Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
1988.058 |
Object Identification Number |
1988.058.047 |
Object Name |
Holder, Pen |
Donor |
Stehr, Allegra |
Description |
A pen holder without a tip. The holder is made of a light colored wood and has a rounded end. There are etchings of lines in the surface of the wood for added design. The location that the holder was bought in Denmark is etched in and surround the handle and reads "Himmelbjerget." The word is painted red over the etching. |
Dimensions |
W-0.5 L-7 inches |
Place Of Origin |
Denmark |
Owned By |
Svendstrup, N.R./Birdsell, Agnete Christensen/Stehr, Allegra |
Material |
Wood |
Associated People |
Svendstrup, N.R. Birdsell, Agnete Christensen Stehr, Allegra |
Search Terms |
Svendstrup, N.R. Birdsell, Agnete Christensen Stehr, Allegra Denmark Himmelbjerget |
Provenance |
The object was brought back from Denmark in 1903 by N. R. Svendstrup. It is unlcear the relatonship between Svenstrup and the donor. ------------------------ Agnete Christensen Birdsell was one of Simon and Ingrid's daughters. These materials were given to the museum on her behalf by Allegra Stehr. Simon Uggerholdt Christensen was born Jan. 14, 1877 at the Uggerholdt Estate, Skagen, Denmark. His parents were Carolina and Simon Christensen. When Simon was three years old, his father was killed when he fell from a lighthouse. His mother learned to mend fish nets and tools for fisher families, and made a living as a dress maker. When older, Simon cared for cows in a nearby park, cleaned the Mayor's office, lit stoves in the police stations in the early mornings before business began. An old school friend of Simon's mother's took an interest in their family and gave Simon a ticket to the U.S. He arrived in New York, and then went to Clifton, Illinois where his brother had worked for three eyars. In 1896 he got a job as a milk man for Borden Dairy. He progressed to a job in a grocery store. Later he became a driver for a doctor's carriage in Chicago. He saved his money and went back to Denmark to visit family. In 1900, Simon homesteaded 160 acres in Palomar, North Dakota. In 1905 he sold the acreage, and traveled on foot to Ruthton, MN, where his brother was. He bought another 160 acre farm there. In 1908, he met and married Ingrid Marie Pedersen, the local minister's daughter. They had six children. Ingrid died Aug. 27, 1935. Simon spent the next 15 years near his children in California. He died Aug. 22, 1968. ________ Upon the death of Pastor H.J. Pedersen, his son Sigurd Pedersen received H.J.'s sermons and edited them. Hans Jorgen Pedersen was born Dec. 28, 1851 near Ringe, Fyn, Denmark. At the age of 24, he came to the U.S. In Oct. of 1875 he was ordained to the churches in Gowen and Omegn, MI. He was there for five years, and then went to Elk Horn, IA for two; Ashland high school as the master and preacher in the church for six years; and then in the spring of 1888 the family arrived in Tyler, MN. Here he began Danebod school, serving as headmaster for five yars, and then continuing to teach. He planned the cross church and was the preacher until the fall of 1903 when they moved to Ruthton. HIs last sermon was New Years Day 1905. He passed away from cancer July 20, 1905. |
Images |
153\1988058047.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
00/00/1988 |