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Christian Antone “Chris” Jacobsen

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Christian Antone “Chris” Jacobsen

Birth
Tønder Kommune, Syddanmark, Denmark
Death
16 Feb 1908 (aged 55)
Charter Oak, Crawford County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Charter Oak, Crawford County, Iowa, USA
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Christian was born in Deezbull, district of Tonder, in the Holstein region, then a part of Denmark just north of the German border. He was the son of August Vogart Jacobsen and Sophia Hansen (nee Jansen). He grew up speaking German; Holstein was then almost entirely ethnically Germanic.

He sailed from Liverpool to the U.S. on the "Erin", arriving in New York on 12 June 1869. (His son Albert recalled later that he left Denmark to avoid being conscripted into the Prussian Army, as Prussia had by then taken control of his home region after the Dano-Prussian War of 1864, a/k/a the "Second Schleswig War".) He was listed on his arrival as a "laborer". Christian settled first in Clinton, Iowa, where his half-brother Godfer Hansen had settled. Christian married Carolina A. Parksen there about 1872. They had one child, Carrie. After Carolina's death, he married Mathilde on 27 August 27 1874. He soon moved to Charter Oak, where he and Mathilde raised a family of eight boys and four girls.

He farmed for several years, but after suffering a major leg injury, opened a beer parlor. That endeavor was a struggle at first, but eventually was much appreciated by his many neighbors of German and Danish extraction, and made him an especially valued member of the community.
Christian was born in Deezbull, district of Tonder, in the Holstein region, then a part of Denmark just north of the German border. He was the son of August Vogart Jacobsen and Sophia Hansen (nee Jansen). He grew up speaking German; Holstein was then almost entirely ethnically Germanic.

He sailed from Liverpool to the U.S. on the "Erin", arriving in New York on 12 June 1869. (His son Albert recalled later that he left Denmark to avoid being conscripted into the Prussian Army, as Prussia had by then taken control of his home region after the Dano-Prussian War of 1864, a/k/a the "Second Schleswig War".) He was listed on his arrival as a "laborer". Christian settled first in Clinton, Iowa, where his half-brother Godfer Hansen had settled. Christian married Carolina A. Parksen there about 1872. They had one child, Carrie. After Carolina's death, he married Mathilde on 27 August 27 1874. He soon moved to Charter Oak, where he and Mathilde raised a family of eight boys and four girls.

He farmed for several years, but after suffering a major leg injury, opened a beer parlor. That endeavor was a struggle at first, but eventually was much appreciated by his many neighbors of German and Danish extraction, and made him an especially valued member of the community.

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Die Richtig vor sich gewandelt haben kommen zum Frieden und ruhen in ihren kammern
Those who walked in righteousness, have come to peace and rest in their chambers
(While not referenced, this is a quote from the German Bible, Isaiah 57:2 -
http://bibeltext.com/l12/isaiah/57.htm)

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