Translation:
Below rests the
dust of my dear wife
Kirstine Berthelsen
Born
Christensen
Born 14 Feb 1821
Died 22 Aug 1892
She leaves behind
a husband and 7 children
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d/o Christen Thomsen & Anna Christensdatter
w/o Berthel Andersen Berthelsen
They came from Denmark to America on the U.S. Line Ostergade 4 in the 1880s.
Their children:
1. Ane Marie Berthelsen - b. 5 May 1849
2. Andrew Enevol Berthelsen - b. 26 Feb 1851
3. Anne Oselle Berthelsen - b. 21 Jan 1853
4. Anne Kirstine Berthelsen - b. 21 Jan 1856
5. Margrette Berthelsen - b. 21 Oct 1857
6. Oline Christine Berthelsen - b. 16 Feb 1860
7. Christian Berthelsen - b. 16 May 1862
8. Gertruane Berthelsen - b. 5 Jun 1864, d. Apr 1868
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Siblings:
Thomas Christian Christensen Homan (1823–1917)
Anne Kirstine Christensdt (1825–1909)
Mariane Christensen (1827- 1923)
Christian Christensen (1830–1909)
Niels Christensen (1832–1834)
Dorthea M Christensdt (1835–1907) - buried in ND
Note: When Kirstine was born Danish children took their father's first name as their last name. Son's had 'sen' attached to denote they were a son of their father, girls had 'datter' attached to the end. Christen's children were named this way. Kirstine's last name would have been Christensdatter, but was Americanized to Christensen when she came to America.
Translation:
Below rests the
dust of my dear wife
Kirstine Berthelsen
Born
Christensen
Born 14 Feb 1821
Died 22 Aug 1892
She leaves behind
a husband and 7 children
=============================================
d/o Christen Thomsen & Anna Christensdatter
w/o Berthel Andersen Berthelsen
They came from Denmark to America on the U.S. Line Ostergade 4 in the 1880s.
Their children:
1. Ane Marie Berthelsen - b. 5 May 1849
2. Andrew Enevol Berthelsen - b. 26 Feb 1851
3. Anne Oselle Berthelsen - b. 21 Jan 1853
4. Anne Kirstine Berthelsen - b. 21 Jan 1856
5. Margrette Berthelsen - b. 21 Oct 1857
6. Oline Christine Berthelsen - b. 16 Feb 1860
7. Christian Berthelsen - b. 16 May 1862
8. Gertruane Berthelsen - b. 5 Jun 1864, d. Apr 1868
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Siblings:
Thomas Christian Christensen Homan (1823–1917)
Anne Kirstine Christensdt (1825–1909)
Mariane Christensen (1827- 1923)
Christian Christensen (1830–1909)
Niels Christensen (1832–1834)
Dorthea M Christensdt (1835–1907) - buried in ND
Note: When Kirstine was born Danish children took their father's first name as their last name. Son's had 'sen' attached to denote they were a son of their father, girls had 'datter' attached to the end. Christen's children were named this way. Kirstine's last name would have been Christensdatter, but was Americanized to Christensen when she came to America.
Inscription
Herunder Hviler
STøvet af min
kære Hustru
Kirstine Berthelsen
FoDT
Christensen
FoDT Den
14 Feb 1821
Dod Den
22 Aug 1892
Hun efterlader sig
en mand ay 7 børn
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