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- In "Bornholmske Samlinger II", page 229, Christen Hansen R?mer is said to have lived at Kj?llerg?rd, 35 Slg. Klemensker parish, from circa 1707 to 1715. He held the mortgage on Stangeg?rd, 42 Slg., from 1715, and lived there until 1738, after which he took over his family-farm of R?mereg?rd, 52 Slg. Vestermarie parish - which he inherited after his father Hans Hansen R?mer death circa 1742. In 1717 he is recorded as holding the rank of Sergeant (Sergent). According to Kure's farm-list he obtained the deed for R?mereg?rd in 1733 for 450 Slettedaler.
R?mereg?rd is described: "Denne kaldes nu R?meregaard med god F?je, da den i Hundred Aar havde v?ret sl?gtens eje. Den var en lille gaard p? 30 Hektarer, knapt T?nder bornholmsk Hartkorn, liggende ved Tingsted Aal?b, 1800 Metre fra den gamle Almindings Nordvestskel." (Translated: "Now called R?meregaard with good reason, for it had been owned by the family for over a century. It was a small farm of 30 hectares, scarcely a T?nder Bornholmer Hartkorn, located beside Tingsted Brook - 1,800 meters from Alminding Forest's old north-west border.")
Note: 1 T?nder = 1.353 acres, Hartkorn = Danish standard of land valuation.
From the Vestermarie kirkebog:
March 30, 1742: Viede, Marti den 30, Eric Pedersen fra Olsker Sogn og Bente Christensdatter. Forlovere: Anders R?mmer, Niels Andersen.
December 28, 1743: Viede, L?verdag den 28 Dec. Hans Pedersen og Borrita Christensdatter R?mmer. Forlovere: Jens Pedersen, Christen Hansen R?mmer.
January 16, 1764: Lieutnant Anders J?rgensen R?mer af Rutsker og Jfr. Karen Kirstine Kofod efter Kongl. dispensation viede i huuset den 16 Jan. Forlovere: Fendrich Anders Pedersen Rask, Sandemand Anders Jensen.
Kure's farm-list gives Bodil Michelsdatter as the wife of Christen Hansen R?mer; and according to "Hans Svendsens broderb?rn I", by Louise Skovgaard (1975), Christen was married to Bodil while he was in residence at Stangeg?rd in Klemensker.
Hanne Skovgaard (source Aneklubben Rundetaarn database) states that Christen R?mer retired in 1745, and moved to Olsker parish (to be with daugther Bendte?), where Boel Michelsdatter died in 1751, and Christen R?mer in 1754. Hanne states that when both were buried the Olsker Church bell was rung at a cost of 1 Mark for each funeral. Note: The burial records for Olsker-Allinge are missing for the period November 1751 through December 1759. The 1749 probate record for their daughter Bendte, wife of Erich Pedersen of Store Bakkeg?rd, 18 Slg. Olsker, states that there was a "contract hvorefter Christen R?mmer og hustru som var salig qvindes for?ldre. . ." (contract whereupon Christen R?mer and wife who were the deceased woman's parents. . .).
Extracted from the probate for daughter Bendte Christensdatter R?mer, June 2, 1749, page 730b:
Erick Pedersens hustru Bendte Christensdaatter som bode og d?de paa dend 8de S.E. gaard Bachegaard kaldet i Ohlsker Sogn, og det imellem salig qvindes efterlatte enkemand paa den eene side og paa den 2de side den salig qvindes efterlatte 2 d?ttre. Dend elste daatter ved nafn Ellen Kirstine Ericksdaatter paa 3 aar gammel. Dend 2de daatter Bodel Ericksdaatter paa 3 uger gammel. For desse 2 b?rn v?rger faderen. . . myndtlingens morbroder Hr. Fendrich Anders R?mmer. . . contract hvorefter Christen R?mmer og hustru som var salig qvindes for?ldre. . . .
From Bornholm's F?steprotokoller, book 3, page 94:
F?ster paa 52 Slg. Vestermarie: Jens Rasmusen; Forrige F?ster: Christen R?mmer; Bem?rkninger: Udmarksjord; F?stebrevs udstedelse: 16de Marti 1752.
From the account book (Regnskaber) for St. Ols Kirke, Olsker parish:
Ste Ols Kirkes Regnskab beregnet fra dend 1 May 1751 til dend 1 May 1752 forfattet af sin v?rger Peder Monsen i Vedbye paa den 2 gaard. . . for Christen R?mmers hustrues liig: 1 Mk.
Ste Ols Kirkes Regnskab beregnet er af den 1 May 1752 til den 1 May 1755 forfatted af sin v?rger J?rgen J?rgensen i Magaarden. . . for Christian R?mmers liig: 1 Mk.
The August 31, 1770 probate of Boel Michelsdatter's half-sister Giertrud Michelsdatter of R?nne gives us the following information on the children of Christen Hansen R?mer and Boel Michelsdatter:
Een halv s?ster ved navn Bodel Michelsdaatter haver v?ret gift med Sergeant Christian R?mmer, som er d?d og efterladt sig een s?n og tvende d?ttre. S?nnen ved navn Anders R?mmer, Lieutenant ved Tredie National Compagnie boende i Ruthschier Sogn. Den ?ldste daatter ved navn Karen Christiansdaatter som v?ret gift med Peder Svendsen i Aabye er d?d og efterladt sig een s?n ved navn Peder Pedersen boende i Poulsker Sogn; daatteren ved navn Margrethe Pedersdatter er gift med kr?mmeren Ole Hendrichsen i R?nne; den anden Christian R?mmers daatter Bergithe Christiansdaatter har v?ret gift med Anders (sic) Pedersen paa Pindel?kke gaarden i VesterM Sogn, er d?d og haver efterladt sig toe s?nner og een datter: den ?ldst s?n Peder Hansen er myndig; den anden s?n Christen Hansen gl. (left blank); s?stre ved navn Bodel Kirstine Hansdaatter er u-myndig, for hende v?rge faderen Hans Pedersen boende paa Pindelykke gaarden i Vestermari? Sogn.
According to Kure's farm-list for 52 Slg. Vestermarie Christen Hansen R?mer died in 1754. However, the entry for 53 Slg. Vestermarie states that he died 1765! The next owner of R?mereg?rd is listed by Kure as Jens Rasmussen R?mer, whom I have found to have been the son of Rasmus Hintze (c.1694-1737), he took over the farm in 1764! Bornholm's copyhold book tells us that Jens Rasmussen took over R?mereg?rd on March 16, 1752! It is likely that 1754 is the correct date, as the Olsker parish account book tells us that Boel Michelsdatter died sometime between May 1, 1751 and May 1, 1752 (she probably died not long before the March 16, 1752 sale of R?mereg?rd to Jens Rasmussen) and that Christen Hansen R?mer died sometime between May 1, 1752 and May 1, 1755.
The following baptism record for Christen R?mer's grandson would seem provide evidence that the couple were living in Klemensker parish in 1741; for who else could "Boel Christen R?mmers af Clemenschier Sogn" be but Boel Michelsdatter?
February 12, 1741: Domica Esto Mihe den 12 Februarij blev d?bt Peder Svens drenge b?rn af Aaby kaldet J?rgen Svensen, ham bar Boel Christen R?mmers af Clemenschier Sogn.
The Janaury 7, 1745 probate for Hans Christensen Piil's wife Maren Hansdatter Kofoed, January 7, 1745 provides us with the following: "salig Christen Piils daatter Mette Christensdatter 22 aar, for hende er ved faderens skifte ordinert til v?rge Christen R?mmer boende i VesterM Sogn, som er m?dte." And the November 4, 1745 probate for daughter Karen Christensdatter R?mer also tells us that "denne salig qvindes fader Christen R?mmer i VesterM Sogn." This places Christen Hansen R?mer in Vestermarie in 1745.
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 21 July 2015.
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