to be my father's 2nd-4th cousin. A close second is Johnnie Dale Humphrey (3rd-5th cousin). Hooray!

But my elation turns to despair when I realize there is no contact information listed for either person. So here is hoping that the individual who submitted the samples to ftDNA sometime prior to us joining in May of 2012 will eventually google one of those names and wind up here.

Yes, we are related, I have a strong suspicion of which Danish branch is connected, and I would dearly love to share information with anyone related to either of my father's closest DNA cousins.

Johnnie Dale Humphrey's mother may have been Shirley Beatrice Petersen.

Thanks and happy sleuthing!

Happy Birthday Hans Peder LARSEN b. 2 Apr 1801 Udby, Stege, Præstø, Denmark

Hans Peder LARSEN was my father's gr-great-grandfather. He lived his life in Udby, Stege, Præstø, Denmark.

Looking at some of  their 10 children today, those who may have gone to America

1) Rasmus HANSEN 1830 Udby, Stege
m. Ane Marie Nielsdatter, emigrated to the US after 1857 marriage
5) Hans Jørgen Hansen 1837 Udby, Stege left after the 1855 census

I do not yet know what happened to these children
6) Jørgen Hansen 1840 Udby Stege (after 1860 census)
10) Bodil Kirstine Pedersen 1853 Udby, Stege (after 1890 census)
m. Niels Peder Andersen 1873

Any connections?

Looking for Jens Christian POULSEN, my great-grandmother's brother

I am currently researching Jens Christian Poulsen and his children, hoping to discover more information about his sister, my great-grandmother Anna Marie Poulsen (b. Aalborg 1883).

Jens Christian Poulsen was born 29 May 1879 in Nørre Tranders, Aalborg, Denmark. His parents (and my grandfather's grandparents) were Christian Peter Poulsen (1843-1910) and Mathilde Marie Lorentzdatter (1847-1916).

Jens Christian Poulsen married Marie Jensine Underberg 14 May 1901 in Copenhagen, Denmark. They had at least six children:

1. Poul Christian Peder Poulsen

2. Dagny Mathilde Marie Poulsen

3. Svend Aage Poulsen

4. Sigfred Jens Christian Poulsen

5. Viggo Jens Marinus Poulsen

6. Bent Alva Poulsen

I would love to connect with other researchers to share information. Currently, I am scrolling through census records. 

Other family members I am tracing:

Jens Christian's older sister Laura Marie Poulsen, b. Apr 1875 Aalborg and her son Carl Ejolf Poulsen

Anna Marie Poulsen, after the 1911 census I have uncorroborated information, looking for more details

Anna Marie's son Carl Ewald Poulsen b. Oct 1910 Aalborg