This may be why the Jansen's left Denmark:
Without a navy and crippled by huge debts and a loss of much of its prestige, Denmark sank into poverty. In 1813, the national treasury went bankrupt. Several years later, especially between 1818 and 1824, the price of grain virtually collapsed, which culminated in many farm failures and a massive exodus from Denmark to the New World. The country's precarious financial and military position also put a virtual end to any hope of liberal reforms.
And a marriage record:
Midwest Historical and Genealogical Society has a number of Sedgwick County, KS marriage affidavits in their library...
| Jansen, Albert J. | Mies, Mary A. | November 20, 1906 | K440 |
| Jansen, Anna | Holmes, R.B. | October 26, 1910 | N417 |
| Jansen, Anna Dora | Behner, G.B. McClellen | January 1, 1888 | D189 |
| Jansen, B.A. | Beaver, H.E. | June 12, 1912 | P275 |
| Jansen, Charles | Prock, Zoela | May 1, 1918 | V126 |
| Jansen, Edward O. | Tomford, Lulu | January 29, 1906 | K189 |
| Jansen, Elizabeth L. | Evertz, Adam | November 26, 1891 | E426 |
| Jansen, Elizabeth L. | Ewertz, Adam | November 26, 1891 | E426 |
| Jansen, Etta K. | Mahlandt, A.W. | August 8, 1900 | H375 |
| Jansen, Frances | Jaax, Edward | April 18, 1893 | F114 |
| Jansen, Harman H. | Allen, Bertha R. | October 25, 1910 | N410 |
| Jansen, Helen | Neville, Edward L. | January 15, 1903 | I465 |
| Jansen, Ida M. | Bock, Valentine | April 15, 1890 | E116 |
| Jansen, J. | Pollock, Opal | December 2, 1907 | L222 |
| Jansen, Manda(Amanda) | Baldwin, A.E. | April 25, 1895 | F531 |
| Jansen, Mary C. | Kessler, Loren L. | E064 | |
| Jansen, Minnie | Marnane, Joseph | April 30, 1912 | P211 |
| Jansen, R.L. | Harpstrite, Florence M. | March 2, 1910 | N034 |
| Jansen, Susanna(soma) | Springob, Peter | June 5, 1900 | H331 |
| Janson, Maud Cordella | Myers, Clarence Arthur | May 20, 1908 | L407 |
| Janssen, Anna | Seiler, Peter | January 16, 1883 | B338 |
| Daily, Charles E. | Prock, May E. | January 20, 1900 | H259 |
This isn't all that I have, but some of the more interesting tidbits on G'pa's family that hasn't already been said. I have a lot on G'ma's family too.
We'll just end with a picture of some happy people. :-) They are just too cute!!
1 comment:
Hi Lisa,
I don't know the reason why Carl E. and Sophia Jansen left Denmark, but they came over to America in 1895.(The name was Jensen in the old country and got changed when they came to America) There was a family of Jansen's living in Atchison Co. KS who were probably their sponsors. Their names were George and Hensena Jansen. Hensena was Sophia's sister who had married a Jansen also. Carl and Sophia had 2 children born in Denmark and 2 that were born in KS. Charles Jansen (your gr grandfather)was born in Nortonville, KS in 1898. There was another baby boy that was either born on the way over or soon after they arrived, but that baby died.
The list of names you found in the Sedgewick Co pages are mostly of Jansen's not related. There is one "Minnie" Jansen that may have been a daughter to George and Sena. Of course you know who Charles and Zoela are. May Prock at the end of the list was Grandma Prock/Jansen's older sister, Ula Mae. She married a Daily.
There were a lot of Jansen's in that area because a lot of Scandanavian people settled in the area. Most of them are not related, that I know of. But who knows? Maybe we will find out!
Keep up the good work. Every once in a while you find a tidbit of information that will add a piece to the puzzle. Your mom sent me something the other day that led me to find a person who had a death certificate to Grandma Jansen's sister Dorothy. Now I have sent to Kenton Co, KY to see if I can get an obituary. I know she had one daughter and may have had more children. Hopefully I can find out something about them. She died in 1948.
I have some history in Family Tree Maker and can share if you want it.
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