Brick Wall People Redux – Part 15 – Christen Hansen

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Name: Christen Hansen
Birth: February 19, 1809 in Ringive, Vejle, Denmark
Death: May 25, 1890 in Ringive, Vejle, Denmark
Marriage: April 18, 1835 in Ringive, Vejle, Denmark
Location(s): Vejle, Denmark
Relation to me: Christen Hansen was my father's mother's father's mother's mother's father. Which makes him 7th generation before me.
Alias(es): Kresten Christensen until recently, but now he is listed as Christen Hansen on my tree. I'm not sure which is more accurate.
Parents: Hans Christian Hansen & Mette Marie Nielsdatter
Spouse(s): Else Katrine Ivarsdatter
Children: Niels, Mette M, Hans Christian, Maren Kristine, Ivare Kristine, Iver, Else M, Mette Magrete
Other Family: None Known

Details:
As you can see, the name on this post has changed from when I made the original, Kresten Christensen to Christian Hansen. He has been on my family tree from the beginning and was added to the tree by my grandmother's cousin, who was her father's aunt's daughter on this side of the family, which is probably why I have the name issue there that I do. I had a similar issue on the other side of this family, so I'm not surprised that happened.

Because of that issue, I had no idea where to start looking, but as you will see, I have gotten further, at least. Unfortunately, I've only managed to get the names of his parents, and nothing more, not even any siblings. I presume his family were likely farmers, and therefore there are likely few records on them. Luckily, I have found a great deal on Family Search, but I will keep looking, as I would like to get further back.

Proof:
1) The only proof I have of Christen is the information given to us by our distant cousin, who would have been his great granddaughter. Aside from that, I have no other information on him.

New Proof of Christen:
2) The first new proof I have of Christen Hansen, and one that gives me both a general birthdate and also his parent's names, is his confirmation record in 1823, which makes his birthdate about 1809, as he was listed as 14 at the time.
3) The next is his marriage record in 1835 to Else.
4) Then I have records of their childrens' births and confirmations, which more completely connects him to his wife.
5) Then I have found a few Census records for him and his family in 1840,1845, 1850, 1860, 1880, and 1890.

Needed:

I now have BMD information on Christen, but his death date doesn't have an absolute source, and the parents are still tentative as I have no siblings for him yet. His family with his wife is very firm, however, because of the census, birth, and confirmation records I have for them all. He seems to have lived in Vejle his whole life.

I do call him a near miss as to have gotten over his brick wall, but given how little information I have on his parents and none on his siblings, I'm still inclined to think I have some wrong information here, so I will keep looking for him.


As always, if my family or anyone out there has any more information on this family, I'd love to talk to you about them. I'd love to learn more on any of them, if at all possible.

Original Post
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• CHRISTENSEN (Denmark)
• Surname Saturday 2.0: The Christensens