Jens Petersen Sixhøj [18355] ^{2829,10068,10069}

   Dødsårsag: bronchitis & cystitus.

   Andre navne for Jens var Jens Pedersen , Jens M. Petersen og Jens Petersen Sigshøj.

  Notater:

Farmer og Møller

From: Compendium of History, Reminiscence & Biography of Nebraska:

Jens M. Petersen (Deceased)
Jens M. Petersen was born in Dollerup, Sjørring, Hundborg, Thisted, Danmark Jylland, Denmark, March 18 1829 and died March 14 1908

September 1 1858, Mr. Petersen was married to Miss Dorothea M. Petersen and six children were born of this union, three boys and three girls. Two of the girls died in Denmark.

In the year of 1872 the family emigrated to America,
arriving in Chicago, Illinois, about the middle of July, where a month later Mrs. Petersen and their youngest child died. The latter a boy about one year of age, leaving Mr. Petersen with three children, the eldest of whom was but eleven years of age.

September 13, 1872, Mr. Petersen and his children left Chicago for the west, arriving at Howard County, Nebraska on September 16. On the nineteenth day of that month, Mr. Petersen took out his papers on the place which remained his home until the time of his death.

In the fall of 1874 he was married to Karen M. Petersen, a sister of his first wife. Six years later this wife died. There were five children born of this marriage, the youngest being but a few days old when his mother died.

In the spring of 1883 Mr. Petersen made a trip to Denmark and there married his third wife, Kjerstine Nielsen. She died in the fall of 1894. After her death Mr. Petersen made his home with his son, P.O. Petersen, on the old farm.

Mr. Petersen endured the hardships of the early days, experiencing crop failures and such other troubles natural to that time. In the spring of 1875 his house and barn with their contents were destroyed by fire, leaving the family with only the clothes on their backs, several head of stock, a few bushels of wheat, and a sod shanty for a home. In 1883 his entire crop was destroyed by a hail storm.

Mr. Petersen was a firm believer in the Christian faith and was a man who seldom complained. He was a kind man to his family, a good neighbor, honest in all his dealings, and was favorably known in his community.

For a number of years Mr. Petersen was the only musician for miles around and furnished music for all the weddings, entertainments, etc. Seven children and thirty-two grandchildren survive his death.

Note: Jens played the violin and often provided the music for special occasions in Dannebrog.

Begravet Oakridge Cemetery

  Om Jens

1. Folketælling: Thisted/Hundborg/Skjoldborg sogn/Folketællinger/1845/Opslag Nr. 14, 1845, Skjoldborg, Hundborg, Thisted, Danmark.

2. Folketælling: Thisted, Hundborg, Skjoldborg, Møgelvang, Et huus, 28, FT-1870, D5543, 1870, Skjoldborg, Hundborg, Thisted, Danmark. ¹⁰⁰⁷¹

3. billede: Vindmølle.

4. billede: Rejsen til USA, 1872.

5. Bopæl: Møgelvang farm.

6. Afgangsliste- Kirkebog: Afgang til Amerika, 30 Jun. 1872, Skjoldborg, Hundborg, Thisted, Danmark. ¹⁰⁰⁷²

Jens blev gift med Dorthe Marie Pedersen [18429] [MRIN: 6518], datter af Peder Nicolaisen [18430] og Maren Jensdatter [18431], den 5 Nov. 1858 i Skjoldborg, Hundborg, Thisted, Danmark.⁵⁰⁰⁰ (Dorthe Marie Pedersen [18429] blev født den 22 Sep. 1833 i Hvidbjerg Vesten Aa, Hassing, Thisted, Danmark ¹⁰⁰⁷³, dåb den 6 Okt. 1833 i Hvidbjerg Vesten Aa, Hassing, Thisted, Danmark, døde den 11 Aug. 1872 i Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States og blev begravet i 1872 i Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.)

Jens blev derefter gift med Karen Pedersen [18356] [MRIN: 6502], datter af Peder Nicolaisen [18430] og Maren Jensdatter [18431], den 27 Nov. 1874 i Howard, Nebraska, United States.¹⁰⁰⁶⁶ (Karen Pedersen [18356] blev født den 30 Jan. 1842 i Hvidbjerg Vesten Aa, Hassing, Thisted, Danmark ¹⁸⁰⁰, dåb den 6 Feb. 1842 i Hvidbjerg Vesten Aa, Hassing, Thisted, Danmark og døde den 8 Nov. 1880 i Dry Creek, Pierce, Howard, Nebraska, USA..)

  Parnotater:

gift i St. Paul, Howard, Nebraska.

Jens blev derefter gift med Christine Nielsen [18462] [MRIN: 6532], datter af Niels Christensen Østergaard [19198] og Else Kirsteine Christensdatter [19199], den 3 Jun. 1883 i Visby, Hassing, Thisted, Danmark.¹⁰⁰⁶⁷ (Christine Nielsen [18462] blev født den 28 Sep. 1834 i Visby, Hassing, Thisted, Danmark ¹⁰⁰⁷⁴, dåb den 26 Okt. 1834 i Visby, Hassing, Thisted, Danmark og døde den 18 Nov. 1894 i Dannebrog, Howard, Nebraska, United States.)

  Om Jens og Christine

1. billede: Kirstine (Nielsen) & Jens M S Petersen in Denmark, 1883.