150 years since the death of our many times great grandmother - Maria Lutge (nee Jensen)
Maria Lutge (nee Jensen) is the mother of our Australian patriarch, Peter Benson Lutge. She's my great, great, great grandmother!
The 1855 Danish Census shows that Maria was born about 1810. She seems to have lived her life in the small southern Danish town of Aabenraa. You can read about the family's life HERE. In 2018, I visited our Danish town. You can read about my visit HERE.
On 11 November 1835, Maria married Johann Friedrich Lutge in the local church. You can still pick out their names from the church register even though they're in Danish!
Maria and Johann lived in one of the homes in this small town square where they raised eight children. It's about 300m from their local church.
When Maria died on 9 July 1870, her oldest child, Peter Benson, was living in Australia. This is shown on her death registration. There are some differences between the ages of the children shown in this document and my research which is based on baptismal records from the same local church and the 1855 Danish Census.
After Maria's death, two of her younger children moved to the US after they had married - Hans Jensen and Cathrina. The search continues for the other children. It's likely that Maria was buried in the local cemetery but any trace of early burial sites has been erased as the plots have been reused.
I'm pleased to have visited the home town of Maria, my third great-grandmother.
The 1855 Danish Census shows that Maria was born about 1810. She seems to have lived her life in the small southern Danish town of Aabenraa. You can read about the family's life HERE. In 2018, I visited our Danish town. You can read about my visit HERE.
Maria and Johann lived in one of the homes in this small town square where they raised eight children. It's about 300m from their local church.
