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1847 nr. 3:
Født 19. januar
Mathilde Marie Lorenzdatter
ugift Martha Marie Pedersdatter i Asaaemølle.- Til barnefader udlagdes ugift møllebygger Lorents Carstensen, Pokkelgaarden i Østerhassing sogn
hjemmedøbt den 26. januar
Pigerne Maren Larsdatter
Wilhelmine Marie Pedersdatter
Told????? Evardt Vraae,
Snedker Lars Sørensen og
Jens Chr. Jensen - alle af Asaae
UÆGTE
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Hello Ole,

I have not had much time for genealogy lately. You had asked for more information about my great-great-grandmother Mathilde Marie Lorentzdatter.

She lived much of her life at the mill in Aså, Dronninglund, Hjørring, in Denmark. She was born there, and was baptized 26 Jan 1847 in Dronninglund, Dronninglund, Hjørring.

Her mother was Marthe Marie Pedersdatter, who was not married to her father Lorenz Carstens. Marthe Marie Pedersdatter seems to have been raised by her grandparents, at the mill farm.

From the census records:

1834 census
Mathilde's mother (age 13) was living with her grandparents Jacob Petersen (miller) and Maren Nielsen.

1845 census
Mathilde's mother (age 24) living with her grandparents
a man named Jens Chr.Jensen (age 27) lived there as well, this is the name of Marthe Marie Pedersen's future husband

1850 census
Martha Maria Pedersdatter 28, her daughter Mathilde Maria Sørensdatter 3, and Jens Christian Jensen 29, all living at the mill, now run by Marthe Marie's uncle Peter Christian Jacobsen. Marthe Marie's grandfather Jacob Petersen age 71 is now widowed - his wife Maren Nielsdatter died in 1846.

1851 marriage
We discovered this past year that Marthe Marie Pedersen married Jens Christian Jensen in Dronninglund. The marriage was witnessed by the miller Peter Jacobsen, Marthe's uncle, who took over the mill from her grandfather Jacob Petersen. A boy Jacob was baptized several years later, also in Dronninglund.

Here is Mathilde Marie Lorentzdatter and her family in the 1860 census:

Hjørring, Børglum, Øster Brønderslev, Ø. Brønderslev Kjær, , , 109 F2, FT-1860
Jens Christian Jensen 41 Gift Mølleforpagter Vreilev Sogn Hjørring Amt
Martha Marie Pedersen 39 Gift hans Kone Hellevad Sogn Hjørring Amt
Mathilde Marie Lorenzen 14 Ugift deres Barn Dronninglund Sogn Hjørring Amt
Jacob Jensen 4 Ugift deres Barn Dronninglund Sogn Hjørring Amt

I have no record of this family anywhere in the 1870 census.

1876 May 17 Mathilde Marie Lorenzen married Christian Peter Poulsen in Aalborg (Vor Frue).

1880 census:
aalborg, Fleskum, Aalborg Købstad, Sct. Jørgensgade 7, mat. 323, , Forhus, Stuen, 4, FT-1880
Name: Age: Marital status: Occupation in household: Occupation: Birth place:
Christian Peter Poulsen 36 Gift Arbejdsmand Skjæve Sogn, Hjørring Amt
Mathilde Marie Poulsen, født Lorentzen 33 Gift hans Kone Asaa, Hjørring Amt
Laura Marie Poulsen 4 Ugift deres Børn Aalborg
Pouline Sophie Poulsen 2 Ugift deres Børn Aalborg
Jens Chr. Poulsen under 1 Aar Ugift deres Børn Aalborg

1890 census
aalborg, Fleskum, Aalborg Købstad, Aalborg m-kort 1601, , , mat 66 nr16, FT-1890
Christian Peter Poulsen 46 Gift husfader fyrbøder Skæve, Hjørring
Mathilde Marie Poulsen 43 Gift husmoder Dronninglund
Jens Christen Poulsen 10 Ugift barn Nørre Tranders
Ane Marie Poulsen 6 Ugift barn Aalborg ==> My great-grandmother
Hans Marinus Poulsen 5 Ugift barn Aalborg

Mathilde Marie died 26 Aug 1916, and was buried 1 Sep 1916 Vor Frelsers Sogn, Aalborg. I do not believe there is a gravestone, but would be interested to find out.

Her daughter Ane Marie Poulsen (Anna Marie) was a mystery to our family for many many years. My grandfather, her son, was fostered by a family in Nørresundby. We do not know the name of his father. My grandfather Poul Robert Verner Poulsen did, but only shared it once, and my father no longer remembers. She had two other children (no father named) - Poula Jorga Mathilde Poulsen May 1906 - Oct 1906, and Carl Ewald Poulsen born Oct 1910. I do not know what happened to Ane Marie Poulsen or Carl after 1910.

Would you have any knowledge about fostering records in Aalborg amt? I would like to find out if there would be any records in Aalborg or Nørresundby for my grandfather, Poul Robert Werner Poulsen. He was born May 1908 and was fostered by a family named Bach Nørresundby (the head of the family was Peder Justesen Bach, son Julius).

Regards,
Heather