Rankenberg/Rankenborg Familie

[R. Wieser]

Hello!
I am in need of some help finding my 6th great-grandfather's family. Here is what I know already:

His name is Niels Rankenberg (or maybe Rankenborg), his wife was Anna Catharina Dorothea Nielsen.
They had a son Niels, born December 21, 1791 in Møgeltønder. That son died June 9, 1793 also in Møgeltønder.
They had another son named Thomas Nielsen Rankenberg (I think this is his full name). In July 1816, he married Metta Margaretha Aller in Rabenkirchen (near Süderbrarup), Germany. On that marriage record, it says that his parents are still living in Møgeltønder.

I have had no luck finding a baptism record for Thomas Nielsen Rankenberg, and I also have not been able to find the marriage record for his parents. I think the mother died in 1828 in Møgeltønder at the age of 76.

I would really like to find the baptism of Thomas, the marriage of his parents, the death of the father, and the baptisms of the parents if possible.

Thank you in advance for any help!

[Lennarth Nielsen]

hi,

I can see that this is your first post, so welcome to the forum:) I used ancestry.se, which among others holds digitalised Danish church records in the period 1812-1918. I searched the lastname (Efternamn in Swedish) Rankenberg and Rankenborg. With that I can confirm that there was a Dorthea Rankenborg, who died in Møgeltønder parish in 1828. The entry for searching is found on this page here:
https://www.ancestry.se/search/collections/61607/

To view the pages it's required that you create a user account, but it's free and the search functionality is often very useful. Here's the direct link to the death record of Dorthea Rankenborg:
https://www.ancestry.se/imageviewer/collections/61607/images/48622_62021000437_1587-00405?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=bcb8c59b22c6e0722cda69db15bb092d&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Zzu355&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.25077244.710461461.1616789657-28664912.1584733307&pId=619228687

I also found the same page on sa.dk, where you don't need to register:
https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?bsid=451057#451057,80763139

She's correctly noted to be 76 years of age and additional text says:
Almisselem i Fattighuset.

With a bit of help with the translation from the homepage here:
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Danish_to_English_Genealogical_Word_List

It translates into something similar to this:
Welfare recipient in the almshouse.

Maybe others will have luck finding more information.

Have a nice weekend.

Kind regards,

Lennarth

[R. Wieser]

Hi Lennarth,
Thank you for taking the time to search! It is always sad to see people pass away in the poor house.

What is also strange i searched the census records as well for Møgeltønder parish (using Danish Family Search website) but the Rankenberg family doesn't seem to be living anywhere in the vicinity, yet Dorthea dies there.... Maybe I didn't search very thoroughly.

Hopefully others can dig something else up!
Thank you for your help,
R. Wieser

[Niels Just Rasmussen]

I have found another Rankenberg "line" who might end up being related?!

Marriage 21. May 1854 i Broager Sogn, Sønderborg Amt.
Thomas Lorentzen &
Ane Marie Rankenberg, uægte datter af Mette Maria Rankenberg, som nu er gift med snedker Jens Mogensen i Nustrup.
1. ægteskab, 24 aar gammel.
Kilden (s. 12, nr 8): https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?epid=22045481#455722,81486096

Census 1845: Haderslev, Gram, Nustrup, Gram Herred. Bek Bye, Landbohl, 3, FT-1845, C1232
Rasmus Pedersen     71     Gift          Landbohlsmand     Ensted Sogn 
Lene Mikkelsen     60     Gift          hans Hustrue     Sammesteds[Ensted Sogn] 
Anna Maria Rankenberg     15     Ugift          Pleiedatter, faaer Opdragelse af Fattigkassen     Øddis Sogn
&
Census 1860: Sønderborg, Nybøl, Broager, Egernsund By, Et Hus, 261 - F4 (11), FT-1860, D7591
Thomas Lorenzen     34     Gift     Husfader. Daglejer          Egernsund, Broager Sogn, Sønderborg Amt 
Marie. f. Rankenborg    29     Gift     Hans Kone          Ensted Sogn, Aabenraa Amt  [Mistake, as her adoptive parents were from Ensted Sogn]
Lorenz Lorenzen     3     Ugift     Deres Søn          Egernsund, Broager Sogn, Sønderborg Amt 
Kilde: Dansk Demografisk Database.

Born 7. February 1830 i Øddis [Ødis] Sogn.
Name: Anna Maria Rankenbjerg. Uægtefødt.
Moder: Mette Maria Rankenbjerg i Øddis Sogn.
Udlagt Barnefader: Jens Hermansen af Søørsbyll (?) i Jylland, som skal være skilt fra sin kone. 
Kilde (s. 78 nr 10): https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?epid=21619159#455875,81495252

Mette Maria Rankenberg:

Census 1845: Haderslev, Gram, Nustrup, Nustrup, Armhuset, 54 F 4, FT-1845, C1232
Jens Mogensen     43     Gift          Dagleier og lever tildeels af Almisse     Bek 
Mette Maria Rankenberg     37     Gift          hans Kone     Øddis 
Jørgen Rankenberg     11     Ugift          Deres Børn     Ibid[Øddis] 
Niels Christian Rankenberg     7     Ugift          Deres Børn     Nustrup 
Ellen Maria Jørgensen     8     Ugift          Deres Børn     Ibid[Nustrup] 
Kilde: Dansk Demografisk Database.

Census 1860: Haderslev, Gram, Nustrup, Lille Nustrup, Et Hus, 94 - F1 (15), FT-1860, D7104
Jørgen Andersen Bæk     26     Gift     Husmand. Daglejer          Ødis Sogn, Vejle Amt 
Susanne Cathrine Schmidt     34     Gift     Hans Kone          Toftlund Sogn, Haderslev Amt 
Ane Marie Jensine Bæk     1     Ugift     Deres Datter          Lille Nustrup, Nustrup Sogn, Haderslev Amt 
Mette Marie Bæk. f. Rankenberg.     53     Enke     Mandens Moder. Haandlangerske 
Kilde: Dansk Demografisk Database.

Så Mette Maria Rankenberg should be born in Øddis Sogn [Vejle Amt] around 1808.

Marriage 20. July 1834 i Ødis Sogn.
karlen Jens ?Moustsen?...
quinden Mette Maria Skyttes /Rankenberg/ en ægtedatter af afdød Niels Hansen af Øddis og hustru Kirsten Marie født Pedersdatter.
Kilde (s. 32, nr 6): https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?epid=21619159#455876,81495347

So her father was Niels Hansen, a "skytte" from Rankenberg?

Rankenbjerg is in the following location: Vorbasse Sogn, Slavs Herred, Ribe Amt.  [Today: Billund Kommune]

From "Danske Stednavne" it is the only location in Denmark with the name:
Rankenbjerg B.E. (2653. Vorbasse s., Slaugs h.), ikke udgivet,
Efterled/endelse: bjerg
Kildeformer:
KronSk 28/2 1572 Ranckenberg
Mandt 1610 1610 Ranckenbierigh
Matr 1664 1664 Ranßenbierig
Matr 1688 1688 Ranchenborig
Matr 1844 1844 Rankenberggaarde
Gst 1870 1870 Rankenbjerg
A. Rankenbjerg
SUR 2002 Rankenbjerg

[Niels Just Rasmussen]

Død: 6. September 1816 in Ødis Sogn.
Kirsten Marie Skyttes af Oeddis, afdøde daglønners Peder Berthelsen ibid og ligeledes afdøde hustru ?Oline? Kirstin Poulsdatter ægtefød datter.
Levede i ægteskab med daglønneren Niels Hansen Rankenberg af Oeddis og efterlader sig af dette ægteskab 4 børn:
a) Kirsten Skyttes [Born 4. February 1803 in Ødis Sogn]
b) Mette Marie Skyttes. [Born 28. February 1805 in Ødis Sogn]
c) Anne Kirstine Skyttes. [Born 3. May 1811 in Ødis Sogn]
d) Hans Peter Skyttes. [Born: 2. February 1813 in Ødis Sogn].   
Hendes alder var 34 Aar, 1 Måneder og 19 Døgn
Kilde (s. 26, nr 25): https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?epid=21619159#455877,81495382

Marriage 7. November 1802 i Ødis Sogn.
Niels Hansen, en ungkarl af Rankenberg, Vorbasse Sogn i Jylland.
Kirsten Marie Pedersdatter af Oeddis.
Kilde (s. 146, nr 6): https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?epid=17128580#173635,29216215

So in this instance Niels Hansen was definitely from Rankenbjerg in Vorbasse Sogn.

As "ungkarl" in 1802, he is not identical with "your" Niels Rankenberg in Møgeltønder......

In this period the name is not yet a "surname" but a geographical name of origin [neither is "skytte" which could indicate he was a former "musqueteer" in the army]
Later in the 1800's it sometimes evolves into a true "surname".
So you might have to search for your "Niels Rankenberg" in Vorbasse Sogn, but he will not necessarily have that name, before he moves AWAY from Rankenbjerg.