Regarding the 1882 confirmation record of Rasmus Nielsen, https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/17935982?h=299adf (https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/17935982?h=299adf) or https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/en/billedviser?bsid=383043#383043,74038778 (https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/en/billedviser?bsid=383043#383043,74038778) (#3), what is the location of his birth or residence (?abjerg)? For his father, it says Indsidder (=lodger). What is the connotation for using that word? Is this an indication that Peder is alive? In the 1870 census, two years after Rasmus' birth, Peder is not found with his wife, Christiane Hansine Christine Christiansen, and family. I assumed this was because he was deceased, but does the census say that she is still married, not widowed?
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS21-R78Y-1 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS21-R78Y-1) >1/2 way down
https://www.danishfamilysearch.com/sogn1483/census1870/opslag15296373 (https://www.danishfamilysearch.com/sogn1483/census1870/opslag15296373)
Were separations recorded in some manner around 1870? The 1880 census, https://www.danishfamilysearch.com/cid9898371 (https://www.danishfamilysearch.com/cid9898371), does record her as being a widow even thought Peder is listed in the confirmation record two years later.
Confirmation 1882
Residence: Sobjerg https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skellebjerg_Sogn
Birth: Flinterup https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?bsid=152666#152666,25419294
Holbæk, Merløse, Tersløse, Tersløse By, Et Huus, 103, FT-1880, C1488
Navn: Alder: Status: Stilling i familien: Erhverv: Fødested:
Christiane Hansine Christiansen 49 Enke (widow) Nyde Fattigunderstøttelse Kjøbenhavn [København]
Rasmus Nielsen 11 Ugift hendes Søn Flinterup Sogn, Sorø Amt
Hans Peter Christian Petersen 25 Gift Arbeismand Taastrup Sogn, Holbæk Amt [Store Taastrup sogn, Holbæk amt]
Ane Magrethe Christensen 22 Gift Inderste Her i Sognet [Tersløse sogn, Holbæk amt]
Ane Sofie Petersen 1 Ugift hendes Datter Her i Sognet [Tersløse sogn, Holbæk amt]
Hey Kerry
An indsidder or lodger is a man who rent his house and land. Sometimes he has only an appartment in a larger farm or a small house on a larger farms land . You could say he is a kind of small-holder.
In 1870 Christiane is married not a widow, maybe her husband is in hospital at least he is away, but where is not mentioned.
At the confirmation it is normal to tell whom the childs father is, even if he is dead. The priest writes his fathers name not the mothers (widows).
Thanks so much for your help Grethe and Mike.