Christian Nielsen Kjær - birth record

[Hansine]

Would someone please transcribe and translate the birth record for Christian Nielsen Kjær for me?

The birth record is in the parish of Vestervig, 1846 - 1860, Opslag: 52, 1858, Record #1.

It is also on family search at:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-33552-20203-93?cc=2078555&wc=M5KK-82H:357516601,359092501,359409801,359436501

[Ralph Rasmussen]

I read:

17 Januar Christian Nielsen Kjær
Indsidder og Toldassistent
Morten Jensen Kjær og Hu-
stru Hansine Poulsen af
Vestervig
17 Februar i Kirken

Told................ Johan Martin Knudsens Hustru
Petrine Knudsen, født Østergaard af Oxenbøl,
Indsidder og Smed Carl Thomas Beths Hustru
Bolette, Else Marie Pedersdatter Hern? Af Vestervig,
Kromand Niels Christian Simonsgaard af Vester-
vig Kro, A...... Jens Gundorph af Vestervig
.......... og Gaardeier Søren Christian
Vinther af Oxenbøl

2 April Moderens Kirkegang
Vacc 1.7 58 af Gottschalck

January 17, 1858 - Christian Nielsen Kjær
Lodger and customs assistant Morten Jensen Kjær and his wife Hansine Poulsen, of Vestervig
Baptized February 17 at the church
Witnesses/sponsors Customs ...... Johan Martin Knudsens wife Petrine, née Østergaard of Oxenbøl,
lodger and blacksmith Carl Thomas Beth's wife, Bolette, Else Pedersdatter Hern? of Vestervig,
innkeeper Niels Christian Simonsgaard of Vestervig Kro [Inn],
......... Jens Gundorph of Vestervig ....., and farm owner Søren Christian Vinther of Oxenbøl

[Hansine]

Thanks Ralph.  That's great.
Can you please tell me what it means by '2 April Moderens Kirkegang' - when I translate this using google it comes up with 'Mother Church.' Does that mean that Christian was also baptised in the parish church of his mother on 2 April?  Or does it mean something else?

[Ralph Rasmussen]

The old testament notion that a mother was ritually unclean after a birth reappeared in at least a part of Christendom, with the result that mothers were formally welcomed into the worship services no less than a certain number of days after a birth. 

As you go back through the nineteenth century, the (smallpox) vaccination date can be important in tying baptisms, confirmations and marriages together.

[Inger Toudal]

The witnesses:

Toldcontrolleur Johan Martin Knudsens Hustru
Petrine Knudsen, født Østergaard af Oxenbøl,
Indsidder og Smed Carl Thomas Bechs Hustru
Bolette Else Marie Pedersdatter Hem af Vestervig,
Kromand Niels Christian Simonsgaard af Vester-
vig Kro, Apotheker Jens Gundorph af Vestervig
Apothek og Gaardeier Søren Christian
Vinther af Oxenbøl.

Toldcontrolleur 'customs officer'
Apotheker 'pharmacist'
Apothek 'pharmacy'

- two female witnesses and three male witnesses.

The mother's Kirkegang, or Introduktion, was officially abolished in 1797, but was in use in many parishes even decades later: http://wiki.dis-danmark.dk/index.php/Introduktion

Best regards,
Inger Toudal

[Hansine]

Amazing information!  Thank you so much.