Lassen Nielsen Family - Person Sheet
Lassen Nielsen Family - Person Sheet
NameMaren Christensdatter
Birth8 Aug 1762, Thorning, Lysgård, Viborg, Danmark
Death20 May 1810, Ungstrup, Thorning, Lysgård, Viborg, Danmark
FatherChristen Larsen Wiide (~1737-1797)
MotherKirsten Andersdatter (1729-~1762)
Spouses
Birth21 Dec 1755, Almtoft, Hørup, Lysgård, Viborg, Danmark
Death22 Jun 1840, Ungstrup, Thorning, Lysgård, Viborg, Danmark
FatherNiels Sørensen (~1721->1787)
MotherMaren Joensdatter (~1725-1787)
Marriage23 Feb 1787, Thorning, Lysgård, Viborg, Danmark
ChildrenMaren (1787-)
 Niels (1789-1790)
 Niels (1791-1794)
 Kirsten (1793-1794)
 Niels (1795-)
 Christen (1798-)
 Palle (1800-1800)
 Ane Kirstine (1801-1873)
 Else Marie (1804-)
 Anders (1807-)
Notes for Maren Christensdatter
!BIRTH Parish Register, Thorning, Viborg, Danmark, 1695-1762 p 105 (Dansk Rigsarkiv, Arkivalieronline.dk) (LDS microfilm #54037)

!DEATH Parish Register, Thorning-Karup-Lysgård, Viborg, Danmark, 1763-1814, p. 73 (Dansk Rigsarkiv, Arkivalieronline.dk)

1787 Census, Ungstrup, Thorning, Lysgaard, Viborg, Danmark (Dansk Rigsarkiv, Dansk Demografisk Database) lists her age as 24.

1801 Census, Thorning, Viborg, Danmark (LDS microfilm #39048) lists her age as 39.

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Most likely prospect. Her marriage says she is from Ungstrup. No other Maren Christensd. born in Ungstrup in 1761, 1762, 1763. Next likely candidate is Maren Christensd. born in Skræ in 1762 (Chr. Jensen & Ane Jensdatter). No other Maren Christensdatter living in Ungstrup or Skræ in 1787 Census.

She is called Maren Christensdatter Wide in IGI but this is not seen in any of her children’s birth records, or her marriage record: it was her father’s nickname, to distinguish him for another Christen Larsen of about the same age in Ungstrup.
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