Karen Andersdatter Winther

Karen Andersdatter Winther was born on the farm called Stounbjerggaard and in the parish of St. Dalby. It is believed that she was probably born around 1665.  Judging from registers of ratepayers she died before 1718.
She married Jorgen Sorensen in the church of St. Dalby in 1691. As you can read in the biography of Jorgen Sorensen she was probably a widow of a farmer in Kleis, in the parish of Raarup.  One is not able to verify this as the Raarup parish register only starts from 1751. 
From this marriage there were five children: Kirsten Jorgensdatter, Morten Jorgensen Winther (born about 1698), Anders Jorgensen Winther, Maren Jorgensdatter (born about 1703) and Hans Jorgensen (died 1729).
These siblings are mentioned in a document concerning the administration of the estate of Kirsten Jorgensdatter’s husband, who died in 1729.  However, according to the Registers of ratepayers kept in the Danish Record Office in Copenhagen it appears that Jorgen Sorensen in Kleis only had three children. In the book about the Gjesager Family the author explains it so that either an individual tried to cheat the taxation authorities by telling them he/she had fewer children than you really had, or you only included the children, who were able to work.

Look at her husband Jorgen Sorensen's biography


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