DENMARK - Niels Pedersen

[bsundeen]

Thank you so much for finding this and clearing that up. I believe I may have come across this record before but was led to believe that the child had died on the voyage. This does indeed look like it could be my great-great-grandmother. If so, I believe she was traveling with her grandparents. I still have to find out if that is the case. I have yet to find a connection. Thanks again!

[jamcat95]

I have found that Inger Dorothea moved to Copenhagen in 1874 from Sweden.
I don't think Mathilde is their daughter.
The child Peter Mikkelsen with them could Mathilde"s son.

Ian

[jamcat95]

Hi again
Your post http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=751991.0 got me going again.

Not proving easy though. I did find Hans Pedersen's (Hanson) passport application form online in North Dakota. He stated in 1924 that he was going to visit a brother in Sweden: Kristian. Also a brother and sisters in Denmark. I think the brother is Peder and the sisters must be Marie and Inger.


Ian

[jamcat95]

I have managed to find Inger Dorothea Petersen as the mother to Christine.

Here is Christine Fredrikke Elisabeth Petersen's birth record: http://ao.sa.dk/ao/data.ashx?bid=26720102

She was born 21 Jan 1873 in Copenhagen (København Vor Frue Sogn (Parish)) and christened 9 March 1873.


Ian

[bsundeen]

WOW! Thanks so much for all your hard detective work Ian. Your hunch in locating the link through Inger Dorothea was correct. Now to find what happened to Inger... Can anyone provide a good translation of this document? If what I'm seeing is correct, I don't see the name of a father listed? All her life Chrestina had been celebrating her birthday just a few days off, and we never knew her to use the names of Frederikke or Elisabeth. I have found an old picture that says on the back, "Chrestina's stepfather," so if that is correct than Inger Dorothea married at some time. Also, we were always told she came to the United States in 1886 after the death of her parents. Will be interesting to know more of the story. Attached is a photograph of Chrestina, who lived to be 98 years old. She was a tiny little woman, but a very hard worker, and everyone loved her.

[jamcat95]

You're welcome.
She was recorded as unmarried and her father's name (Inger's father that is) listed under hers as a "gardman" (I think).... a farmer.

I believe Inger was alive in 1924 when Hans visited Denmark.


Ian

[jamcat95]

The interesting thing is, I think, is that she was recorded as leaving Sweden in 1874. Christine was born in 1873 which I believe means that the father must be Swedish. I might be wrong but it does surely look like it.

Ian

[bsundeen]

Does it look like Inger was in Sweden when she became pregnant, and then went to Copenhagen to have the baby, and then back to Sweden for a short time before going back to Copenhagen?

[jamcat95]

All I can say is that Inger left for Copenhagen on 24 Nov 1874 - alone, according to the Church Books at least. There is no record of Christine in Sweden. So Christine must have been left with someone in Denmark. The minister only wrote one record of her leaving so she must have left and returned without the minister knowing of it.


Ian