As I've shared a bit of the family information about my great-grandfather, Jens Peder Pedersen, and his parents, I'm going to detour for a bit and share the family information of my great-grandmother, Johanne Jensine Kristine Jensen.
My dad's maternal grandmother, Johanne, was born in the parish called Vester Hjermislev, close to where her future in-laws lived. Her parents were Christen Jensen and Mette Marie Christensen. She had three sisters and one brother. Her oldest sister, Karen, was actually a half-sister. Her mother had been married previously to a man named Paul Christian Sørensen, but he died in 1878, and she remarried in 1882.
Mette's second oldest daughter was Pauline Kristine, who was born in 1882. After Jens and Johanne left Denmark, Johanne kept in contact with her sister Pauline through WWII, but eventually lost touch. Johanne would send her sister coffee and cocoa during the war.
In 1886, Jens Christian was born, but he only lived to be about 18 months old. In 1889, Jensine Katherine was born. She died just short of eight years old. It's not noted in the church records the cause of either of these children's deaths. My suspicion is that the hardships of life during that time, with the lack of modern medicine, took their toll...especially on children.
It's interesting to think about how Jens and Johanne met, but what I also found incredibly interesting was something else. The two of them married in Johanne's home parish of Vester Hjermislev on March 9, 1901. But the month before, when the census was being recorded for all the parishes in Denmark, she was listed in the household of Jens' parents as a "relative". I would love to know what was going on in that household while she was there pre-wedding. :o)
After Jens and Johanne were married, they settled in the village of Pandrup near his parents. On all of the subsequent records for the family, Jens is indicated as "Smed", or "Smith", meaning he was working as a blacksmith. It was while they lived in Denmark, between the years 1901 and 1916, that they began to expand their family.
To be continued...
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