Kirsten Christensdatter

   Et andet navn for Kirsten var Kragh Christensdatter.

  Generelle notater:

Ikke at finde i kirkebog Øland ovr fødte, men i Folketælling Øland 1787.

Hun døde den 25 december 1863, begravet den 31 december 1863, 88 år gammel. Fattiglem, enke af Frederikshavn.
Hun døde af alderdom.
(Kilde: Frederikshavn kirkebog 1860-1870, opslag 206, Hjørring amt).

I have found no record with her name as Kirsten Marie. Only Kirsten.
Birth year deduced from the census records and mother's probate record.
In the 1787 census for Oland she is 9.
In the probate record for her mother in 1789 she is 11.
Age 57 in the 1834 census for Frederikshavn. With her husband and daughter Henriette, age 10.
Age 70 in the 1845 census for Frederikshavn, a widow and pauper, with her daughter Amalia (should say Henriette).
Age 74 in the 1850 census for Frederikshavn, widow, on welfare, with her daughter Henriette.
Age 80 in the 1855 census for Freerikshavn, widow, b. Oland, with her daughter Yette, age 32.
Age 88 in the 1860 census for Frederikshavn, widow, on welfare with her daughter Henriette, age 36.
Age 88, death in 1863, living in the poorhouse.

The Life Summary of Kirsten
When Kirsten Christensdatter was born in 1778, in Østerby, Øland, Hjørring, Denmark, her father, Christen Sørensen Kragh, was 34 and her mother, Mette Stephansdatter, was 29. She married Christian Sorensen Fugl on 1 December 1802. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 25 December 1863, in Frederikshavn, Hjørring, Denmark, at the age of 85, and was buried in Frederikshavn, Hjørring, Denmark.