finding Sanne Caroline Dorthea Jensen

Having found the Jensen family in the 1880 Danish Census and noting a 10 year gap between children, I thought I might look for any other children Peder and Christine may have had. I knew there were 3 options.

1. Christine had one or more miscarriages. These would most likely not be recorded in the church records as births or deaths...unless the baby was near full term and considered a stillborn. I still don't think they could christen the child but perhaps there may be a burial record.
2. There was one or more children born in that time and they may have lived for a while but died before the 1880 census. In this case I should expect to find a christening and a burial record.
3. There were no other children, and therefore no records to be found. This may however be like #1, in that there are no records.

My plan of attack was to look in death records first. Here's what I found --

Source: Danish State Archives, "Kirkebøger," digital images, Statens Arkivers Arkivalieronline (www.sa.dk/ao/ : downloaded 31 March 2012), Sanne Caroline Dorthea Jensen Death Record; Nylarsker Parish, p 450, 1879, no 2.

Transcription / Translation:

1879

No.

2

Dødedagen

Death Date

d. 27de Januar

1879

The 27^th January

1879

Begravelsesdaged

Burial Date

d. 2den Februar

1879

The 2^nd February

1879

Den Dødes For og Tilnavn

First and Last Name of the Deceased

Sanne Caroline Dorthea

Jensen

Stand

Position

Datter af Fisker i Arnager

Peder Jensen og Hustru

Claudine Christine Funch

Daughter of Fisherman from Arnager

Peder Jensen and wife

Claudine Christine Funch

Alder

Age

5

Aar

5

Years

Hvor anfort i vet alm. Jevuf. Reg.

Where in General Index Register

98/21

Amnær.

Remarks

Skifteattest af 28/1 79

Lungesygdom

Probate Certificate of 28 Jan [18]79

Pneumonia

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So, the Jensen's did have another daughter, Sanne (Danish version of Suzanne, sometimes spelled Sanna). Interestingly, she had a probate certificate. I was able to find the catalog record at the Family History Library, so the next time I go I will be sure to look this up! According to her burial record she was 5 years old. This gives me a rough idea of when she was born, so back I went into church records - this time looking for a christening. I started right after the last child's christening and moved forward, here's what I found --

Source: Danish State Archives, "Kirkebøger," digital images, Statens Arkivers Arkivalieronline (www.sa.dk/ao/ : downloaded 7 November 2011), Sanna Jensen christening record, to be moved to 1873; Nylarsker Parish, p 81, 1873, no 4.


This really confused me, a page with some christening records with no baby names or christening dates. I couldn't tell what the note said at the end of the entry, so I had to get some help.


Transcription / Translation:
4.

d. 6d Februar 1873
6 February 1873

Fisker Peder Jensen i Arnager
og Hustru Claudine Christina
Funch, 32 Aar gl
Fisherman Peder Jensen of Arnager
and wife Claudine Christina
Funch, 32 years old

Overført i Kirkebogen for 1873
moved to church book for 1873 


Apparently the priest made notes for the first few births of 1873 in the wrong book, so he then moved them over later. So, I went to the next set of records and found her ---

Source: Danish State Archives, "Kirkebøger," digital images, Statens Arkivers Arkivalieronline (www.sa.dk/ao/ : downloaded 31 March 2012), Sanna Caroline Dorthea Jensen christening record; Nylarsker Parish, p 98, 1873, no 4.

Transcription / Translation:

1873

No.

død. 4

dead 4

Aar og Datum

Year and Date

d. 6te

Februar

1873

The 6th

February

1873

Barnets fulde Navn

Child’s full name

Sanna Caroline Dor-

thea Jensen

Daabens Datum enten i Kirken eller hjemme

Christening Date either in the church or at home

d. 10de April

1873

i Kirken

the 10th April

1873

at the church

Forældres Navn, Stand, Haandtering og Opholdsted

Parents’ Name, Social Position, Occupation and Residence

Fisker Peder Jensen i

Arnager og Hustru Claudine

Christine Funch, 32 Aar gl.

Fisherman Peder Jensen of

Arnager and wifeClaudine

Christine Funch, 32 years old

[Note from JensenJN: “gl.” = abbreviation for “ammel” = “old”]

Faddernes Navne, Stand og Opholdsted

Witnesses’ Names, Social Position and Residence

Bærkone: Daglejer i Arnager Anton Marker’s Hustru

Helene Claudine Jensen

Faddere: Fisker i Arnager Jacob Peter Jensen

Johannes Peter Hansen, tjener paa Vejrmøllegaard

i Aaker

Vilhelmine Petrea Jensen, tejener paa 10de Sgd.

Godmother: day laborer from Arnager Anton Marker’s wife

Helene Claudine Jensen

Witnesses: Fisherman from Arnager Jacob Peter Jensen

Johannes Peter Hansen, serves on wind mill farm

from Aaker

Vilhelmine Petrea Jensen, serves on the 10^th Sgd [farm]

[Note from JensenJN: Bærkone (Carry woman) I have never seen that word before, but from the name context there is no doub t that this is the lady, who carried the child to the christening.]

Hvor anført i det alm. Jevnf. Reg. [almindelige Jevnførelses Register]

Where posted in the Index Register

92/9

Anmærkninger

Remarks.

[blank]

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• The priest went back and marked her record "død" or "dead."
• I love that one of the witnesses, Johannes Peter Hansen, worked on a wind mill farm.

These records help explain the 10 year gap between children in the 1880 census. I did find another record of interest while digging in the church records, but you'll have to wait until tomorrow for that. :)