Asta and Frederik’s Family - Person Sheet
Asta and Frederik’s Family - Person Sheet
NameDorthe Jensdatter 
Birth30 Mar 1760, Norrup, Gjern, Gjern, Skanderborg, Danmark1336
Death2 May 1847, Tvilum, Gjern, Skanderborg, Danmark1337
FatherJens Rasmussen (<1740-)
MotherAnne Jensdatter (<1740-)
Spouses
Birth10 Aug 1749, Horn, Tvilum, Gjern, Skanderborg, Danmark1334
Death19 Aug 1811, Horn, Tvilum, Gjern, Skanderborg, Danmark1335
FatherRasmus Pedersen (~1708-1783)
MotherAnne Christensdatter (~1721-1797)
Notes for Dorthe Jensdatter
Parents were Jens Rasmussen and Anne Jensdatter, Norrup.
CENSUS 1787 (Horn, Tvilum, Skanderborg S490)1339 age 28.
CENSUS 1801 (Horn, Tvilum, Skanderborg S286)816 age 44.
CENSUS 1834 (Horn, Tvilum, Skanderborg S473)572 age 76, living with her son Christen’s 2nd wife, Maren Christensdatter and her new husband.
CENSUS 1840 (Horn, Tvilum, Skanderborg S486)573 age 82.
CENSUS 1845 (Horn, Tvilum, Skanderborg S472)1071 age 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. Census shows birthplace as Gjern, Skanderborg.
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Birthplace is listed as “Norrup” on marriage record: translates to “Nårup” in modern Danish.
No birth record found for “Dorthe Jensdatter” in Gjern in 1757. I would be interested to know why she decided to go through life pretending to be three years older, starting already in her 40’s. She appears to have presented older, and her husband Søren to have presented younger, than they actually were. Perhaps they were trying to minimize the age difference.
There is no other Dorthe Jensdatter born in Gjern between 1750 and 1762.
CENSUS 1787 (Horn, Tvilum, Skanderborg S490)1339 age 28.
CENSUS 1801 (Horn, Tvilum, Skanderborg S286)816 age 44.
CENSUS 1834 (Horn, Tvilum, Skanderborg S473)572 age 76, living with her son Christen’s 2nd wife, Maren Christensdatter and her new husband.
CENSUS 1840 (Horn, Tvilum, Skanderborg S486)573 age 82.
CENSUS 1845 (Horn, Tvilum, Skanderborg S472)1071 age 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. Census shows birthplace as Gjern, Skanderborg.
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Birthplace is listed as “Norrup” on marriage record: translates to “Nårup” in modern Danish.
No birth record found for “Dorthe Jensdatter” in Gjern in 1757. I would be interested to know why she decided to go through life pretending to be three years older, starting already in her 40’s. She appears to have presented older, and her husband Søren to have presented younger, than they actually were. Perhaps they were trying to minimize the age difference.
There is no other Dorthe Jensdatter born in Gjern between 1750 and 1762.