The father of Christen in the attached image from the Male Births of Brovst, Hjørring, Denmark, is S

Rex Peterson

The father of Christen in the attached image from the Male Births of Brovst, Hjørring, Denmark, is Søren Nielsen Lund. What does the phrase “hjempermitteret Constabel” before his name, and the abbreviation “p: t” after his name mean? Thanks.

Norm Baker

I believe it would be a constable who is home with a furlough or leave-of-absence.

Hjem is "home" and permitteret has something to do with "furloughed" or "a leave-of-absence". See here for an 1861 Danish to English dictionary (page 237, right-hand column, near the bottom): https://books.google.com/books?id=S4gCAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false .

I don't know what the "p t" is for.

This record may explain why Laurs' surname was changed from Mortensen to Sørensen. The mother, Ane Marie Simonsdatter is still working for Morten Lund. It may have been discovered that Søren Nielsen Lund was the father of both children. That makes sense, but it is only a guess.

Norm Baker

From this 1840 census for Åby parish, it looks like Morten and Søren were brothers: https://www.danishfamilysearch.com/cid3575404 . Notice that the farm name is the same as in both birth records. This has to be the same family.

Rex Peterson

Norm, thank you so very much for all the information!