Lassen Nielsen Family - Person Sheet
Lassen Nielsen Family - Person Sheet
NameDorthe Jensdatter 
Birthabt 1757, Nårup, Gjern, Gjern, Skanderborg, Danmark
Death2 Mar 1847, Tvilum, Gjern, Skanderborg, Danmark
Spouses
Birth10 Aug 1749, Horn, Tvilum, Gjern, Skanderborg, Danmark
Death19 Aug 1811, Horn, Tvilum, Gjern, Skanderborg, Danmark
FatherRasmus Pedersen (-1787)
MotherAnne Christensdatter (~1713-)
Marriage19 Sep 1783, Horn, Tvilum, Gjern, Skanderborg, Danmark
Notes for Dorthe Jensdatter
!BIRTH Census 1801 Horn, Tvilum, Gjern, Skanderborg, Danmark (Statens Arkiver, Dansk Demografisk Database) lists her age as 44. Birthplace is listed as “Norrup” on marriage record: translates to “Nårup” in modern Danish.
She is 76 on 1834 Census, living with her son Christen’s 2nd wife, Maren Christensdatter. On the 1845 Census, she is 87 and still living with them. As she is “Aftægtskone” on the 1834 Census, she would have owned/managed the farm before it passed to Christen & Else Marie, then to Christen & Maren, then to Maren & Peder Pedersen.
!DEATH Parish Records, Tvilum, Skanderborg, Danmark, 1836-1851, p. 344 (Dansk Statens Arkiver, Arkivalieronline.dk), age 90.
She is 76 on 1834 Census, living with her son Christen’s 2nd wife, Maren Christensdatter. On the 1845 Census, she is 87 and still living with them. As she is “Aftægtskone” on the 1834 Census, she would have owned/managed the farm before it passed to Christen & Else Marie, then to Christen & Maren, then to Maren & Peder Pedersen.
!DEATH Parish Records, Tvilum, Skanderborg, Danmark, 1836-1851, p. 344 (Dansk Statens Arkiver, Arkivalieronline.dk), age 90.