Temaet for i år er Resilience som teamet har valgt, og jeg har valgt undertemaet Blomster, træer og forfædre, så lad os se, hvad der falder mig ind til det tema.
A - Z
Every day at noon (except Sundays) a new A-Z post goes live - or no post today.
The theme for this year is Resilience as given by the team, with my subtitle Flowers, Trees and Ancestors.
B for Braabye
Braabye, nu stavet Bråby, er en lille by ca. 10 km. nordvest for Næstved. Den ligger i Ringsted herred, Sorø amt (kort over de relevante steder er at finde nederst).
Omkring år 1803 blev en af mine forfædre, Anders Nielsen født dér. Han er ikke at finde i kirkebøgerne, der ellers er pænt læselige og går helt tilbage til 1721.
Jeg kan heller ikke finde hans bryllupsdag, men han blev gift med Mette Nielsdatter, som jeg fortæller mere om i et senere indlæg.
Mette og Anders fik 3 børn: Niels, der blev født 7. september 1833 og døde 18. oktober samme år. Maren Kirstine født 17. oktober 1834 og endelig Hans Christian den 1. december 1837. Anders Nielsen døde den 3. december 1837, altså bare to dage efter sin søns fødsel, og Mette og børnene kom under fattigvæsenet.
I kirkebogen står om Anders Nielsen ved hans død: Søn af Niels Pedersen i Aalebækshuse. Niels Pedersen fra Aalebækshuse var også fadder til Anders Nielsens anden (og eneste levende) søn, Hans Christian Andersen, der er min mormors morfar, og som jeg også kommer til at skrive lidt mere om.
B for Braabye
Braabye, now spelled Bråby, is a small rown about 10 km. Northwest of Næstved in the hundred (shire) of Ringsted, Sorø county (maps of the relevant locations - see below)
Around 1803 one of my ancestors, Anders Nielsen, was born here. He is not to be found in the church registers, which are actually quite legible and go back to 1721.
I can't find his wedding either, but he was married to Mette Nielsdatter, of whom more in a later post.
Mette and Anders had 3 children: Niels, born 7 September 1833 and died 18 October the same year. Maren Kirstine born 17 October 1834 and finally Hans Christian on 1 December 1837. Anders Nielsen died on 3 December 1837, just two days after the birth of his son, and Mette and the children went to the poorhouse.
The church register tells about Anders Nielsen at his death: Son of Niels Pedersen in Aalebækshuuse. Niels Pedersen from Aalebækshuse was also one of the godfathers to Anders Nielsen's second (and only living) son, Hans Christian Andersen, who is my maternal grandmother's grandfather. More about him later as well.
Kort -- Maps
Sorø og Præstø amter ligger ved siden af hinanden. Men deres grænser ligner mere brikker fra et puslespil, så når mine forfædre flyttede fem kilometer, flyttede de for eksempel fra Bråby, Ringsted Herred, Sorø amt, til Vester Egede, Tybjerg herred, Præstø amt. Og kirkebøger, folketællinger osv. er alt sammen ordnet efter amt og herred.
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Sorø county and the adjacent Præstø county looks like interlocking puzzle pieces, meaning that when my ancestors move less than 5 km, they go from eg. Bråby, Ringsted, Sorø county to Vester Egede, Tybjerg, Præstø county. Frustrating, as the registers are sorted after counties.
Southern Zealand. Next map shows the placement of Bråby in the area outlined in black.
Wow. One at least of your ancestors gave a great gift to the world.
SvarSletI like to think that all of my ancestors lived virtuous and good lives - time will tell it was not so.
SletYou got the family gift of writing.
SvarSletThank you. My mother was a writer as well, and my grandmother - she of the ancestors - was a gifted storyteller.
SletIs this the same Hans Christian Andersen who wrote the fairy tales?
SvarSletNope, sorry, I should maybe have said so. Hans Christian and Anders were (and are) extremely common names i Denmark. So H.C. son of Anders (meaning of Andersen) ... there is at least 1 in 100 called like this in the church registers I look in.
Slet