Danish Translation Help
I requested an adoption file for Max Harry Nielsen, born 27 December 1897 to Kirsten Marie Madsen. He was adopted by her husband Christen Jensen Nielsen in January 1898. It was officially approved in 1905 (?). I was sent 11 images of which I can decipher the first 7 well enough.
Image #8 is attached below, and I would like to know:
1) Is the birth father's name mentioned anywhere?
2) Any circumstances of the birth father's death or lives of any of those involved.
3) Any additional genealogical information.
A full translation would be great, but if that is not plausible a suggestion on where to get that done would be helpful. Thank you!!
Answers
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Unfortunately the birth father is not listed on this page.
Transcription:
Stoholm Mølle, Feldingbjerg Sogn
Fjends Herred, Viborg Amt den 12
April 1905.
Mølleforpagter Christen Jensen Nielsen
ansøger om Bevilling til at adoptere
Drengebarnet Max Harry Madsen.
Til Kongen!
Undertegnede Mølleforpagter Chri-
sten Jensen Nielsen af Stoholm, der
som vedlagte Vielsesattest indviser, den
10 November 1899 har indgaaet Ægte-
skab med Kirsten Maria født Mad-
sen, tillader mig herved allerunderda-
nigst at ansøge om Bevilling til at
adoptere nævnte min Hustrues udenfor
Ægteskab den 27 December 1897 paa
den Kongelige Fødselsstiftelse fødte
Søn Max Harry Madsen, der siden
vort Ægteskabs Indgaaelse bestandig
har været hos os som vort eget fælles
Barn. - Barnets Daabsattest vedlægges.
Medunderskrevne Moder til Barnet, An-
søgerens fornævnte Hustru erklærer mig
hermed ? i Adoptionen, der ogsaa
ønskes af mig. Vi har i vort Ægteskab
2 Fælles børn, Margrethe Nielsen, født
den 25 September 1900 og Aage Nielsen,
født den 11 September 1904.
Det er Ansøgerens Ønske at antage
Max Harry Madsen ganske som sit eget
Barn, og at han kommer til at bære
Efternavnet Nielsen istedetfor Madsen
og tage Arv som Ansøgerens ægte Børn.
Allerunderdanigst
Christen Jensen Nielsen
Kirsten Marie født
Madsen
12/5
? af Sagfører Bøltern, Skive
C 302/05
Translation:
Stoholm mille, Feldingbjerg parish, Fjends hundred, Viborg county, 12 April 1905.
Mill tenant Christen Jensen Nielsen is applying for permission to adopt the male child Max Harry Madsen.
To the king:
The undersigned mill tenant Christen Jensen Nielsen of Stoholm, who, as indicated by the enclosed marriage certificate, married Kirsten Maria née Madsen on 10 November 1899, hereby permits me to humbly apply for permission to adopt my wife's son Max Harry Madsen, who was born out of wedlock on 27 December 1897 at the Kongelige Fødselsstiftelse [the Royal Birth Institution], and who since the beginning of our marriage has continually been with us as though he were our joint child. The child's baptismal certificate is enclosed. The undersigned mother to the child, the applicant's above-mentioned wife, hereby declares me ? in the adoption, which I also desire. In our marriage, we have two joint children, Margrethe Nielsen (born 25 September 1900) and Aage Nielsen (born 11 September 1904). It is the applicant's wish to adopt Max Harry Madsen as his very own child and for him to bear the surname Nielsen rather than Madsen and inherit just like the applicant's legitimate children.
Most humbly,
Christen Jensen Nielsen
Kirsten Marie née Madsen
12 May 1905
? by lawyer Bøltern in Skive
C 302/05
I'm assuming you already have Max Harry's baptismal record since you were able to order the adoption papers, but just in case, here it is (it also does not list the biological father): https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?epid=17114465#148981,24625506
His confirmation record (https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?epid=17122560#161745,27176096) also does not list his biological father.
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That was so wonderful of you to provide the full transcription and translation. Thank you, thank you!!
You assumed correctly- I have the baptismal and confirmation records. This was the final hope to find a biological father's name, but based on what I've read I knew it was most likely not going to be provided. However, the document does help to confirm that he was born out of wedlock.
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You're welcome, @DebbieRose! I've translated pages 9 and 10 in your other post now as well; the only hint as to the father there is that the Feldingbjerg parish priest attested to the child's father as having died, so my guess is that he died in the Feldingbjerg parish--there's a tiny chance that there might be a note in an 1897-1905 burial record stating that he left behind his unborn child.
The only other way I can think of that you might find the biological father's name at this point is through DNA matches.
If the child’s father died in Feldingbjerg parish, it was 1897-1905. There are only two unmarried men who died in Feldingbjerg parish during that time:
- Niels Nielsen (https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?epid=17122560#161744,27175997), died at age 22 on 6 October 1899; servant in Øster Lyby, Lyby parish
- Jens Kristian Jensen (https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?epid=17122560#161744,27176000), died at age 27 on 25 August 1902; miller in Stoholm, Feldingbjerg parish--based on his location, he's the most likely candidate (and perhaps there is a probate for him that mentions his unborn child), but you mentioned that image 11 said something about the child's father having died before his son’s birth--if so, he died in 1897 and there is no plausible match in the Feldingbjerg parish burials.
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That was so nice of you to go back to the other images. Once again, thank you!
I was thinking that the next step would be DNA, but your comments regarding the father possibly dying in Feldingbjerg parish do give me one more step to look at. However, although the adoptive father and mother married in that same parish, Max was not only born in Copenhagen, but it seems that his mother was living there between 1894 and his birth in 1897. Therefore, I'm thinking it's possible that the biological father could also have been in Copenhagen.
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