Confirmation Record – Peder Jensen

Oh, these Jensen’s! I have a few additional records for them, and then, I hit a brick wall. So, I’ll post what I have so far and then may have to focus my efforts elsewhere for a while.

I have found Peder Jensen’s (b. 1839) Confirmation record in the Nylarsker parish, Bornholm, Denmark:

Source: Danish State Archives, “Kirkebøger,” digital images, Statens Arkivers Arkivalieronline (www.sa.dk/ao/ : downloaded 4 June 2011), Peder Jensen, Confirmation Record, 1855, p 46, no 11; Bornholm Amt, Bornholm Vester Herred, Nylarsker Sogn 1847-1857.

Transcription / Translation:

1839

No.

NB 11

Aar og Datum

Year and Date

d. 27 Aug

1839

27 Aug

1839

Barnets fulde Navn

Child’s full name

Peder Jensen

Daabens Datum enten i Kirken eller hjemme

Christening Date either in the church or at home

Hjemmedøbt d. 27

Aug 1839

Bragt i Kirken

d. 6 Oct 1839

Home christened 27

Aug 1839

Brought to Church

6 Oct 1839

Forældres Navn, Stand, Haandtering og Opholdsted

Parents’ Name, Social Position, Occupation and Residence

Christen Jensen [8]

25 ???. Kristine

Hansd.

Christen Jensen [8]

25 [???] Kristine

Hansd[atter]

[my comment: It seems like the “8” which descends the line is a kind of abbreiation, signifying that “now comes the address”. Farms in Bornholm seemed to have some kind of numbering system, and I believe it possible, that Christen Jensen is living in 25 S??gg[rd?]. Not having any better way to show, I will use [8] to show]

Faddernes Navne, Stand og Opholdsted

Witnesses’ Names, Social Position and Residence

Gjertrud Kofod [8] ???? M.

Adelheid Groubech [8] Prgd

Jens Sonne, Hans Ipsen

Gertrud Kofod [8] ???? M.

Adelheid Groubech Prgd

Jens Sonne, Hans Ipsen

[Comment: Prgd could be an abbreviation for “Præstegaard” (= Parsonage/Rectory)]

Hvor anført i det alm. Jevnf. Reg. [almindelige Jevnførelses Register]

Where posted in the General Index Register

no. 129

Anmærkninger

Remarks.

Forglemt

efter No 6

Forgotten

after No 6

[comment: The pastor has forgotten to place the entry in chronological order. This would explain the NB in front of the name in the first column]

Interesting:

  • From his christening record I found his parents names – Christen and Kristine. 
  • The physician administering his vaccine doesn’t match what I have from his marriage record. Here it states “Grove” but his marriage record says “Zahrtmann”. Most of the other confirmants on this page were vaccinated by Zahrtmann…I wonder if this is the time period when the physician changed and the priest may have made an error. Then again, Peder’s entry is out of order so perhaps “Grove” was the correct doctor.

Posted by jullianalund@gmail.com on 30 May 2012 | Posted in Confirmation Record, Denmark, Jensen | Comment