August Sorensen
Abt 1862 - Abt 1941 (~ 79 years)
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Name August Sorensen Born Abt 1862 Gender Male Died Abt 1941 Person ID I00817 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Jens Peter Sorensen, b. 18 Jun 1833, Tved, Mols, Denmark 
, d. 8 Jan 1908, Vistoft, Mols, Denmark (Age 74 years) Mother Julie Marie Rasmusdatter, b. 24 Dec 1827, Boeslum, Draby, Denmark , d. 16 Dec 1913, Vistoft, Mols, Denmark (Age 85 years) Married 21 Aug 1855 Vistoft Church, Denmark Family ID F00333 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Hansine Unknown, b. Abt 1862 Married Abt 1882 Children 1. Peter Sorensen, b. Abt 1883 2. Einar Sorensen, b. Abt 1885 3. Marie Sorensen, b. Abt 1888, d. 1923 (Age ~ 35 years) 4. Julie Sorensen, b. Abt 1890 5. Hilda Sorensen, b. Abt 1893 Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F00352 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos 
Sorensen family in early 1900s: in front, Rasmus and Anna with grandson Arne, son of Peter & Thora. Others l-r: Ane Kirstine (second wife of Soren), Hansine and August, Marie (dtr of Ane), Thora (Peter's wife), Soren (Dad's great-grandfather); Peter, Jens, Karen Marie (these three children of Rasmus and Anna); Julie, Peter, Hilda (these three children of August and Hansine); and Katrine (Dad's grandma).
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Notes - August may have been the first in the family to come to America. He was here for a period of three years when he was a young man. It was he who encouraged Nils Peter Nicolaisen to come over. However, he couldn't speak English very well, and had some difficulties with friends. He prayed about the situation. Then he had a dream in which he saw a girl by a farm, but he was warned not to contact the girl. When he was looking for work on a farm, he saw a scene that looked like his dream, so he avoided that farm. Eventually he did get to work on a farm here for a while, and learned to speak English a little better. Sometimes he wrote to Trine and her family. When he returned to Denmark, he courted Martinus's sister for a while; then he went to work on a farm where there was a mother and daughter. The daughter was Hansine, whom he fell in love with and married.
The brothers Rasmus, August, and Soren frequently went to visit Trine's grandmother on Mols. The topic of conversation often turned to politics, which made the grandma very much afraid!
I have roughly estimated the birth years of most of August's children.
- August may have been the first in the family to come to America. He was here for a period of three years when he was a young man. It was he who encouraged Nils Peter Nicolaisen to come over. However, he couldn't speak English very well, and had some difficulties with friends. He prayed about the situation. Then he had a dream in which he saw a girl by a farm, but he was warned not to contact the girl. When he was looking for work on a farm, he saw a scene that looked like his dream, so he avoided that farm. Eventually he did get to work on a farm here for a while, and learned to speak English a little better. Sometimes he wrote to Trine and her family. When he returned to Denmark, he courted Martinus's sister for a while; then he went to work on a farm where there was a mother and daughter. The daughter was Hansine, whom he fell in love with and married.