Ellen Sofia Lauritzen

Født 25. april 1886 i Uddevalla, Sverige. Datter af arbejdsmand (arbetare) Jens Thomsen og hustru Augusta Ericsson. Hun blev døbt i Uddevalla 27. april 1887 (ifølge hendes svenske dåbsattest). Faddere var: Ugifte Sofia Eriksson og ugifte Kristina Kristiansdotter. Ifølge samme attest ("Utdrag af Födelse och Dopbok") udvandrede forældrene til Danmark (Jens Thomsens hjemland) i 1887. De bosatte sig i Århus, hvor faderen på det tidspunkt fik arbejde som møllebestyrer hos møller Weiss. Møllen lå i det område, der i dag udgør Universitetsparken. Da Ellen Sofia var ca. 10 år blev forældrene skilt. Det er nok i forbindelse med skilsmissen, at ovennævnte attest er udstedt (1. november 1895). Moderen vendte tilbage til Sverige, men uvist af hvilken grund fik hun hverken Ellen eller broderen Ernst med sig. I stedet fik hun ophold på børnehjemmet i Ormslev vest for Århus. Som voksen tog hun plads i Snogstrup ved Lyngbygård (vest for Brabrand). Senere tjente hun i Mårslet, hvor hendes senere mand Frederik dengang arbejdede. Frederik var blevet soldat allerede i 1903, mens hun tog plads i Århus hos pastor Laursen i Vestergade. Ifølge Paul Nedergaards Præste- og Sognehistorie kan det være residerende kapellan ved Domkirken Niels Johan Laursen, som var ansat som sådan 1903-24). Dette bekræftes ved, at det er oplyst, at dennes kone havde en privatskole, hvilket også var tilfældet med pastor Laursens kone (Fru Laursens Privatskole). Her tjente Ellen Sofia, da hun 24. august 1907 blev gift i Sct. Pouls Kirke i Århus med senere murer Frederik Vilhelm Hans Edvard Lauritzen. Indtil 1911-12 boede de i Østerby, Tranbjerg S. Hefter flyttede familien til Åbyhøj. 1912 på Roarsvej, 1915 på Frodesvej og 1917 på Haslevej. Senere (før 1925) byggede de et hus på Ludvig Holbergsvej i Åbyhøj. Huset fik senere navnet "Enghaven". Efter mandens død 14. april 1961 kom hun på plejehjemmet i Åbyhøj, hvor hun døde i april 1972. Begravet på Åbyhøj kirkegård. De sidste år var hun ude af stand til at genkende børn og slægtninge (Hans Kaalø)

English translation: Born April 25, 1886 in Uddevalla, Sweden. Daughter of workman (worker) Jens Thomsen and wife Augusta Ericsson. She was baptized in Uddevalla on April 27, 1887 (according to her Swedish certificate of baptism). Grandparents were: Unmarried Sofia Eriksson and unmarried Kristina Kristiansdotter. According to the same certificate ("Excerpt from Födelse och Dopbok"), the parents emigrated to Denmark (Jens Thomsen's homeland) in 1887. They settled in Aarhus, where the father was then employed as a mill manager at mills Weiss. The mill was located in the area that today constitutes the University Park. When Ellen Sofia was approx. 10 years the parents divorced. It is probably in connection with the divorce that the above certificate was issued (November 1, 1895). The mother returned to Sweden, but for whatever reason she had neither Ellen nor her brother Ernst with her. Instead, she stayed at the orphanage in Ormslev west of Aarhus. As an adult, she took her place in Snogstrup at Lyngbygård (west of Brabrand). Later, she served in Martell, where her later husband Frederik worked at that time. Frederik had become a soldier as early as 1903, while she took a seat in Aarhus with Pastor Laursen in Vestergade. According to Paul Nedergaard's Priesthood and Parish history, it may be the resident chaplain of the Cathedral Niels Johan Laursen, who was employed as such 1903-24). This is confirmed by the fact that it is stated that his wife had a private school, which was also the case with Pastor Laursen's wife (Mrs. Laursen's Private School). Here Ellen Sofia served when she was married on August 24, 1907 in Sct. Poul's Church in Aarhus with later bricklayer Frederik Vilhelm Hans Edvard Lauritzen. Until 1911-12 they lived in Østerby, Tranbjerg S. Hefter moved the family to Åbyhøj. 1912 on Roarsvej, 1915 on Frodesvej and 1917 on Haslevej. Later (before 1925) they built a house on Ludvig Holbergsvej in Åbyhøj. The house was later named "Enghaven". After her husband's death on April 14, 1961, she arrived at the nursing home in Åbyhøj, where she died in April 1972. Buried in Åbyhøj cemetery. For the past year, she was unable to recognize children and relatives (Hans Kaalø)