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From: Leslie Quist <>
Subject: Re: [DK] Generalkrigskommissæren
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 12:16:11 -0800
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> I found that a wife or widow was often referred-to by her husband's first
> name followed by 's' (possessive). So, was Christian Ludewig's father
> named Engelbrecht? Then Engelbrecht Hesselberg would have been named for
> his grandfather.

Christian Ludewig Quist and Sara Ulrika Krabe are the parents, Engelbrecht
was the child and Generalkrigskommissæren Engelbrecht Hesselberg was a
witness. Not the first one named in the birth record, but a witness.

>
>
> On the other hand, could the 'ir' in Englebrechtir have been 'dr' as in
> datter?

That is what I took it to mean, that is a contraction of Engelbrecht datter.
It might be er rather than ir. The handwriting is not the easiest to read.

The title sounds pretty impressive and Anna Maria Elizabeth
Engelbrechts/er/ir was the mother for Christian Ludewig Quist. His father
was Niels Mortensen/Nicolai Matthiassen Quist, whom I have already mentioned.
Niels Mortensen was a master shoemaker and I wondered whether he would have
to have had connections to have so important a man as a witness/sponsor to
his child. And the child was named after him, at least it looks like it.
Leslie Quist

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