Niels christensen wife selfie

Researching this line isn't easy--it turns out that "Niels Christensen" and "Karen Sorensen" are very common Danish names.

Niels C. Christensen (1920-2004) - Find a Grave Memorial

And then there are the patronymic surnames (see below).Luckily, our Niels and Karen are pretty well documented. I'm indebted to the researchers who came before me and put some of this information together.

I don't have a personal history for Niels Christian Christensen, even though I have one for his sonand for his father. A little information on Niels Christian can be gleaned from those.

A good history of Niels Christian Christensen can be found at The Christensen Chronicles; there's also one for Karenthat has information in it that was new to me. I don't want to repeat the information in these posts; I'll mainly be linking up the primary sources for the Niels Christian Christensen family.

One more note before we get into this--Danish surnames are traditionally patronymic, i.e., each surname is derived from the father's first name.

Niels' father's name was Nie Niels Christian Christensen (1844-1905) - Find a Grave Memorial VUCAJ