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Doing gen. work for a Danish Lady in Denmark (Bodil Rasmussen) while she works on my
wife's Danish Line (Gundestrups). I have been particularly interested in the
following Olesen family, who are connected to Bodil, some who married in the states after
emigrating from Denmark. These children took their mother's line, the Norgaard name
for their surname. They didn't think well of their father.
1. Marie Petra Olesen b. 10 Mar 1852 Torslev, Denmark
2. Ane Margrete Olesen (Norgard) b. 21 Oct 1854 Torslev, Denmark m. Morris Harris of
Douglas Co. Nevada. He was b. 19 Jun 1885 at Genoa. She died abt 1894 in Douglas Co.
Supposedly, her sister married Morris before his death in 1896, a short marriage. She
then married Friedrich Wilhelm Behrmann. They are buried in the Lone Mountain Cemetery,
Carson City, NV. In the 1900 US Fed.Census, this Anne is with Fritz W. Behrman. The
children are given as sister's daughters and sister's sons. The first Anne is Ane
Margrete Olesen (Norgard). She appears with Morris Harris with children in the 1880 US
Fed. Census. This second Anne puzzles me. It look like the first Anne's
sister-in-law born about the same year as the second Anne. Maybe she is this sister in
the 1880 Census. Kind of run out of Annes.
3. Christen Olesen/Norgard (Called big Chris) b. 1857 in Denmark, settled near Hayfork,
Trinity Co. California on a ranch. He married Anine Kristine Abine Franck. Anine's
mother is the 2nd grandmother of the lady I work with in Denmark. I have compiled much
material on this line with a little of his brother's (Little Chris) genealogy.
4. Peder Olesen b. 1859 married Ane Johanne Andersen. This birth date fits the second
Anne that married Morris Harris.
5. Poul C. Olesen b. 1860 at Jetsmark, Denmark. (Not concerned about this one.)
6. Pouline Olesen (Lena) married John Arendt Jensen of Gardnerville, Douglas Co., Nevada.
I know this for sure. John Arendt Jensen's sister, Kirtine Jensen married Jens
Christensen. Their grandson, Ivan, lives in St. George, Utah, 80 years old now.
Ivan's father is Hans Peter Jensen Christensen, who lived in Douglas county, buried at
Carson City, NV., Lone Mountain Cemetery.
7. Christian F. Olesen/Norgaar (called little Chris) b. 1867 in Kollerup, Denmark. He
married another Franck girl, Caecilie Marie Frank. They settled in Ukiah, Mendocino,
Cal.
Beside wanting to know who the second Anne is above, I would like to know who child no. 1
married (Marie Petrea Olesen). Marie emigrated (7/25/1878) destination Nevada. She must
of been around her two sisters in Douglas county. Could she be the second wife(b. Apr
1852) of Lawrence Christiansen? There is only one month difference. They had the
following children together: Annie(1884), Hannah(1886), Christ(1887), Mary(1890),
Louisa(1892). During Lawrence's first marriage he may of had Meta(1876) and
John(1882). Any help in my finding who Marie Petra Olesen married would be greatly
appreciated together with who that second Anne is.