Hansens Family Tree

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Wedding records in the State Church in Skjern, Denmark lists Carl Peder Nielsen as being born in Lille-Naestved, November 21, 1866; Baptized, September 2nd, 1866. However, this information does not match the census of 1890, which listed Carl Peder Nielsen as a carpenter's apprentice to an Andreas Jensen, who was a witness at the wedding. No birth records could be found to confirm this birthdate or location. Carl and Maren, married April 1, 1890, emmigrated to the USA the week of their wedding. In the US, they changed the spelling of their name to Nielson. Danish law required men of military age to register at their arrival in a new town. No records for Carl Peder Nielsen were found in Skjern.

Maren was baptized August 5, 1865. In the records of Denmark it seems that the following towns are sometimes used interchangibly: Borris, Skjern, Hedeby, Marup, Engsig. The census of 1890 (Danish archieves microfilm #15741, number 13) lists Maren as a 24 year old servant girl for Anders Hansen. Other microfilm records consulted in the National Archives of Denmark include, 419 and 15176 and 8772.

Maren og Carl Peter emigrerede til Amerika kort efter at de var blevet gift i 1890.

Hele deres amerikanske efterslægt er indskrevet i databasen. Der er tale om 137 efterkommere samt deres ægtefæller.