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BAKER FAMILY
HISTORY AND GENEALOGY
MY DANISH LINES
BY RICHARD HANSEN
 
MY ANCESTORS FROM
BORNHOLM DENMARK
My heartfelt thanks go
to Karen Reib and Hans Vindahl Pedersen who through their kind
generosity searched the Danish Archives for all the information on
my Danish born ancestors contained on these pages. Without
their help I would not have known how to begin a search in Denmark
for my ancestors. By their invitation my wife and I visited
Bornholm and I was able to walk the streets and see the sights that
my ancestors experienced in their daily lives. It was also
with their help that I was able to find my ancestors on the
island of Zealand and visit the area's where those
ancestors attended church, married and baptized their
children. It was a once in a lifetime trip and perhaps best
part of the whole trip we all became good
friends.
Hannershus Castle
Upon arrival
on Bornholm we took an overall tour of the island that included the
Hammershus castle ruins on the north side, the rock quarry, a
monument to the rock cutters and the towns of Aarsdale, Nexø, and
Rønne.
We
visited the Living Agricultural Museum. We enjoyed being able to go
through one of the typical 1600’s farmhouses that up until now we
had only seen from the outside. I was not disappointed as the way of
life, the home decorations and even the furniture were very
different from our American historical homes. There were costumed
characters demonstrating many of the old ways.
Rønne where we stayed is the largest town on
Bornholm it is located on the opposite side of the island from
Aarsdale in Ibsker parish where my grandmother was born and
raised. It is only
about 20 miles distance between the two towns and the countryside
between the two and in fact all over the island is
spectacular.
ANINE REGINA HANSEN my grandmother, was born
in Aarsdale and this is where we spent the most time. We walked
through the town, took pictures and walked around the block where
the family compound still stands. The home where she lived sits on a
small hill that overlooks the harbor and nearby is the mill where
her father sometimes worked.
Aarsdale
Mill
Aarsdale
Harbor
ANINE REGINA HANSEN'S
ANCESTORS
The Descendants of JENS
CHRISTIANSEN
The Descendants of CASTEN FICH
The Descendants of HANS [Last Name
Unknown]
The Descendants of OLE
JENSEN
The Descendants of CHRISTIAN JENS
JYDE
The Descendants of OLLE
KNUDSEN
The Descendants of SØREN
MONSEN
The Descendants of MOGENS
MUNCH
The Descendants of HANS NIELSEN [this is Anine Regina Hansen's
main line with pictures]
Some pictures of the descendants of Anine
Regina Hansen are placed under her husbands file "The Desc. of Povel
Pedersen"
The Descendants of JENS
PEDERSEN
The Descendants of JENS
RYTTER
The Descendants of TORBEN [Last name
unknown]
The Descendants of ANDERS
TYGESEN
The Descendants of PER
WILLUMSEN
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