Christina Marie (Byriel) Marcusen (1881 - 1965)

Born 11 Sep 1881 in Skovby Vedst, Denmark

Ancestors

Wife of Christian Marcusen — married 21 Dec 1899 in Audubon, Iowa, United States

Died 1965 at about age 83 in Kimballton, Audubon, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Christina Marie Byriel was born on 11 September 1881 in Skovby Vedst, Denmark. She was the daughter of Mathias Jensen Byriel and Hansine Marie Mortensen.^[1]

Christina departed with her parents and sister from Hamburg for the United States on 6 May 1884 aboard the "Breslau".^[2]

The Byriel family settled in Gray, Audubon, Iowa. Mathias unfortunately died on 3 October 1886, just a few years after arriving, and left his wife with four small children.

Her mother died in 1894 in Kimballton, Audubon, Iowa.

On 21 December 1899 she married Christian Marcusen in Audubon, Iowa.^[3]

Christian and Christina had two sons and four daughters:

1. Arthur Christen Marcusen m Valborg Mortensen
2. Orla Mathias Marcusen m Martha Christensen
3. Magrethe Marie Marcusen m Emanuel Theodore Andersen
4. Lydia Sorine Marcusen m Manvel Ernst Nelson
5. Hilda Minona Marcusen m Alfred M Christensen
6. Eva Laura Christine Marcusen m Henry Soren Mortensen

Christina Marcusen died in 1965 in Kimballton and was interred in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Kimballton, Audubon^[4]

Research Notes

Her first name is recorded as Christine and Christina.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Denmark, Church Records, 1812-1918"
   Rigsarkivet; Danmark; Kontraministerialbog; Reference: 8010684961
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61607 #619545644 (accessed 23 July 2022)
   Christine Marie Byriel baptism on 30 1881 (born 11 Sept), child of Matthias Jensen & Hansine Marie Mortensen, in Vedsted Sogn (Haderslev amt), Danmark (Denmark).
2. ↑ Passenger List: "Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934"
   Staatsarchiv Hamburg; Hamburg, Deutschland; Hamburger Passagierlisten; Volume: 373-7 I, VIII B 1 Band 058; Page: 451; Microfilm No.: S_13143; Volume: 373-7 I, VIII B 1 Band 058
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1068 #4301219 (accessed 23 July 2022)
   Name: Christine Byriel; Gender: weiblich (Female); Departure Age: 2; Birth Date: abt 1882; Residence Place: Skoby; Departure Date: 6. Mai 1884 (6 May 1884); Departure Place: Hamburg, Deutschland (Germany); Destination: Carroll; Arrival Place: Leith (Amerika via Glasgow); Relationship: Kind (Child); Ship Name: Breslau; Captain: Thomas; Shipping Clerk: B. Karlsberg; Ship Type: Dampfschiff; Ship Flag: England; Accommodation: ohne Angabe;
   Household Members Relationship:
   Matthias Byriel
   Christine Byriel Kind (Child)
   Hansine Byriel Frau (Wife)
   Maria Byriel Kind (Child).
3. ↑ Marriage: "Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1945"
   Iowa Department of Public Health; Des Moines, Iowa; Series Title: Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922; Record Type: Marriage
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8823 #903974919 (accessed 23 July 2022)
   Christina Byriel (19) marriage to Christian Marquess on 21 Dec 1899 in Audubon, Iowa, USA.
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 October 2018), memorial page for Christine M. Byriel Marcusen (unknown–1965), Find A Grave: Memorial #115634251, citing Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Kimballton, Audubon County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by Uncloudy_Day (contributor 47005604) Christine M. Byriel Marcusen