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Name: Hans
Nielsen
Birth: my records
list his birthdate as about 1817 in Alsted, Denmark.
Death: Sometime
after 1880, which was the last census I have been able to find him in.
Marriage: before 1841,
which is about when their first child was born.
Location(s): Alsted,
Denmark
Relation to me: Hans
Nielsen is my paternal grandmother's mother's father's father, which makes him 6th
generation before me.
Alias(es): None
known at this time.
Parents: unknown
Spouse(s): Maren
Rasmussen
Children: Ole,
Niels, Rasmus, Jorgen, Jens, Ane Lisbeth
Other Family: Kirsten
Nielsen.
Details: I know
very little about Hans, and what I do know comes from two sets of records, but
mostly from the Census records I have found on this family. It looks to me as
though he was farming the land that my great-great grandfather eventually took
over and ran until his death shortly before 1900. He seems to have handed off
the farm to Rasmus before his death, as he and his wife are listed on one
Census as the "elder farmer" (for lack of a better term), and on
another all on their own. I have no information on any of their other children
aside from what is listed on the census forms at this time, so I do not know if
any survived childhood aside from Rasmus, though I have managed to find a
couple marriage records for two of Rasmus's siblings. I do know that for a
time, Hans's sister was living in their home, as she is listed in a Census
around that time, listed as a widow.
That's all I am sure of about Hans and his wife. I do not
know precisely when they were born, only an estimate from the Census, and I
have no clue when they died. I'd definitely love to learn more about this whole
branch of the family, particularly where the farm came from, and why it passed
to Rasmus instead of his elder brothers.
Proof:
1) My
initial proof for Hans came from Rasmus's birth record found at Family Search,
but I was unable to confirm it until I had found several of the Census records
I now have.
2) My
major proof for both Hans and his wife, as well as much of the rest of this
branch of the family, comes from Census records, starting in 1850, and going
through to the 1880 Danish Census. After that, I have no records of this family
at all aside from Rasmus and his family.
Needed:
I have no exact birth or death information for Hans, so aside
from his sister, I know nothing about his family except that his father's given
name was probably Niels. I would love to know if Hans was the first to own the
family farm, or if he inherited it as his son Rasmus did. I would love to know
if he had any other siblings aside from his sister. Most of all, I'd love to
find more records about this family in general, as it seems to be a long-time
resident family of this area.
If my family or anyone out there has any more information on
this family, I'd love to talk to you about it. I'd love to learn more if at all
possible.
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