5th Generation
Christian Constantine
Ferdinand Jans 1815
& Anna Maria Grau
Great Great Grandparents
of Max
Birth:
Christian Constantine Ferdinand Jans
was born 1815 Tonning Schleswig Holstien Germany the son of Lorenz Jans and
Anna Karine
Anderson.
Death: He died 20th April 1901 at Ketting Austenborg Denmark. He had lived
the last years of his life with his son Jacob and family at HardeshØj
on the northern part of Alsen where his son was a merchant.
Marriage: Christian married Anna Maria Grau on 22nd October 1843 at Austenborg
Denmark.
Wife Birth: Anna Maria Grau was born at Sebbelev
Denmark in 1821 the daughter of Jorgen Andressen Grau and Anna
Sophia Vogt.
Wife Death:
She died 13th March 1899 at Osbæk Denmark.
Employed by a '"Duke'"
Information below taken from letters I received from Merry
Grau MØller
& Per Grau MØller. Merry is a great
granddaughter of Christian Jans and granddaughter of Jacob Jans.
Christian & Anna Jans first son was born 1837
prior to their marriage in 1843. At this time (and for many years after)
Christian was a servant gardener/herdsman at the castle of Duke
Christian Karl Friedrich August Herzog of Augustenburg and Anna was living
at home with her parents in Sebbleleb. After their marriage they moved to
Ketting buying the house of his parents. Then in 1855 they bought a smallholders
cottage in Osbæk
quite near the castle. In later years the house was unfortunately burnt down and
no new building erected on the place.
Augustenburg Castle: now a hospital
Christian Jans worked as a
gardener at the castle for many years.
The Schleswig-Holstein
Uprising & Duke of Augustenburg
The Schleswig-Holstein uprising, the rebellion
that was the reality behind the First Schleswig War of 1848-51 in
Denmark.
Duke Christian of Augustenburg was the leader
of the uprising.
He took the party of Schleswig-Holsteiners, who wanted a more
independent state, but associated with Prussia or at least it was to
the benefit of Prussia. Their opponents were those who wanted a
closer integration with Denmark. The result was Denmark won against
Prussia and the Schleswig-Holsteiners.
Danish military occupation took over and the Duke was made homeless
and went to reside at his hunting seat of Grasten Germany. He was
branded as a traitor by the Danes but acclaimed as a hero by the
Schleswig-Holsteinists. The occupation meant that the people of
Augustenburg had been forced to see their world topple into the
sand.
The castle was taken over by the Danish
state in 1852 and made into a military hospital, later into a
barracks and from 1876
to 1919
into a
women teacher's college and now again used as a hospital..
Gifts from
Princess Amelie of Augustenburg
What was the relationship between
a herdsman/gardener Christian and Anna Jans and the Duke of
Augustenburg and his family. Was it because of the Jans boys
closeness with the princesses. Story has it that Christian & Anna's
sons were invited to have their schooling tuition with the girls.
)But the age gap between the princesses and the Jans boys seem to
big.) I wonder if it wasn't Christian Jans himself and his brothers
who were the ones to have tuition with the princesses as their ages
were similar and this is where the the relationship between the
families has stemmed. The Duke and his family had fled their
castle home in 1848 as the result of the uprising and were living at Grasten in Germany, yet 45years later in 1893 on the occasion
of their golden wedding anniversary Princess Amelie of Augustenburg
presented Christian and Anna Jans with a beautiful bible with a
silver clasp and a sugar and jug set in a padded box, with a
dedication from the Princess. Both gifts are still in the
possession of family members in Denmark.
Gift Set from the
Duke of Augustenburg's Family, presented by Princess Amelie.
Family of Christian &
Anna Jans
1. Christian August JANS
b. 25 Dec 1837 in Sebbelev, Ketting sogn. Denmark (prior to parents marriage),
d. 01 Feb 1929 in Flensborg Tyskland, m. Sofie Margrethe Lorenzen.
Link to more
details on this family
2. JØrgen
'John' JANS b.20.Nov
1843 at Kettering Austenborg Denmark. m.
Louise
Marie Hansen (Australia)
Link to
more details on this family
3. Andeas 'Andrew' JANS b.26 Nov 1846 born
Kettering Austenborg Denmark. (see link for history : this page still in
progress stage)
4. Jacob JANS b.6 Feb 1843
5. Jacob
JANS b.10 Jan 1856 grandfather of
Merry GrauMoller
6. Anna Katrine
JANS b.31 Oct 1849
7. Anne Sophie JANS b.23 Sept.1863, bapt. 10
Oct.1863, died age 6½years 1871 Ketting
LINKS
6th Generation
Jørgen "John" Jans & Family
Great Grandparents of Max
Christian August Jans
Andreas "Andrew" Jans & Family
Jacob Jans
Other Links of
Interest
Christian Duke of Augustenburg
Princess
Kaloline Amelie of Augustenburg
Please email
me if you have any queries, any mistakes I've made help me
to correct them, and differences of opinion I welcome
discussion.
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© 2006 Barbara Hollis
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