Jørgen Pedersen

Emigrerede 1904 til Amerika. Havde det ikke godt i det fremmede land, længtes hjem, men kunne ikke samle Penge nok til at rejse hjem igen - så de døde begge i USA Beretning i Lokalsamlingen.

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"Fisherman and small farmer, Jorgen Pedersen, was born in Albaek, Rabjerg Parish, Jutland, on July 19, 1833. Albaek lies on the east coast of Jutland, at the base of the Skaw. Jorgen was the son of forty-four year old Peder Jensen, a wheelwright; and forty year old Ane Marie Jorgensdatter. We believe that Peder Jensen was baptized and confirmed in the Rabjerg Parish church. We know that Jorgen was baptized and in 1848 confirmed in that church. He was a twenty-four year old laborer [hired hand, small land owner and fisherman], working in Rannerod, a town north of Albaek, near Starholm, when he married twenty-year old Karen Marie Larsen [in the Rabjerg Parish] Church on Feb. 9, 1858. Karen Marie was born in Skaen on Nov. 28, 1837, and at the time of her marriage was working in Klitland. Both Rannerod and Klitland were sites of feudal estates and Jorgen, or Karen, or both, may have worked on them - - Jorgen at Rannerod, Marie at Klitland.

The first of Jorgen and Karen Marie's eleven children, Peter Laurits Jorgensen, was born on April 5, 1858, while the couple was living in Klitland." Shortly after Peter's birth, Jorgen, Karen and Peter moved to Kandestedvej 307, Starholm, and lived in a thatch-roofed house. "Their second child, Ane Marie (2 1/2 years later) was born on Aug. 19, 1860 in Starholm, near Rannerod, where Jorgen had worked before. They continued to live in Starholm for the next forty-four years. Nine more children were born in Starholm: Lars Christian Pedersen (1863); Anton Jorgensen (1865); Martha Kristena Jorgensen (1867); Jorgine Jorgensen (1869); Ane Elise "Lizzie" Jorgensen (1872); Janus "John" Christian Pedersen (1874); Dorothy Johanna "Hannah" Jorgensen (1877); Marinus Jorgensen (1870) and Ellandinus "Dan" Jorgensen (1881).

In 1904, Jorgen and Karen joined Peter, his wife Marie, and their family of six children, and emmigrated to America. By this time, all of their children lived in America, except Jorgine, who never emmigrated, and they had about 30 grandchildren they had never seen. When they emigrated, Jorgen was 71 and Karen Marie was 67 and had very poor eyesight.

Once they made it to Ellis Island, they were detained for ten days because Karen was declared legally blind. They were vouched for by their son, Anton Jorgensen. They traveled to Wayne County, Nebraska, where some of their children lived.

Karen lived seven more years. She died in Carroll, Nebraska, on September 7, 1911, at the age of 73. Jorgen lived another eleven years. He handcarved at least two model ships; possibly more. Jorgen died in Carroll, Nebraska on August 10, 1915, at the age of 82. "He was survived by all eleven of his children, fifty-two grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren."

(Information transcribed by Jean Jorgensen (47179150)from Splittgerber, George H. 1985-1996. "Our Jorgensen - Pedersen Heritage: Brief Family Histories With Descendant Chronologies: From the 1700s Through the 1900s." p 31; and, from a second book by G. H. Splittgerber, "Sketches of Lives From the Skaw: A History of One Family," written in 1993.

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