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From: "Philip" <>
Subject: Re: GABRIEL MILAN (1631-1689), governor of Danish West-Indies
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 03:40:55 +0100
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The main source for information on Gabriel Milan is the piece by Fr. Krarup
in Personalhistorisk Tidsskrift. It comes in two parts:

Krarup, Fr.: "Gabriel Milan og Somme i hans Samtid", Personalhistorisk
Tidsskrift, Kbenhavn 1893, 3. rkke, bind 2, pp. 102-130
Krarup, Fr.: "Gabriel Milan og Somme i hans Samtid", Personalhistorisk
Tidsskrift, Kbenhavn 1894, 3. rkke, bind 3, pp. 1-51.

This piece is an extensive aricle on Milans life.

Also in Danish is:

Hauch-Fausbll, Th.: "Jdernes Frden og Ophold i den danske Stat i det 17de
Aarhundrede", Tidsskrift for Jdisk Historie og Literatur, 2. bind, 2.
hfte, Levin & Munksgaard, Kbenhavn 1920.

It deals with the first Jews in Denmark in the 17th century. Milan is
mentioned but not all that much.

In Danish to is:

Katz, Per: "Jderne i Danmark i det 17. rhundrede". Udgivet af Selskabet
for dansk jdisk Historie. C.A. Reitzels Boghandel A/S, Kbenhavn 1981

It to deals with the Jews in Denmark in the 17th century and is more or less
a repeat of what is in Hauch-Fausbll. Though with a few extra details on
Milan, but not that many.

Is Danish again is:

Hornby, Ove: Kolonierne i Vestindien", Politikens Forlag, Kbenhavn 1980.

Contrary to the other above mentioned Hornby on p. 21 deals in some detail
with the way Gabriel Milan behaved whilst a guvernor on St. Thomas. Among
other things letting a runaway slave be tortured to death. One of the
reasons why he was brought back to Denmark, tried at Supreme Court and
executed.

The most excellent book on the sephardic Jews in Germany and Denmark in the
16th, 17th and 18th century - if one is interested in the intricate family
relations and the sometimes many different names the respective Jews used -
is:

Kellenbenz, Hermann: Sephardim an der unteren Elben", Franz Steiner Verlag,
Wiesbaden 1958.

It also mentions Gabriel Milan and his family relations. I can warmly
recommend it.



greetings


Philip Sampson
Copenhagen, Denmark



"Beretta" <> skrev i en meddelelse
news:...
> In regards to the recent post requesting information about Gabriel
> Milan, I'd recommend looking at Isidor Paiewonsky's book 'The Burning of
> a Pirate Ship La Trompeuse in the Harbour of St. Thomas July 31, 1683
> And Other Tales'. The third section of this book is titled 'Gabriel
> Milan' and contains information about Milan and his background- this
> information was edited and condensed from an 1893 publication by Janus
> Fredrik Krarup entitled 'Gabriel Milan og Somme af hans Samtid' The
> information from this book indicates Milan was from a Spanish-Portuguese
> Jewish family that settled in Hamburg.
>
> Dante
>
>
> On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 02:00 PM, CARIBBEAN-D-
> wrote:
> >
> > One of my ancestors is GABRIEL MILAN, whom I found through H.C.
> > TERSLIN's book "Guvernr over Dansk Vestindien GABRIEL MILAN og Hans
> > Efterkommere i Danmark - Slgtebog udarbejdet med srligt Hensyn til
> > Familien i Gilleleje" 'Governor over Danish Westindies GABRIEL MILAN
> > and his Descendants in Denmark - Genealogy worked out with special
> > attention to the Family in Gilleleje', printed at N.P. Thysen's
> > Bogtrykkeri, Helsingr, 1926.
>


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