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The Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company was organized in October 1849. The "donations to the fund" helped outfit members "for the trek west" from 1850 to 1887. It also funded voyages to America starting in 1856. The fund was dis-incorporated in 1887 under the provisions of the Edmunds-Tucker Act. Approximately 30,000 people were assisted with all or part of their transportation expenses during th...
Østergaard Mannor (still looking for list of owners)In 1660 Mogens Friis owned Moesgård along with the manors Østergaard and Skrumstrup in his large land holdings south of Aarhus. In 1662 he was granted new lands north of the city as compensation for losses incurred during the Dano-Swedish War of 1658–1660 and he established the county of Frijsenborg. Mogens Friis sold his manors south of the c...
Estvadgaard har i tidens løb været ejet af mange magtfulde adelsslægter, bl.a. Gyldenstierne og Rantzau. Estvadgaard var i store dele af 1700-tallet en stiftelse, der gav husly til 12 adelige enker og frøkener. Estvadgaard har i tidens løb haft tre forskellige hovedbygninger. Den nuværende hovedbygning er blevet renoveret og ombygget af flere omgange, ligesom den har gennemgået omfattende resta...
Fjellerup Østergaard eller blot Østergaard ved landsbyen Fjellerup, Fjellerup Sogn, Djurs Nørre Herred, Norddjurs Kommune på Norddjursland er en avlsgård under Meilgaard, men var tidligere en selvstændig herregård. I de ældste tider gik gården i arv, men navnlig i 1700-tallet solgtes den mange gange. Blandt de mere prominente ejere var greverne Scheel på Gammel Estrup. I 1889 blev Østergaard er...
Krengerup er en hovedgård, som er dannet i 1600 af Gabriel Knudsen Akeleye. Navnet Krengerup nævnes allerede i 1514 i Ørsted Sogn; men der siges intet om, hvorvidt det bæres af en by eller en gård. Gården fik et nyt navn i 1783, nu kaldt Frederikslund til 1917, nu atter kaldt Krengerup. Gården ligger ca. tre kilometer nord for Glamsbjerg i Assens Kommune. Hovedbygningen er opført i 1772 ved Han...
chackenborg Castle (Danish: Schackenborg Slot, pronounced [%CB%88%C9%95ak%C5%8B%CC%8Dp%C9%92%CB%90%CB%80 ˈslɒt]) is a château located in Møgeltønder, Southern Jutland. From 1993 until 2014, it was the private residence of Prince Joachim of Denmark, the second son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.Originally called Møgeltønderhus (Møgeltønder House), the former stronghold on the site was the prop...
Vilhelmsborg is the National Equestrian Centre of Denmark and a listed building in Aarhus Municipality. The main manor building was completed in 1842 and was listed by the Danish Heritage Agency on 3 March 1945. The manor lies 10 km. south of Aarhus, by Beder-Malling in Mårslet Parish, and is today owned by Aarhus Municipality along with 288 hectares of adjoining land.In the 19th century H. C. ...
Moesgård is a former manor house and a listed building in Aarhus Municipality. The current buildings were completed in 1778 and was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places by the Danish Heritage Agency on 17 July 1918.The manor and estate is situated in the district of Højbjerg, 10 kilometers south of the city centre of Aarhus. Administratively it belongs to the Mårslet ...
Bramming Hovedgård blev grundlagt den 17. juni 1572, da Kristen Nielsen Lange – en halvadelige mand, da hans far var adelig og hans mor var bondedatter – fik tildelt Bramming landsby som fæstegårde af kongen.Den lille Vestergård i Bramming blev sløjfet til fordel for en passende bolig for Kristen Lange. Bramminggård var dermed bygget. Den gik i arv til sønnen Ivar Lange. I 1643 brændte gården, ...
The project is intended as a duplicate to the Kamenka-Каменка-Baehr-Bahr project, but including all people related to this village, not only those who lived there personally.Under construction, for the time being . . . . . stay tune :)On 6/22/11 only 22 profiles added.
My Notable Ancestors=My ancestors immigrated to the Azores around mid to late 1400's, they came from Flanders and Portugal and I've been able to trace some of their roots deep into Central Europe royalty. This project is merely a fun spot for me to gather information from my family tree and organize it according to my genetic breakdown. If you are a 'cousin' and have had your DNA done, it would...
1918 Influenza Pandemic - Denmark: Survivors=So far as can be ascertained the first wave of epidemic influenza in 1918 appeared in Denmark during July, and though there was a marked remission in September the disease was very prevalent during the whole of the second half of 1918 Please add to this project any profiles of those who suffered but survived the' Spanish Flu' pandemic of 1918 To part...
1918 Influenza Pandemic - Denmark: Fatalities=So far as can be ascertained the first wave of epidemic influenza in 1918 appeared in Denmark during July, and though there was a marked remission in September the disease was very prevalent during the whole of the second half of 1918 Please add to this project any profiles of those who perished in the' Spanish Flu' pandemic of 1918 To participate i...
I want to learn more about my Danish side of the family. My great grandmother was Mary Madsen Fortin born in 1902 in Illinois to Anton N Madsen and Anna B Hansen Madsen. Both from Denmark and immigrated about the 1890’s to the USA. My great grandmother had several brothers. Nelson Madsen, Harry Madsen, Albert Madsen, Howard Madsen, and Arthur Madsen. All whom ended up in the Bay Area of Califor...
