The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

Nissen · ◉ direct ancestor

♂Claus Nissen

Born 1745.

Claus Nissen (born about 1745) was a farmer at Brodersby in Angeln, in the Duchy of SchleswigW, and the husband of Margrethe Dorthea Jessen. He was the fourth great-grandfather of Frederic Roger Curtis (1928–2007), through his daughter Anna Christina Nissen (1794–1865). Their daughter was born at Brodersby about 1794 and moved north with her husband, Thomas Hinrich Thomsen, to Højst parish in North Schleswig. Claus and Margrethe Dorthea are known from their daughter’s burial entry there and from the 1803 census of Brodersby. In 1803 Claus was 58, the head of the household and a Hufner, a farm holder, and Margrethe Dorthea was 53, with five of their children living with them.

Anna Christina died a widow at Lundsgaard on 28 July 1865 and was buried at Højst on 2 August, aged 71; the register calls her the lawful daughter of the farmer Claus Nissen and Margrethe Dorthea Nissen of Brodersby. No record of their own baptisms, marriage or deaths is known. Both names recur in the next generation: Anna Christina’s eldest known son was Claus Peter, and a daughter was Margretha Dorothea.

Notes

1803 census

Folketælling 1803, Brodersby Sogn, Gottorp Amt (Dansk Demografisk Data). The census writes his name as Claus Nißen, aged 58, married, a Hufner, and his wife as Marg. Dor. Jeßen, aged 53. Five of the couple’s children are recorded in the same household. The census spells the surname Nißen.

Birth year

His age of 58 in 1803 places his birth in 1744 or 1745.

Family time line

◉ Claus Nissen 1745–
◉ Margrethe Dorthea Jessen 1750–
No marriage recorded
○ Peter Nissen abt 1774–
○ Carolina Catharina Nissen abt 1779–
○ Catharina Maria Nissen abt 1781–
○ Anna Magdalena Nissen abt 1792–
◉ Anna Christina Nissen abt 1794–1865

Recorded events

EventWhenWhereEvidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read
from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so
not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet
Birth
abt 1744-45, from his age 58 in the 1803 census
 1745 on record
Census
Claus Nißen, 58, married, Hausvater, Hufner; wife Marg. Dor. Jeßen 53; children Peter 29, Carl. Cathar. 24, Cath. Maria 22, Anna Magdalena 11, Anna Christina 9
 1803 Brodersby, Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany on record
17451803 17501760177017801790

Sources

  • Folketælling 1803, Brodersby Sogn, Gottorp Amt (Dansk Demografisk Database transcription) — Birth, Census, about this person
  • Højst Sogn (Tonder Amt), Kirkebog, Døde 1865 no. 13 - burial of Anne Kristine Tomsen født Nissen, widow of Tomas Henrik Tomsen — about this person

Borders as they stood about 1763 (they follow the event under the mouse), from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.

Line of descent

Descendants

  1. Peter Nissen abt 1774–
  2. Carolina Catharina Nissen abt 1779–
  3. Catharina Maria Nissen abt 1781–
  4. Anna Magdalena Nissen abt 1792–
  5. Anna Christina Nissen abt 1794–1865
    1. Claus Peter Thomsen 1815–1884 ⚭
    2. Peter Nicolai Thomsen 1817–1897
      1. Thomas Henrik Thomsen 1842–
      2. Mariane Thomsen 1845–
      3. Anders Hansen Thomsen 1847–1931 ⚓
        1. Charles Thomsen 1874–1943
        2. Infant Thomsen 1877–bef 1880 ✧
        3. Christian Martin Thomsen 1879–1884 ✧
        4. Christine Magdalena Thomsen 1883–1961
      4. Anna Christina Thomsen 1849–1850 ✧
      5. Peter Nissen Thomsen 1851–
      6. Anne Christine Thomsen 1853–
      7. Jørgen Henrik Thomsen 1855–
      8. Anton Peter Thomsen 1857–1858 ✧
      9. Antholine Petrea Thomsen 1859–1860 ✧
      10. Antoline Petrine Thomsen 1864–1870 ✧
    3. Margretha Dorothea Thomsen abt 1818–
    4. Cathrine Magrethe Thomsen abt 1821–
    5. Peter Hinrich Thomsen abt 1823–1905 ⚭
      1. Thomas Hinrich Thomsen abt 1845–
      2. Anders Hansen Thomsen 1848–1911
        1. Peter H. Thomsen 1875–
        2. Hans E. Thomsen 1879–
        3. Kathrine E. Thomsen 1887–
      3. Marianne Jacobine Thomsen 1850–1926
        1. James Johnson 1877–
        2. Eujelina Johnson 1879–
        3. Henry P. Johnson 1881–
        4. Alivena Johnson 1885–
        5. Charlie Johnson 1891–
      4. Klaus Peter Thomsen abt 1851–1865 ✧
      5. Anna Christine Thomsen 1854–1875
      6. Margrethe Catrine Jorgine Thomsen 1856–
        1. Engelena Marie Petersen 1885–1946
        2. Eugeline Petersen 1886–
        3. Andrew Andreas Petersen 1887–
        4. Peter Henrick Petersen 1892–1952
        5. Anna C Petersen 1894–1965
      7. Peter Antone Thomsen 1858–1926
        1. Maggie M. Thomsen 1885–
        2. Petrea Margarete Thomsen 1892–
        3. Peter H. Thomsen 1894–
        4. Adolph Hansen Thomsen 1896–1961
        5. Eda I. Thomsen 1898–
        6. Botha Leander Thomsen 1900–
        7. Arthur K. Thomsen 1901–
        8. Carl I Thomsen 1902–
        9. Alfreda L. Thomsen 1905–
        10. Louise K. Thomsen 1908–
        11. A Leona Thomsen 1911–
        12. Roy Clarence Thomsen 1913–1991
      8. Anna Magdalena Thomsen 1860–1860 ✧
      9. Claus Nissen Thomsen 1866–1955
        1. Peter Heinrich Henry Thomsen 1889–1973
        2. Joseph Peter Thomsen 1891–1978
        3. Walter Ingebert Thomsen 1892–1968
        4. Katherine Ingeborg Thomsen 1895–1981
        5. Fred Charles Thomsen 1898–1986
        6. Thomas Andrew Thomsen 1898–1984
        7. Herman Thomsen 1901–
        8. Andrew J Thomsen 1902–1990
        9. Edwin Thomsen 1911–
      10. Ingebert Johansen Thomsen 1873–1942
        1. Vernon I Thomsen 1905–1961
        2. Imanuel Henrick Thomsen 1906–1946
        3. Bernice Thomsen 1913–
        4. Eldoris Thomsen 1915–
        5. Homer H. Thomsen 1917–1930 ✧
        6. children who may still be living
    6. Maria Christina Thomsen abt 1828–
    7. Jörgen Hinrich Thomsen abt 1830–