"She was baptized on March 17, 1812 in the Vejstrup Parish Lutheran Church. She was born an illegitimate child. This stigma was attached to her the rest of her life; she is identified as illegitimate in her birth record in Vejstrup Parish, and her marriage and death records in Fjelstrup Parish. She had one sister, Anna Sophia Christiansdatter Reiher, who was also illegitimate, and with the same father.
Elsa died at the age of 36 on 4 Jan 1849 in Aller Parish, Haderslev County, Denmark. She was buried on 8 Jan 1849 in the Aller Parish Lutheran Church Cemetery."
Syndergaard, Dale, W., The Family of Hans Peter Christiansen Sondergaard and Marie Kirstine Knudsdatter Bondesen, A Family Genealogy. Decorah, IA: Amundsen Publishing, 2012. Page 17.
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