Ejner Brahe Sorensen

Ejner married Marie Christensen Abt 1936. Marie was born 19 Sep 1906, Denmark. [Group Sheet]

1. Bernhard Sorensen was born Abt 1937.

Notes:

Julius was born in the area called Mols, Denmark. It is a peninsula north of Aarhus.

Julius married Hilda Katrina Christiansen 28 May 1908, Vor Frue Kirke, Aarhus, Denmark. Hilda (daughter of Carl Wilhelm Christjansen and Ane Marie Christiansen) was born 30 Nov 1880, Terslev Mark, Overdrev, Sjaelland, Denmark; died Abt 23 Mar 1942, Aabyhoj, Denmark; was buried Abt 25 Mar 1942, Aabyhoj, Denmark. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Her name is sometimes spelled as: Hilda Cathrine Christjansen.

Denmark was taken over by the Germans in 1936. World War II was raging. Just before Hilda died in 1942, she said she was so glad that America had entered the war, because that meant that Denmark would be liberated.

Notes:

Soren worked in several different places, as Katrine later remembered. At one time he was a fireman in a boiler room in Sofie Amaliegaard (old Hornslet). He also worked in a candy factory, as did his son, Peter. But Soren felt it wasn't a healthy place to work! He was also a miller, and bought the Ormslev Molle in 1902.

Soren married Ane Katrine Brahe Christensen 3 Nov 1880, Tved Church, Mols, Denmark. Ane (daughter of Jens Brahe Christensen and Bodil Cathrine Nielsdatter) was born 20 Sep 1857, Tved, Dejret, Mols, Denmark; died 17 Sep 1888, Denmark; was buried , Graven 16, Damsogn, Aarhus, Denmark. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Her name on the birth/baptismal records is Ane Cathrine Christensen.

Ane Katrine (Brahe Christensen) Sorensen died from after-effects of childbirth in 1888, within a year after her daughter Ane Katrine Bothilde was born. Her son Julius used the name Brahe as a middle name for all his sons. The origin of this name within the family is uncertain; it is in parentheses in the birth record of her sister Maren, and is also written in Ane's marriage record to Soren. It may have come from the area around Grenaa-Ebeltoft, according to our relative Bodil.

Is there a connection with famous Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe? At this point it is only an intriguing possibility. Read about him at the following web sites (or simply do an internet search for his name):

http://www.nada.kth.se/~fred/tycho/index.html

http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/People/tycho_brahe.html

http://www.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/1995/lectures/tychob.html

http://www.landskrona.se/kultur/tychobrahe/sis.html
http://www.landskrona.se/kultur/tychobrahe/sis.html

Notes:

I have estimated Carl's birth year.

Carl — Ane Marie Christiansen. Ane was born 9 Oct 1839, Terslev Mark, Overdrev, Sjaelland, Denmark; died Aft 1924, Denmark. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

We have a photograph of Ane taken on 13 November 1924, when she was 86 years old. The notation on the back of the photo says she lived in her later years with her daughter Kristine and son-in-law, Peter Sorensen. I don't know that Peter is any relation to our Sorensen family.

She is in the DK 1911 and 1925 censuses with Chresten Peter Sorensen and his wife Maren Kirstine Kristiansen and family at Aarhus. In 1925 her surname is spelled Christiansen.

Jens married Julie Marie Rasmusdatter 21 Aug 1855, Vistoft Church, Denmark. Julie (daughter of Rasmus Michelsen and Dorthe Maria Sorensdatter) was born 24 Dec 1827, Boeslum, Draby, Denmark; died 16 Dec 1913, Vistoft, Mols, Denmark; was buried 22 Dec 1913. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

She was presented at Draby Church on 16 March 1828.

Julie Marie was a maid for the family of the lighthouse keeper on the island of Hjelm. They were the only family on the island.

Notes:

The name on the chart from Bodil is written: Jens Christensen (Brahe). I do not know if the name Brahe is on any of the original documents.

Jens was "presented at Vistoft Church" on 27 Feb 1825.

Jens married Bodil Cathrine Nielsdatter 5 Jun 1857, Tved Church, Mols, Denmark. Bodil (daughter of Niels Rasmussen and Karen Sorensdatter) was born 2 Jan 1825, Dejret, Mols, Denmark; died 3 Apr 1877, Tved, Denmark; was buried 9 Apr 1877. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bodil was baptized at home on 3 Jan 1825, and presented at church 20 Feb 1825.