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- Stangegård, 42 Slg. Klemensker, Bornholm
- In "Bornholmske Samlinger II", page 229, Christen Hansen Rømer is said to have lived at Kjølleregård, 35 Slg. Klemensker parish, from circa 1707 to 1715. He held the mortgage on Stangegård, 42 Slg., from 1715, and lived there until 1738, after which he took over his family-farm of Rømeregård, 52 Slg. Vestermarie parish - which he inherited after his father Hans Hansen Rømer 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 Rømeregård in 1733 for 450 Slettedaler.
Rømeregård is described: "Denne kaldes nu Rømeregaard med god Føje, da den i Hundred Aar havde været slægtens eje. Den var en lille gaard på 30 Hektarer, knapt Tønder bornholmsk Hartkorn, liggende ved Tingsted Aaløb, 1800 Metre fra den gamle Almindings Nordvestskel." (Translated: "Now called Rømeregaard 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 Tønder Bornholmer Hartkorn, located beside Tingsted Brook - 1,800 meters from Alminding Forest's old north-west border.")
Note: 1 Tønder = 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 Rømmer, Niels Andersen.
December 28, 1743: Viede, Løverdag den 28 Dec. Hans Pedersen og Borrita Christensdatter Rømmer. Forlovere: Jens Pedersen, Christen Hansen Rømmer.
January 16, 1764: Lieutnant Anders Jørgensen Rømer 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 Rømer; and according to "Hans Svendsens broderbørn I", by Louise Skovgaard (1975), Christen was married to Bodil while he was in residence at Stangegård in Klemensker.
Hanne Skovgaard (source Aneklubben Rundetaarn database) states that Christen Rømer retired in 1745, and moved to Olsker parish (to be with daugther Bendte?), where Boel Michelsdatter died in 1751, and Christen Rømer 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 Bakkegård, 18 Slg. Olsker, states that there was a "contract hvorefter Christen Rømmer og hustru som var salig qvindes forældre. . ." (contract whereupon Christen Rømer and wife who were the deceased woman's parents. . .).
Extracted from the probate for daughter Bendte Christensdatter Rømer, June 2, 1749, page 730b:
Erick Pedersens hustru Bendte Christensdaatter som bode og døde 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 døttre. Dend elste daatter ved nafn Ellen Kirstine Ericksdaatter paa 3 aar gammel. Dend 2de daatter Bodel Ericksdaatter paa 3 uger gammel. For desse 2 børn værger faderen. . . myndtlingens morbroder Hr. Fendrich Anders Rømmer. . . contract hvorefter Christen Rømmer og hustru som var salig qvindes forældre. . . .
From Bornholm's Fæsteprotokoller, book 3, page 94:
Fæster paa 52 Slg. Vestermarie: Jens Rasmusen; Forrige Fæster: Christen Rømmer; Bemærkninger: Udmarksjord; Fæstebrevs 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 værger Peder Monsen i Vedbye paa den 2 gaard. . . for Christen Rømmers hustrues liig: 1 Mk.
Ste Ols Kirkes Regnskab beregnet er af den 1 May 1752 til den 1 May 1755 forfatted af sin værger Jørgen Jørgensen i Magaarden. . . for Christian Rømmers liig: 1 Mk.
The August 31, 1770 probate of Boel Michelsdatter's half-sister Giertrud Michelsdatter of Rønne gives us the following information on the children of Christen Hansen Rømer and Boel Michelsdatter:
Een halv søster ved navn Bodel Michelsdaatter haver været gift med Sergeant Christian Rømmer, som er død og efterladt sig een søn og tvende døttre. Sønnen ved navn Anders Rømmer, Lieutenant ved Tredie National Compagnie boende i Ruthschier Sogn. Den ældste daatter ved navn Karen Christiansdaatter som været gift med Peder Svendsen i Aabye er død og efterladt sig een søn ved navn Peder Pedersen boende i Poulsker Sogn; daatteren ved navn Margrethe Pedersdatter er gift med kræmmeren Ole Hendrichsen i Rønne; den anden Christian Rømmers daatter Bergithe Christiansdaatter har været gift med Anders (sic) Pedersen paa Pindeløkke gaarden i VesterM Sogn, er død og haver efterladt sig toe sønner og een datter: den ældst søn Peder Hansen er myndig; den anden søn Christen Hansen gl. (left blank); søstre ved navn Bodel Kirstine Hansdaatter er u-myndig, for hende værge faderen Hans Pedersen boende paa Pindelykke gaarden i Vestermariæ Sogn.
According to Kure's farm-list for 52 Slg. Vestermarie Christen Hansen Rømer died in 1754. However, the entry for 53 Slg. Vestermarie states that he died 1765! The next owner of Rømeregård is listed by Kure as Jens Rasmussen Rømer, 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 Rømeregård 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 Rømeregård to Jens Rasmussen) and that Christen Hansen Rømer died sometime between May 1, 1752 and May 1, 1755.
The following baptism record for Christen Rømer's grandson would seem provide evidence that the couple were living in Klemensker parish in 1741; for who else could "Boel Christen Rømmers af Clemenschier Sogn" be but Boel Michelsdatter?
February 12, 1741: Domica Esto Mihe den 12 Februarij blev døbt Peder Svens drenge børn af Aaby kaldet Jørgen Svensen, ham bar Boel Christen Rømmers 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 værge Christen Rømmer boende i VesterM Sogn, som er mødte." And the November 4, 1745 probate for daughter Karen Christensdatter Rømer also tells us that "denne salig qvindes fader Christen Rømmer i VesterM Sogn." This places Christen Hansen Rømer in Vestermarie in 1745.
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Oct. 19, 2011.
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