Kristen /Christian Hansen Thorsen

Male 1859 - 1940  (80 years)


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  • Name Kristen /Christian Hansen Thorsen 
    Born 24 Nov 1859  Stepping Parish, Hadeslev County, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Stepping Kirkebog 1846-1884; Opslag No 87: Birth No 42
      Parents were Indsidder (Tenant) Frederik Hendrik Julius Thorsen and Hanne Marie born Hansen, age 21, in Stepping
      (Hanne is short for Johanne)
    Christened 30 Dec 1859  Stepping Kirke Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Emigration 1874  From Holstrup Morke, Schleswig (Schleswig-Holstein), to Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Name: Christian Tharsen
    Age: 14
    Birth Year: abt 1860
    Ship Name: Herschel
    Port of Departure: Hamburg, Germany
    Port of Arrival: Brisbane
    Arrival Date: 16 Jul 1874
    (Queensland, Australia, Passenger Lists, 1848-1912)

    Name: Christian Tharsen
    Departure Date: 1 Apr 1874
    Destination: Brisbane, Queensland
    Birth Date: abt 1860
    Age: 14
    Gender: männlich (Male)
    Relationship: Sohn (Son)
    Residence: Holstrup Morke, Schleswig (Schleswig-Holstein)

    Ship Name: Herschel
    Captain: Friedrichs, E.
    Shipping Line: Rob. M. Sloman & Co.
    Shipping Clerk: C. A. Mathei
    Ship Type: Segelschiff
    Accommodation: ohne Angabe
    Ship Flag: Deutschland
    Port of Departure: Hamburg
    Port of Arrival: Brisbane, Queensland
    Friedrich H Tharsen 39
    Marie Tharsen 33
    Christian Tharsen 14
    Johanna Tharsen 3
    (Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934)  
    Emigration 1874  From Holstrup Morke, Schleswig (Schleswig-Holstein), to Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Name: Christian Tharsen
    Age: 14
    Birth Year: abt 1860
    Ship Name: Herschel
    Port of Departure: Hamburg, Germany
    Port of Arrival: Brisbane
    Arrival Date: 16 Jul 1874
    (Queensland, Australia, Passenger Lists, 1848-1912)

    Name: Christian Tharsen
    Departure Date: 1 Apr 1874
    Destination: Brisbane, Queensland
    Birth Date: abt 1860
    Age: 14
    Gender: männlich (Male)
    Relationship: Sohn (Son)
    Residence: Holstrup Morke, Schleswig (Schleswig-Holstein)

    Ship Name: Herschel
    Captain: Friedrichs, E.
    Shipping Line: Rob. M. Sloman & Co.
    Shipping Clerk: C. A. Mathei
    Ship Type: Segelschiff
    Accommodation: ohne Angabe
    Ship Flag: Deutschland
    Port of Departure: Hamburg
    Port of Arrival: Brisbane, Queensland
    Friedrich H Tharsen 39
    Marie Tharsen 33
    Christian Tharsen 14
    Johanna Tharsen 3
    (Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934)  
    Queensland Electoral Roll 1919  Rundle St., Rockhampton Find all individuals with events at this location 
    QUEENSLAND ELECTORAL ROLL 1919
    Division of Capricornia - Subdivision of Rockhampton
    Thorsen, Christen Hansen: Place of Living: Rundle Street: Occupation: Cabman
    Thorsen, Maria Place of Living: Rundle Street: Occupation: Home duties
    Thorsen, Elsie Harriet: Place of Living: Rundle Street: Occupation: Home duties
     
    Died 26 Jan 1940  Rundle Street , Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Death Registration
      THORSEN, Christen Hansen: Death: 26 10. 1940: Father: Frederick Hendrick: Mother: Johanna Marie HANSEN. Reg No 1940/000982 [Queenssland Death Register]

      Date of Death: Friday, 26 January 1940
      (North Rockhampton Cemetery Search)
    Buried 26 Jan 1940  North Rockhampton Cemetery, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Date of Burial: Friday, 26 January 1940
      (North Rockhampton Cemetery Search)

      THORSEN, Christian Hansen, M, 80, death, Friday, 26 January 1940, burial, Friday, 26 January 1940,religion, METH, ompartment, 12, Section, 1, grave, 30
      (North Rockhampton Cemetery Index)

      THORSEN, Maria, F, age 71, death, Tuesday, 20 June 1944, burial, Wednesday, 21 June 1944, religion, METH, compartment, 12, Section, 1, grave, 29
      (North Rockhampton Cemetery Index)
    Obituary 2 Mar 1940  Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton, Queensland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    THE LATE MR C. H. THORSEN

    The death occurred at his residence in Rundle Street on January 26 of Mr C. H. Thorsen at the age of 80 years. The late Mr Thorsen was born at North Schlesurg, Denmark, and came to Australia with his parents at the age of 14 years. His parents made their first home at Gracemere. The late Mr Thorsen's first work was driving a bullock team, and later, when the first railway was laid from Rockhampton to Stanwell, he was engaged in railway duties.

    For 25 years he was chairman of the Port Curtis school committee, although at the time of his retirement he was a cab proprietor he previously ran horse buses on the Port Curtis and Depot Hill roads.

    He was predeceased by his first wife 28 years after his arrival in Australia. He leaves a wife and six children Messrs Arthur (Brisbane), Gilbert, (Brisbane), and Wilfred and Miss Elsie Thorsen Bundaberg), Mrs P. Bullpit (Bundaberg), and Mrs W. Barnes (Rockhampton). One son, Percy, was killed in the Great War.
    Transcribed from the "Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton, Queensland," Saturday 2 March 1940

     
    Obituary 7 Mar 1940  The Central Queensland Herald, Rockhampton Find all individuals with events at this location 
    MR C. H. THORSEN. .
    ROCKHAMPTON, March 2.

    The death occurred at his residence in Rundle Street on January 26, of Mr C. H. Thorsen at the age of 80 years. The late Mr Thorsen was born at North Schlesurg, Denmark, and came to Australia with his parents at the age of 14 years. His parents made their first home at Gracemere. The late Mr Thorsen's first work was driving a bullock team, and later, when the first railway was laid from Rockhampton to Stanwell, he was engaged in railway duties.

    For 25 years he was chairman of the Port Curtis school committee. Although at the time of his retirement he was a cab proprietor he previously ran horse buses on the Port Curtis and Depot Hill roads.

    He was predeceased by his first wife 28 years after his arrival in Australia. He leaves a wife and six children; Messrs Arthur (Brisbane), Gilbert, (Brisbane), and Wilfred; and Misa Elsie Thorsen (Bundaberg), Mrs P. Bullpit (Bundaberg), and Mrs W. Barnes (Rockhampton). One son, Percy, was killed at the Great War.
    The Central Queensland Herald, Rockhampton, Thursday 7 March 1940 
    Person ID I4973  Hickey, List, Bundesen, Thomsen, Jensen, Jessen
    Last Modified 10 May 2014 

    Father Frederik Hendrik Julius Thorsen,   b. 07 Nov 1834, Höirup, Stepping Parish, Haderslev Parish, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1924, Gracemere, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Johanne Marie Hansen,   b. 24 May 1837, Stepping Psrish, Haderslev county, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1866, Stepping Parish, Haderslev County, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years) 
    Married 26 Apr 1859  Stepping Kirke, Haderslev County Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Stepping Kirkebog 1846-1884; Opslag No 329: Marriage No 2
      Frederik Henrik Julius Thorsen, age 23 son of Jens Peder. Thorsen and Maria Elilizabeth f. Olmutz of Höirup -
      and Johanne Marie Hansen, age 21 years daughter of Andreas Hansen and Anna Maria f Hansen -Stepinge-?
    Family ID F1587  Group Sheet

    Family 1 Dorothy Mary Denman Elk,   b. 26 Aug 1865, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1912, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Married 24 Nov 1879  Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage Registration:
      THORSEN, CHRISTEN: Marriage: 24.11 1879; Spouse: ELK, DOROTHY MARY DENMAN. Ref No 1879/C958 [Queensland Pioneer Index 1829 -1889]
    Children 
     1. Arthur Edmund Thorsen,   b. 27 Mar 1883, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1958, Brisbane, Queensland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     2. Reginald Vernon Henry Thorsen,   b. 20 May 1886, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 03 Nov 1886, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. Walter Reginald Thorsen,   b. 17 Aug 1888, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1899, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 10 years)
     4. Mabel Eveline Thorsen,   b. 1893, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1895, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
    +5. Ivy Eveline/Mabel Evelyn Ivy Thorsen,   b. 1895, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1952, Bundaberg, Queensland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     6. Percival Leslie Thorsen,   b. 1898, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 05 Apr 1918, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 20 years)
     7. Ruby Elvira Thorsen,   b. 17 Dec 1906, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1984, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     8. Elsie Harriett Thorsen,   d. 1973, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
    +9. Gilbert Granville Thorsen,   b. 1901, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 13 May 1983, Pinnaroo Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years)
     10. Wilfred Frederick Thorsen,   b. 11 Oct 1903, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1972, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    Last Modified 6 May 2014 
    Family ID F1589  Group Sheet

    Family 2 Maria,/May Watson,   d. 20 Jun 1944, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1913  Wesleyan Parsonage, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage Registration:
      1913/C2988 Watson Maria; Marriage; Spouse: Thorsen Christen Hansen
    Marriage Notice 6 Sep 1913  Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton, Queensland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    MARRIAGE.
    THORSEN-WATSON.-At the Wesleyan Parsonage, at 4th September, by the Rev. Dinning, C. H. Thorsen, of Port Curtis Road, to May, second daughter of Thomas Watson, Port Curtis road.
    Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton, Queensland, Saturday 6 September 1913 
    Children 
     1. Thorsen
    Last Modified 7 May 2014 
    Family ID F1590  Group Sheet


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