Faddere:Husmand Morten Christensens hustru af Faster sogn, husmand Kristen Knudsen i Tornager, ungkarl Lars Christensen i Egvad sogn, pigen Knudstine Christensen i Dejbjerg sogn. Som forældre var anført: ugift fruentimmer Else Marie Christensen, til barnefader udlagt ungkarl Jens Lauridsen af 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.