Knud Regnar Selmer (1919 - 2017)

Born 13 Feb 1919 in Thisted, Danmark

Ancestors

Son of Hans Peter Selmer and Rigmor Cathrine Heering

Husband of Gerda Roberts Sørensen — married 29 Mar 1947 in Københavns Rådhus, København, Danmark

Descendants

Died 28 May 2017 at age 98 in Ribe, Danmark

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Biografi

Knud Selmer var skolelærer på Danmarksgades Skole i Esbjerg. Han blev født i 1919 i Thisted som søn af Hans Selmer og Rigmor Heering ^[1]

Han deltog i modstandsbevægelsen unde 2. Verdenskrig ^[2]

Han skrev "Selmerbogen" i 2006

Han døde i 2017 og blev begravet på Gormsgades Kirkegård, Esbjerg 10 jun 2017 ^[3]

Kilder

1. ↑ Rigsarkivet, København: Thisted amt, Hundborg, Thisted, 1910-1920 F (KM), opslag 174 p.173
2. ↑ Nationalmuseet, København: Knud Selmer
3. ↑ Personal recollection of events witnessed by Ole Selmer as remembered 30 Nov 2017.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through BigY test results on Family Tree DNA. Ole Selmer, FTDNA kit # 180647, and his 8th cousins, Jan-Fredrik Selmer, FTDNA kit # BP46983, and JS, FTDNA kit #BP46984 are all in haplogroup I-Y51237 thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Johan Henrik Selmer, the 7x great grandfather of both Ole Selmer, Jan-Fredrik Selmer and JS.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between Knud Selmer GEDmatch T365783 and his 1st cousin twice removed Living Andrews GEDmatch A471905. Their MRCAs Niels Christian Selmer and Meta Rosenvinge. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 2,8, based on sharing 310.8 cM across 11 segments.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Knud Selmer and FG, his 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Carl Vilhelm Rosenvinge and Emma Henrietta Marie Møller, the great grandparents of Knud Selmer and great great grandparents of FG. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: 3rd - 4th cousins, based on sharing 80 cM across 3 segments.
• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a Family Finder and test match between Knud Selmer and his 2. cousin once removed Elizabeth Holst. Their MRCAs are Burchard Frederik Christian Heering and Anna Cathrine Nyland Kabbel. Predicted relationship from FTDNA: 2. - 4. cousin based on sharing 46 cM across 13 segments.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Ole Selmer and KS, his 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Niels Christian Selmer and Meta Frederikke Conradine Rosenvinge, the great grandparents of both Ole Selmer and KS. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: 2nd cousin, based on sharing 168,4 cM across 6 segments. DNA test taker Ole Selmer is the son of Knud Selmer, the son of Hans Selmer, the son of the common ancestors Niels Christian Selmer & Meta Frederikke Conradine Rosenvinge.