Asta and Frederik’s Family - Person Sheet
Asta and Frederik’s Family - Person Sheet
NameHans Christian Nielsen
Birth8 Sep 1836, Graaskov, Thorning, Lysgaard, Viborg, Danmark1852
FatherNiels Hansen (1802-1861)
MotherAnne Kathrine Thygesdatter (1811-1853)
Spouses
Birth10 Apr 1834, Thorning, Lysgaard, Viborg, Danmark1853
FatherKnud Christensen (1801-)
Marriage17 Mar 1857, Thorning, Lysgaard, Viborg, Danmark1854
ChildrenThrine (1857-)
 Marie Birgitte (1859-)
 Nielsine Caroline (Twin) (1861-1862)
 Knudmine Dorthea Marie (Twin) (1861-1862)
 Dorthea Marie (1864-)
 Nielsine Christine (1866-1868)
 Jens Christian (1868-1953)
 Johannes (1874-)
Notes for Hans Christian Nielsen
“af Gråskov”

CENSUS 1840 (Lille Graaskov, Thorning, Viborg S576)1855 age 4.

Age 20-1/2 at the time of his wedding to Mette Knudsen (Marriage Record)1854.

CENSUS 1860 (Graaskov, Thorning, Viborg S563)1856 age 24.

CENSUS 1870 (Gråskov, Thorning, Viborg S284)238 age 33, born on Gråskov, Viborg Amt.

CENSUS 1880 (Gråskov, Thorning, Viborg S355)239 age 43.
Also listed with the family is his brother, Andres Nielsen, born abt 1848 on Gråskov.
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No other children found in Thorning 1857-1880.

In the collection of his son Jens Christian Nielsen (b 1868) there is a portrait of “Gamle Faster Inger”, but no daughter named Inger was found in this family despite thorough research. Is it possible that the portrait is of Faster Thrine? “Billeder fra Grågård slægten”: [https://arkiv.dk/vis/4661295 arkiv.dk F262 #16] Museum Silkeborg - Lokalarkiv Blicheregnen
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