Christian Peter Caspersen

Notes:

Christian was the twin brother of Lars Christian Caspersen, was
born at Kaerup. According to Cai Mygind's book, witnesses at
his baptism included Miss Hude, the vicar's sister-in-law, Ane
Marie Larsdatter from Diernesgard, freeholder Lars Chr. Nielsen
from Koldkjaergard, Christian Pedersen from Bjerget and
bachelor Lars Larsen Djernes. Shortly after his mother married
for the second time, Christian, about six or seven years old,
became the foster-child of his cousin, Lars Christensen
(Fuglsang), innkeeper at Bjeret, and wife Mariane Pedersdatter
Rotbol. They were good foster-parents. The Lild Parish
Register, FHL MF 0053228, pages 85 and 86, show that Christian
and his twin brother Lars were confirmed at T²mmerby Church on
the same day, April 8, 1852, at the age of 14. Christian's
residence was listed as Bjerget. In 1854, according to Cai
Mygind, at about 16 years of age, Christian left for Thisted to
be apprenticed to a shopkeeper, as his foster father thought
there was no future in farming for him. After his
apprenticeship, he got a job with merchant Tomas Dige at Oslos.
Dige sent him to Thorup Strand to administer a branch shop
there, including small craft trade with Norway. Sometime
later, Christian went to Arup and opened a shop of his own. He
met and married Ane Marie Jepsen in Arup, and their first child
was born there. Around 1878 Christian's foster father sent for
him to take over Nedergard, a farm at Tommerby which Lars
Fuglsang had purchased. Christian moved his family there, also
taking in sister Marie' s child Karoline Thomsen. Christian
opened a general store at one end of the farmhouse and worked
the farm at the same time with the help of a farmhand and a
maid. Christian was too free with credit, and eventually gave
up the store, working the farm himself. Christian and Ane
joined the growing Grundtvigian movement of free communities in
Hanherred, and in 1881 Christian founded a free school in
T²mmerby. During World War I, he delegated the farm to his son
Kristian, and Christian and Ane moved into a little apartment
where their store had once been. After Ane died in 1923,
Christian moved with daughter Kathrine across the street into
an old thatched house called Gammel Tuenhus. He died there in
1928 at the age of 90.

Christian married in 1877 in Arup, Vr. Han, Thisted, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]