Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy

Mikkel Kristian Kristensen

Male 1872 - 1959  (86 years)


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  • Name Mikkel Kristian Kristensen 
    Born 14 Mar 1872  Vester Ulsted Farm, Vestervig, Refs, Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 5 Apr 1872  Vestervig, Refs, Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Jan 1959  Krik, Vestervig, Refs, Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 26 Jan 1959  Vestervig, Refs, Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1057  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Enevold Christensen,   b. 8 Oct 1838, Visby, Hassing, Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1924, Ã…lborg, Vor Frue, Ã…lborg, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Maren Catherine Mickelsen,   b. 23 Jan 1845, Helligsø, Refs, Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1896, TÃ¥bel, Vestervig, Refs, Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Married 21 Oct 1869  Helligsø, Refs, Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F733  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maren Andersen,   b. 16 Mar 1879, Lyngs, Refs, Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 1947, Krik, Vestervig, Refs, Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 9 Jun 1916  Vestervig, Refs, Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F732  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BIOGRAPHY:
      1. During 8 Apr 1999 visit of Kerry Petersen to area, he talked to oldtimers at the public library in Hurup who remembered him. He had nickname of "Thunder" even though he was an a short man. His nose had been "bent" as a younger man during an accident while working construction of a sea dike in the Krik area. Last home was #12 on main lane in Krik with photo on file. Died childless. Had no brothers nor sisters. Confirmed 17 Apr 1887 in Vestervig Church per Viborg Regional Archives; Vestervig Parish Records; microfiche C121.11.plate3, p 169

      BIRTH:
      1. Vestervig Parish Records, 1870 - 1884, p. 10, Hurup Denmark Public Library. Also Vestervig Parish Records, Danish Microfiche C121.10.1; Viborg, Denmark Archives.

      CHRISTENING:
      1. Christened at home 5 Apr 1872 and later at Vestervig church 4 Aug 1872. Sponsor: The mother of the Child; The wife Frederikke Lovise Kristensen of Røjkjær; smallholders Kristen Kristensen and Nicolai Nielsen of Ulsted and Niels Kristian Henriksen of Skaarup.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Per Vestervig parish records, 1912 - 1922, p. 276; Viewed by Kerry Petersen at parish office 10 Apr 1999. Record mentions: "Son of (parents' names), living in Taabel, and Maren, hired servant, also living in Taabel." Taabel is a very small community just west of Agger and east of Vestervig. Even though her home parish is Lyngs, the wedding was performed in Vestervig. He was 44 and she was 37 at time of marriage. No children of marriage (confirmed 8 Apr 1999 by Kerry Petersen with neighbor still residing next door to their old home in Krik).

      DEATH:
      1. Per Vestervig parish records, 1955 - Current, p 258; viewed by Kerry Petersen at parish office 10 Apr 1999. Tombstone removed from Vestervig parish churchyard 20 Jan 1999 due to no living relatives making payments for annual upkeep. Kerry Petersen able to see tombstone in scrap pile in workyard on 8 Apr 1999 with photo now on file. Inscription reads: "Mikkel Christian Christensen, born 14 Mar 1872, died 20 Jan 1959: Maren Christensen, born 16 Mar 1879, died 6 Sep 1947".

      BURIAL:
      1. Tombstone removed from Vestervig parish churchyard 20 Jan 1999 due to no living relatives making payments for annual upkeep. Mikkel had no descendants. The normal term of payment was for 20 years, but Mikkel himself made arrangements for two consecutive terms to make a total of 40 years. The sexton said that he had never seen such a thing done. Upon the second term expiring, the tombstone was removed and sent over to the Vestervig public works yard where the tombstone was put into a scrap pile to be ground up for road paving material. The grave site is then reused with another body buried above the earlier burial with a new tombstone for the latest arrival. Kerry Petersen, an American descendant of his Mikkel's aunt who emigrated to Utah in the 19th century, was able to make a trip to Denmark to research. The existence of this individual was suspected and even a name was partially remembered by some of the local old-timers, but there was no further information or vital data on him. Upon visiting the sexton at the graveyard, he said that such a person sounded familiar but he could not subsequently find him in either the computerized files nor the older handwritten index of the Church's burial. The sexton did however indicate that the name sounded very familiar to him. Suddenly he remembered where he thought he had seen the name. Even though it was now after hours due to the time-consuming search of the burial records, he had Kerry follow him be car to the other side of the village to the scrap pile in work yard. Together they overturned one among many such tombstones. It was the first one they came to; being large, it required both to turn it right side up. This was on 8 Apr 1999. The tombstones were scheduled to be crushed during the next work week in preparation for the beginning of the road repair season. A photo is on file with Kerry Petersen. The tombstone has all the information Kerry was seeking plus an unknown wife. Inscription read: "Mikkel Christian Christensen, born 14 Mar 1872, died 20 Jan 1959: Maren Christensen, born 16 Mar 1879, died 6 Sep 1947." Their names were presented to the Salt Lake LDS Temple in Aug. 1999.