As previously posted, I mentioned that we took pictures of gravestones in some of the church cemeteries we visited in Denmark. Since then, I have been studying the people, whose names are on those stones. I have not been able to make any solid connections to our own family - yet. However, in comparing the people from those places with our people, I discovered that there is more to know about the ancestors of our great-grandfather, Ole Hansen Jacobson.
The grandfather of Ole Hansen Jacobson is Jacob Olsen, born in Torslunde in 1761. Our records have shown his family - three sisters and two brothers. His oldest sister, Mette Olsdatter was born in 1757. As I searched around for links to the people in the cemetery in Torslunde, I happened to find mention of Mette with her family in nearly Ishøj (all these places are a little west of Copenhagen). Prior to this we had no information about her being married nor having a family. I now have records of her family. Her first husband, Lars Hansen, died in 1782. They had three children: Jens, Sidse and Lars. She then remarried, marrying Hans Jensen and they had four more children: Jens, Birthe, Ole Johanne and Poul (or Povel). It appears that all of the children lived past childhood except for the first child, Jens Larsen, who died as in infant.
These can now be found in FamilySearch. Her ID there is KZ3D-VPT (or trace her back from Ole Hansen Jacobson.)
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There is actually a connection discovered in the cemetery Kildebrønde/Hundige to one of our ancestors, but it is a bit obscure. Niels Christensen, who is buried in that cemetery. His father was Christen Hemmingsen. Christen's brother, Niels Hemmingsen is the husband of first cousin of Hans Jakobsen, who was Ole Hansen Jacobson's father, so Niels is related through in-law relationships, but there is a tie. We hope to find a few more connections as research continues.
Perhaps through this research, I can find some more of our ancestor family members.
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