I Am looking for the Descendants of Jens Nielsen Paulsen and Inger Marie Christensen of Lønstrup Denmark. 11 of their 12 chrildren immigrated to America. Niels Christian Jensen came to Boston, October 15, 1873 and to Moorhead, Iowa in 1875. He called himself Nels Johnson and lived from 1852-1931 and was married to Mine Marie Caroline Knoff (1859-1943). Nels Johnson was later followed by his Brothers and sisters as thei grew op. One Brother staid at home Carl Jensen and he is my granmothers father.

Wow, i spent all of this time going through all of those postings thinking i wouldn't find anything! I am a decendant from this line. What can we share with each other? jprice@joplin.com
Please reply

The best place to start is for you to give me some idea of
who you are and what is the general family background.
Then we could go from there.
Bob Jensen

My family line came over from Denmark from Jens Nielsen Paulsen and Inger Marie Christensen. My mother and I come from the line of Maren Chrisine Jensen (AKA Stena) She married a Christian Nelson (Nielson maybe). I would like to find out more about Chris and his first wife. I would also like to find out the lineage of Jens and his father and his etc. If you could help with that part, please let me know. I do have the old family history book from the 1970's and am waiting for the current one as soon as it is released.

Hi Jenny,

I don't think we are in the same family. The names are not
at all familiar for our family members who came from Denmark. Good luck with your search.

Bob Jensen

I am wanting to get into contact with the woman who posted about Jens Nielson Paulsen and Inger Marie. I am from this line (Stena) and would like to get in contact with whomever wrote this posting. Please respond as soon as possible. Jenny

Our family is from the Johnson side...my grandmother was Inger( Johnson) Thogerson and was the daughter of the oldest of the 12 children that came to America. Her father was Nels Johnson born August 5, 1852 and came to American when he was 21. He married Mine Knoff. Grandmother was born in 1880 and moved to Harlan, Iowa in 1905 when she married Chris Thogerson. My mother Mena Marie was one of 7 children born to Inger and Chris. Chris was killed in a train accident when he was 38. He farmed near Harlan and died when the youngest (Francis) was 5 months old. Mother married Harry Burmeister and I have triplet and twins in our family. I am the youngest son and have two sons.

This is my great great grandfather...He was awarded the silver cross by King Christian IX for saving 88 people from a ship wreck and tended a lighthouse near Lonstrup. My grandmothers name was Inger Marie Johnson and her father came to America as the oldest son of Jens Paulsen. She was born in a cave near Moorhead, Iowa in 1881.