Asta and Frederik’s Family - Person Sheet
Asta and Frederik’s Family - Person Sheet
NameJens Christian Nielsen
Birth8 Aug 1868, Thorning, Lysgård, Viborg, Danmark179
Death7 Mar 1953, Grågård, Thorning, Lysgård, Viborg, Danmark180
BurialThorning, Lysgård, Viborg, Danmark20
FatherHans Christian Nielsen (<1848-)
MotherMette Knudsen (~1834-)
Spouses
Birth9 Dec 1870, Grågård, Thorning, Lysgård, Viborg, Danmark177
Death22 Mar 1963, Skræ, Thorning, Lysgård, Viborg, Danmark178
BurialThorning, Lysgård, Viborg, Danmark20
FatherJens Tobias Peder Lassen (1847-1924)
MotherMaren Jensen (1848-1918)
Marriage1 Jun 1892, Thorning, Lysgård, Viborg, Danmark181
ChildrenHans Peder (1892-1971)
 Sigrid (1896-1979)
 Ernst (1896-)
 Ingeborg (1907-1942)
Notes for Jens Christian Nielsen
Born Jens Kristian Nielsen but marked as Jens Christian on marriage record and used the initials “JC” during his adult life.

Note: The birthdates on the 1911 Census are wrong for every member of this family. Not sure where they came from!

Dates on CENSUS 1906 (Graae, Thorning, Viborg)188 and Parish Registers match.

Photos on arkiv.dk:

Family photos: see the collection: “Billeder fra Grågård slægten”: arkiv.dk [https://arkiv.dk/vis/4661295] F262 Museum Silkeborg - Lokalarkiv Blicheregnen

Appears in family group photo (ca 1942) of Jens Christian Nielsen family on Grågård: arkiv.dk [https://arkiv.dk/vis/4216793] B2170 Museum Silkeborg - Lokalarkiv Blicheregnen

JC Nielsen individual photo in front of Grågård gate (ca 1940): arkiv.dk [https://arkiv.dk/vis/4240387] B2221 Museum Silkeborg - Lokalarkiv Blicheregnen

Golden Wedding photo (1942): arkiv.dk [https://arkiv.dk/vis/4240382] B2219 Museum Silkeborg - Lokalarkiv Blicheregnen

Diamond Wedding photo (1952): arkiv.dk [https://arkiv.dk/vis/4240390] B2222 Museum Silkeborg - Lokalarkiv Blicheregnen

Photo of cornerstone on Grågård farm: arkiv.dk [https://arkiv.dk/vis/4368934] B13564 Museum Silkeborg - Lokalarkiv Blicheregnen

The attached document “Gråbonden Jens Chr. Nielsen” is a chapter from the book, “Brudstykker fra Blicheregnen (Blicheregnens Museumsforening Årsskrift 2007),” (in possession of Mette Solhart).
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