Advent Calendar: Jens Kristian Hansen & Else Katrine Hansen

Note: To fit in everyone I wanted, I had to double up a few days, so Sundays you will be getting two entries in one.

Jens Kristian Hansen

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Born 1858, Died 1919, aged 60
Lived in: Vejle, Denmark
Married: Else Katrine Larsen
Children:
Hansine Kristine Hansen
Hans Jorgen Hansen
Holger Skov Hansen
Aage Hansen
Alfred Hansen
Ida Kristine Hansen
Hans Knudsen Hansen
Adolf Hansen

Jens Kristian Hansen was born in Vejle, Denmark, located in Jutland, born to Hans Knudsen and Christine Jensdatter. He married Else Katrine Larsen in 1885, and the two had a farm where they raised their 8 children. The farm did not provide very well, so Jens made extra money using his masonry skills. He taught his skill to at least one of his sons, and in the early 1900s, he and his son Holger got the contract to build their local train station when the tracks were finally laid in town. Holger left soon after, setting off for America, and another of his brothers for England, where the two settled and raised families. Jens lived in Vejle with his wife Else until the day he died.



Else Katrine Hansen nee Larsen

Born 1865, Died 1934, aged 68
Lived in: Ringive, Denmark; Vejle, Denmark
Married: Jens Kristian Hansen
Children:
Hansine Kristine Hansen
Hans Jorgen Hansen
Holger Skov Hansen
Aage Hansen
Alfred Hansen
Ida Kristine Hansen
Hans Knudsen Hansen
Adolf Hansen

Else Katrine Larsen was born in Vejle, Denmark to Jorgen Larsen and Ivare Kristen Christensen. She was the eldest of their nine children. In 1885, she married Jens Kristian Hansen, and settled down on a farm with him where they raised 8 children together. After her children grew up, many left Denmark to seek their fortunes, settling in both England and the United States. Else lived in Vejle until her death.

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This blog is maintained by two sisters who have had a life long interest in geneology.
Mika writes here mostly about our family (Hansen, Hillinger, Bordewick, Park, etc), and her search for more information.
Shannon mostly uses this space as a place to make the many stories written about and by her husband's family (Holly, Walker, Walpole, etc) available to the rest of the family, present and future.

Our blog is named Oh Spusch! mostly because Shannon is bad at naming things. The first post I put up includes a story about the time Walker's great grandfather took his whole family out to see a play and the littlest kept saying "Oh! Spusch!" No one ever figured out what she meant by that.