Mads
Christensen
Family
Denmark
Mads Christenson and Magdelene-
photo
courtesy of Per Møller Jensen
Mads Christensen
b. 5 March 1836 Ydby, Denmark
private baptism: 8 March 1836
church baptism: 17 Apr 1836 Sonderbjerg parish, Refn hd, Thisted amt.
d. 25 January 1927 Vester Lem, Lem Sogn, Rødding, Viborg Amt,
Denmark
buried: Lem church 1 Feb.1927 at age 90
1m. Ane Kirstine Christensen 6
Nov
1866
Lihme
Church,
Viborg Amt [parish register p87]
b. 26 Sep 1844 Lihme, Sogn, Viborg Amt, Denmark
christened: Ane Kirstine Christensen 13 Oct 1844
confirmed: Lihme Church 27 Mar 1859
d. 11 Dec 1876 of tuberculoceous
buried: 19 Dec 1876 Lihme church
her father: Christen Andersen
from Tonderup sogn, Rødding, Viborg Amt.
her mother: Kirstine Marie
Jespersdatter of Vestergaard (farm), Lihme sogn, Rødding,
Viborg Amt.
2m. Magdalene
Berthelsen 30 Dec 1879 in Lihme Church, Lihme
Sogn, Rødding, Viborg,
Denmark [church rec]
b. 27 Jan. 1854 Ebbesgaard in Nørrelem, Denmark
d. 19 August 1930 Vester Lem, Lem Sogn, Rødding, Viborg Amt,
Denmark
buried:
Lem church 24
August 1930 at age 76
her
father: Bertel
Mikkelsen of Ebbesggaard (farm), Nørlem, Rødding,
Viborg Amt.
her mother: Karen Møller of Aalbaek Mølle (Albaek
Mill), Aalbaek, Lihme Sogn, Rødding, Viborg Amt.
his father: Christen Mikkelsen
Møller b.
1805
his mother: Birgitte Marie Christensdatter b. 1805
Children of Ane Kirstine Christensen
|
| Christen Christensen (son) |
b. 8 March1868 Lihme, Denmark
church baptism: 11 March 1868 Lihme, Denmark [church bk Opslag 5, side 4 nr.2:]
|
d. 20 Jan 1883, (at the age of 14 3/4) buried: 28
Jan 1883 [Lime kb 1883, opslag 88, side 213 nr. 2:] |
m.
|
Kirsten Marie Christensen
|
b. 16 Jul 1869 Lihme, Denmark
church baptism:
25 Jul 1869 Lihme, Denmark [church bk1869, opslag 29, side 34 nr. 6]
|
d.
|
m. |
| Christian Møller Christensen (dau) |
b. 28 Nov 1870 Lihme, Denmark
church baptism: 4 Dec 1870 Lihme, Denmark [church bk
Opslag 8, side 7, nr. 7:] |
d. 7 Aug 1876
buried 13 Aug. 1876
[opslag 99, side 177 nr. 7
1876, CMC død 7 Aug, begr. 13 Aug 1876, 5 Aar gl.]
Døds aarsag Hjernebetændelse (= meningitis).
|
m. |
| Jens Christian Christensen (son) |
b. 6 Apr 1872 Lihme, Denmark
church baptism:
12 Apr 1872 Lihme, Den [church bk Opslag 10,
side 9, nr 8:]
|
d. 24 Dec 1884 ( age 12)
buried : 30 Dec 1884 Lihme church
[
opslag 90, side 215 nr. 9, 1884] |
m.
|
Anders Christensen
|
b. 13 March 1874 Lihme, Denmark
church baptism: 22 March 1874 Lihme,
Denmark [church bk Opslag 12,
side 11, nr, 3:]
|
d. 31 July 1878
buried: 4 Aug. 1878 [opslag 100, side 178, nr.
5 AC død , begr. 4. Aug, 4 Aar gl.] |
m.
|
Soren Christensen
|
b. 1 Nov 1875 Lihme, Denmark
church baptism: 14 Jan 1876 Lihme, Denmark [church bk 1876,
Oislag 99, side 177, nr, 1] at
ten weeks of pneumonia |
d.
|
m.
|
Children of Magdalene
Berthelsen
|
| Ane Kirstine Christensen (dau) |
b. 17 Jul 1880 Lihme, Denmark church baptism: 25 Jul 1880 [
Lime kb. 1865-1881: Opslag 42, side 47
nr. 9] |
d. |
m. |
Christen Christensen Møller Christensen (son)
|
b. 3 Oct 1881 Lihme, Denmark - church baptism: 16 Oct 1881
[Lime kb. 1881, opslag 23, side 22 nr. 13] |
d. Sep 1882
buried: 15 Sep 1882 [
Lihme church book, Opslag 88, side 213 nr 2]
|
m. |
Christian Møller Christensen (son)
|
b. 17 Jul 1883 Lihme, Denmark - church baptism: 15 Aug 1883
[Lime kb. 1883, opslag 5,
side 4 nr. 7] |
d.
(lived in Skive) |
m. |
| (born Christen
Christensen, (son)
changed name on immigration at Ellis
Island) to Kristen Kristensen |
b. 22 Mar 1885 Lihme, Denmark
church baptism: 2 Apr 1885 [Lihme church
1885 opslag 9, side 8 nr. 4] |
d. 1971 in Arcarta, Calif., USA
|
m. Marie Jepsen in May 1909 probably in Ferndale,
CA. (b. 1891 Slesvig-Holsten, Den/Ger. d. 1974 Arcata,
Calif.,
USA)
|
| Karen Marie Christensen (dau) |
b. 8 Feb 1887 Lihme, Denmark
church baptism: 20 Feb 1887 [1887 opslag 41, side 72
nr. 1] |
d. |
m. |
Christian Møller
Christensen
|
b. 3 Oct 1889 Lihme, Denmark
church baptism: 16 Oct 1889 Lihme, Denmark [Lime kirkebog 1865 - 81: opslag 23, side 22 nr. 13 1881]
|
d. |
m.
|
Mads was born in the Ydby region of Jutland peninsula. At
some point in his early years he visits the Lihme area. Apparently
according to his grand daughter's letter below he was a salesman of
fabric and anything else the farmers might need. On one of the
farms that he frequented he meets
his wife who is from the Lihme area. He marries and has three
children
but his first wife dies of TB. Since TB was almost an
epidemic at this time it is no real surprise that two of the three
children die young. Never the less he apparentlly does
get out periodically and after a trip to Germany where he sold a bull,
he was known as "Mads Kreammer". "Kreammer" in danish means shopkeeper
or perhaps salesman. As far as I've been able to discover he was
a traveling salesman and later a land owner.
(records of Pers Jensen)
1866- Marriage of Mads and Ane Kirstine Christensen in Lihme church.
Merried first time to Ane
Kirstine Christensen
Lime kb (kb = church book), Rødding Hd., Viborg
amt 1866, Opslag nr. (reference No.) 64, side (= page) 87:
gift 6 Nov 1866
Ungkarl og Gaardmand(farmer) i Lime Mads Christensen søn af Grmd Christen
Mikkelsen Møller, døbt i Søndbjerg paa
Thyholm 5/3 1836, 30 Aar (Years)
gl (gammel = old) og Pigen Ane
Kirstine Andersen i Lime født 26/9 1844,
22 Aar gl.
Forlovere
(Bestmen or witnesses): Peder Nielsen
Peder Christian Larsen
gift i Lime Kirke 6. Nov 1866
1870 Census - Mads is married to Ane and they have two
children. I have no idea who the last two people are in this
census but look like a man and woman who are probably household help.
The
question still remains as to whether they were working for Mads or
another farm.
A letter that was written by his grand daughter, Anna
Bojesen, in Struer
describes some of the events of his life.
“Old pa” as we called him,
were in his young days a salesman who was selling bulls, he bought the
bulls
here in Denmark and brought them down through Jotland
down to Germany where the bulls were sold. It had probably been a hard
job. “Old
pa” became later a shopkeeper and were
normally never
called anything but Mads shopkeeper. He
went around
and sold clothes, silk fabric anything that had interest for other
people, it
is quite similar to being a salesman witch was what he were!. He had
been
several places mostly at the farms, and among these farms he visited “Vestergaard” in Lihme.
Here
he
fell
in
love
with the daughter, they got married and claimed the farm.
They got
later on 6 children where 5 of them died as baby’s of the disease
breast
illness witch is the disease also known as Tubercles witch also killed
the
mother, Mads’s first wife.
My grandmother Magdalene of Ebbesgaard in Nørrelem
got a
house keeper seat at Mads’s farm and later
they got
married when there was only 1 child left from the first marriage
: (Kjersten MarieChristensen
in FT-1870)(Kirsten Marie Kristensen in
FT-1880 (My
grandmother “Old ma” was 18 years younger than “Old pa”. In the other
marriage
there were 4 children:
Christen Møller
Christensen,(1 hee
dayed)
Christen Møller Christensen whome
live in Skive)
My mother Ane
Kirstine,from Ebbesgaard
Christian Møller
Christensen
whom emigrated to Arcarta(as KRESTEN KRESTENSEN)
and Karen MarieChristensenr
(PERS GRANDMOTHER)
“Old pa” and “Old ma” had “Vestergaard” in Lihme
for many
years, but when they got to old for that big farm, they moved to “Elmely”.
Mother has told about her
childhood there.
As far as I understand “Old pa”
was a strict man but fair. I remember him as a very big personality of
both
flesh and mind, I remember him clearly with those strong blue eyes that
gave
that strong look, that could see right through you. I thought
everything was
large on “Old pa”, from his face to his big feets
but
maybe all that was just because I was a little one on just 4 years,
back then. “Old
pa” was always wearing black and white scarf around his neck and thick
pants.
Pants for sailor (dark blue) ( Navy Blue). "
[letter
in
danish
from
Anna
Bojesen in Struer, translated by Peter Møller Jensen]
1870-This census record should be the correct family but according to
the church records they don't have any children that survive the age of
1 and yet they are shown here with two.
Samtlige
personer i husstanden
Viborg,
Rødding, Lihme, Lime
Bye, Gaard, 20, FT-1870, C4170
| Navn: |
Alder: |
Civilstand: |
Stilling i husstanden: |
Erhverv: |
Fødested: |
| Mads Christensen |
33 |
Gift |
Huusfader |
Gaardeier |
Søndberg [Sogn], Thisted Amt |
| Ane Kjerstine Christensen |
25 |
Gift |
Huusmoder |
|
Lihme [Sogn, Viborg Amt] |
| Christen Christensen |
1 |
Ugift |
Søn |
|
Lihme [Sogn, Viborg Amt] |
| Kjersten Marie Christensen |
under 1 Aar |
Ugift |
Datter |
|
Lihme [Sogn, Viborg Amt] |
| Peder Christian Ivarsen |
20 |
Ugift |
Tjenestetyende |
|
Nautrup [Sogn, Viborg Amt] |
| Ane Maria Madsen |
17 |
Ugift |
Tjenestetyende |
|
Jegindø [Sogn], Thisted Amt |
1879 - Mads marries his second wife Magdalene Bethelsen.
Lime kb 1879 Opslag 73,
side 96:
Enkemand (= widower) og Gmd. Mads Christensen i Lime, født
i
Sønderbjerg paa Thyholm 5 Mar. 1836, 44 aar gl. (Skifterettens
(=
probate courts) attest af 10 Sep. 1877), og
Pigen Magdalene
Bertelsen af Lem, født i Lem d. 27. Jan 1854, Datter af
Gmd. Bertel Mikkelsen i
Nørlem og Hustru karen Møller, 26 Aar gl
Forlovere (witnesses): Knud Mikkelsen
Peder
Christian
Larsen,
Sønderhede
viet i Kirken 30 Dec. 1879 i Kirken.
1880 Census - Mads is now married to Magdelene and has several
children. Magdelene came to the farm originally as a household
helper and after one year they married. Two children from the
first marriage are still living. There seems to be a whole other family
living with them. [records of Per Jensen]
Viborg,
Rødding, Lihme, Lihme, gaard, 1, FT-1880, B7431
| Navn: |
Alder: |
Civilstand: |
Stilling i husstanden: |
Erhverv: |
Fødested: |
| Mads Kristensen |
43 |
Gift |
husfader og gaardejer |
|
Søndbjerg, Thisted amt |
| Magdalene Bertelsen |
26 |
Gift |
hans hustru |
|
Lem sogn, Viborg amt |
| Kristen Kristensen |
11 |
Ugift |
deres barn |
|
Lihme |
| Kirsten Marie Kristensen |
10 |
Ugift |
deres barn |
|
Lihme |
| Jens Kristian Kristensen |
7 |
Ugift |
deres barn |
|
Lihme |
| Jeppe Jensen |
19 |
Ugift |
tjenestekarl |
|
Rødding sogn, Viborg amt |
| Christen Pedersen |
37 |
Gift |
husfader og gaardejer |
|
Lihme |
| Ane Christensen |
30 |
Gift |
hustru |
|
Lem sogn, Viborg amt |
| Mariane Christensen |
10 |
Ugift |
deres barn |
|
Lihme |
| Karen Christensen |
7 |
Ugift |
deres barn |
|
Lihme |
| Maren Christensen |
3 |
Ugift |
deres barn |
|
Lihme |
| Mads Christensen |
under 1 aar |
Ugift |
deres barn |
|
Mads,
Magdalene
with
their
daughter
Karen M. (grandmother of Per
Jensen) at their "Vestgaard" farmhouse in Lihme.
photo
courtesy of Per Møller Jensen
The farm shown above is situated on a somewhat sheltered bay of
Venø Bugt north of Hostebro on the Salling peninsula near
Lihme. This area has become rather a tourist mecca and the farm
is now a campground next to the beach near the house.
1890 Census. Several children were born to Magdalene in this
ten year period. Kirsten Marie, the only surviving daughter of
the first marriage is still living at home. Mads is a "gaardejer"
which means land owner.
Viborg,
Rødding, Lihme, Lihme, gaard, 12, FT-1890, B7432
| Navn: |
Alder: |
Civilstand: |
Stilling i husstanden: |
Erhverv: |
Fødested: |
| Mads Kristensen |
53 |
Gift |
husfader |
gaardejer |
Søndbjerg, Thisted amt |
| Magdalene Bertelsen |
36 |
Gift |
husmoder |
|
Lem sogn, Viborg amt |
| Kirsten Marie Kristensen |
21 |
Ugift |
barn |
datter |
Lihme |
| Ane Kirstine Kristensen |
9 |
Ugift |
barn |
datter |
Lihme |
| Kristian Møller Kristensen |
6 |
Ugift |
barn |
søn |
Lihme |
| Kristen Kristensen |
4 |
Ugift |
barn |
søn |
Lihme |
| Karen Marie Kristensen |
2 |
Ugift |
barn |
datter |
Lihme |
| Jens Jensen |
18 |
Ugift |
tjenestetyende |
karl |
Lihme |
| Ane Katrine Pedersen Sinding |
21 |
Ugift |
tjenestetyende |
pige |
Lihme
|
Ane (at age sixteen) and Kirsten, her
sister, Christenson
photo
courtesy of Per Møller Jensen
source:
Balleby,
Lars records and research. He
provided most of the documents on the church records.
balleby@post7.tele.dk
Bojesen,
Anna, grand-daughter of Mads in Struer, letter in danish from , translated by Peter Møller Jensen, son of
Per Jensen
Jensen,
Per
Møller,
records and
photos -email -
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