1. Jacob JACOBSEN , son of Jacob JACOBSEN and Karen Jorgensdaughter aka Catharina JURGENSEN , was born on 21 Jun 1824 in Arhus, Denmark and died on 16 Feb 1879 in Drelsdorf, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, at age 54.
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Jacob Jacobsen was a Danish horse soldier, a dragoon with the 3rd Regiment. He wore a special uniform and special fancy helmet. He carried a sword with scabbard and a rifle. He was stationed in Arhus from 1819-1826. If he was there from 1819 and at least 19 by then, he must have been born around 1800. Somehow he met the teenage girl, Karen (Jorgensdatter, Danish spelling) Jorgensdaughter. The investigator I hired, John Jensen, could not find any record for her or her family so she must have lived outside of Arhus, but somewhere in the area. She became pregnant by the dragoon Jacob Jacobsen and her parents disowned her. They made her leave with only her clothes which included some expensive shawls. She apparently went to Arhus where she lived in a apartment on a street called Badstuegade. Arhus was a pretty large city, 2nd largest in Denmark, and a harbor town toward the northeast part of Denmark. The street runs parallel to the harbor only a few blocks from the water. Karen had her baby on June 21, 1824. She named the baby boy Jacob Jacobsen, same as his father. He was baptized at home June 24th and at the large Arhus church on January 16, 1825. At the baptism were two friends of the dragoon, two soldiers: quartermaster Moller and corporal Lith. Also there were two friends of the young mother, Ane Pedersen and Ane Jensdaughter. Two other people were there, a butcher Hansen and a P. Nielsen. The butcher could have had a market on the street.
No other record is found of them in Arhus. Jacob Jacobsen and Karen Jorgensdaughter with their little boy must have left for Germany when his tour or obligation was up, probably in 1826. Most likely they sailed to Kiel or Lubeck and from there found their way South to the moorland where the heath or heather grew. The best flowers for bees was just South of Luneberg so maybe this is where they ended up. This was not far southeast of Hamburg. Jacob became a well known beekeeper. Farmers came from miles around to buy his honey and have him to keep their hives during the flowering season. He also sold dried heather stocks formed into bricks, which were used to burn for cooking. He also sold the harder turf or peat like stocks made into bricks used in the winter for heating. They had a little girl born while there. They could have married in Denmark or in Germany but we have not found a record of a marriage. Jacobsen died young, probably in the mid 1830s leaving the young widow about 30 years old with two young children. By now her name was apparently Catharina Jurgensen. She remarried a Diedrich Andresen and somehow moved North 100 miles or so ending up in Drelsdorf or Bohmstedt in Schleswig-Holstein. She had two more children. Jacob the boy, grew up to become a tailor. He worked from his home and in the homes of his customers. Jacob married Anna Marie Hansen in Drelsdorf and they had eight children. The little Danish girl who never went home to Denmark, lost her 2nd husband and her other 3 children died as well. Only she and Jacob were left. He died on Feb. 16, 1879 in Drelsdorf. She outlived him as well, maybe died around 1880. We have not found a record of her death.
Noted events in his life were:
• Baptism: 16 Jan 1825. from churchbook for Arhus Domsogn 1825
• Occupation: He was a tailor who made clothes.
Jacob married Anna Maria HANSEN on 26 Feb 1852 in Drelsdorf, Germany. Anna was born on 21 Jun 1828 in Drelsdorf, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, died on 25 May 1918 in Fulton, Illinois, USA, at age 89, and was buried in Fulton Cemetery Fulton, Illinois.
Noted events in her life were:
• Nickname: Little Grossmutter because so short in height.
• Emigration: Came to America in about 1890 with Carsten her son and possibly other children.
• Residence: In America she lived with various of her children helping to raise grandchildren
• Religion: Religion was Lutheran, member of Drelsdorf Lutheran Church in Drelsdorf, Germany.
• Employment: After her husband died in 1879, she made her living nursing or taking care of sick or elderly people.
Children from this marriage were:
2 F i. Christine Marie JACOBSEN was born in Bredstedt, Germany.
Christine married Thomas HANSEN . Thomas was born in Bredstedt, Germany.
+ 3 F ii. Johanna Elise JACOBSEN died in Germany.
+ 4 F iii. Anna Catharina JACOBSEN was born on 5 Oct 1852 in Drelsdorf, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, died on 7 May 1949 in Lyons, Iowa USA, at age 96, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Lyons, Iowa.
+ 5 F iv. Doris H. JACOBSEN was born on 22 Feb 1856 in Drealsdorf, Kreis, Husum Schleswig-Holst, Germany, died on 15 Oct 1904 in Fulton, Whiteside, IL, at age 48, and was buried on 17 Oct 1904 in Fulton, Whiteside, IL.
+ 6 M v. Julius Christian JACOBSEN was born on 14 Oct 1861 in Drelsdorf, Germany and died on 28 Apr 1932 in Morrison, Illinois, at age 70.
+ 7 M vi. Carsten Heinrich JACOBSEN was born on 19 Aug 1869 in Drelsdorf, Germany and died on 15 Oct 1944, at age 75.
+ 8 M vii. Siegfried Andreas JACOBSEN was born in 1871 and died in 1943, at age 72.
9 F viii. Julianna Margaretha JACOBSEN was born in 1875 and died in 1880 in Drelsdorf, Schleswig, Germany. We do not know exact date., at age 5.
Noted events in her life were:
• Chronic med: She was sick always, never talked.