Timeline

Sidsel's life in dated events, from her baptism in 1786 to her grandson's wedding in 1875. Each event links to its source.

2 April 1786 Nors · Her life
Sidsel's baptism is confirmed in Nors church in Thy. The register calls her a beggar woman's child.
Nors parish register, baptisms 1786; Projekt Nors: Sidsel Rolandsdatters døtre Anne Marie og Johanne Cathrine
December 1792 Holstebro · Cases and courts
Aged about six, Sidsel is held in Holstebro with her mother and sisters as vagrants. The court sends the children home to their parish.
Judgment of Hjerm-Ginding herred court, Holstebro, 14 December 1792; Projekt Nors: Sidsel Rolandsdatters døtre Anne Marie og Johanne Cathrine
2 March 1803 Odby · Her life
Her first child, Christian, is born at Odby in Thy. He dies of measles in December.
Projekt Nors: Sidsel Rolandsdatters døtre Anne Marie og Johanne Cathrine
December 1804 Terndrup · Her life
A daughter, Anne Marie, is born at Terndrup.
Projekt Nors: Sidsel Rolandsdatters døtre Anne Marie og Johanne Cathrine
July 1807 Sæby · Her life
A daughter, Johanne Cathrine, is born while Sidsel is held in the jail at Sæby.
Projekt Nors: Sidsel Rolandsdatters døtre Anne Marie og Johanne Cathrine
9 August 1807 Aalborg · Family
Her father, Roland Christiansen, dies in the town-hall jail in Aalborg.
Familien fra Carolinevej (Allan Jensen)
September 1807 Viborg · Prison
Sentenced to a year's labour in Viborg Tugthus. She is 21. Her two little daughters are left with a brandy distiller in Sæby, paid for by the poor relief of Nors.
Viborg Tugthus, prisoner register 1807–08; Projekt Nors: Sidsel Rolandsdatters døtre Anne Marie og Johanne Cathrine; Anders C. Svalgaard, Natmænd og Rakkere i Thy og Hanherred
19 September 1808 Viborg · Prison
Released from Viborg Tugthus.
Viborg Tugthus, prisoner register 1807–08
16 May 1809 Aalborg · Her life
Ane Marie is born in Aalborg to "Arrestantinde Sidsel Rolandsdatter", a woman under arrest. The father is named as Peder Olesen.
Aalborg, Budolfi parish register, baptisms 1809, no. 28
19 December 1810 Aarhus · Her life
Marries the night-soil man Christian Peder Christiansen in the Church of Our Lady, Aarhus.
Aarhus, Vor Frue parish register, marriages 1810; Familien fra Carolinevej (Allan Jensen)
About 1815 Karlby · Cases and courts
The Karlby affair begins: over several years Sidsel takes about 900 rigsbankdaler in money and goods from a farmer's mother.
"Kvinden, der bedrev mystiske kunster. Om Sidsel Rolandsdatter"
28 September 1815 Aarhus · Her life
Christian Peder Christiansen dies in Aarhus.
Familien fra Carolinevej (Allan Jensen)
1818 Viborg · Prison
In Viborg Tugthus again.
Viborg Tugthus 1818 and 1838; Odense Tugthus 1841
November 1821 Rosmus · Cases and courts
Two "cunning women" talk a farmer at Rosmus out of 300 rigsbankdaler. The police name Sidsel and her daughter Anne Marie.
"Kvinden, der bedrev mystiske kunster. Om Sidsel Rolandsdatter"; Projekt Nors: Sidsel Rolandsdatter
21 October 1824 Aarhus · Her life
Marries the glazier and night-soil man Lars Laursen Andrup, by royal licence. Both live in the night-soil men's house outside Mølleporten in Aarhus.
Aarhus, Vor Frue parish register, marriages 1824, no. 10
1825–27 Storring · Her life
Sidsel and Laus move to Storring, west of Aarhus, to a house by the village pond.
"Kvinden, der bedrev mystiske kunster. Om Sidsel Rolandsdatter"
1827 Storring · Family
Ane Marie is confirmed in Storring church, entered under Lars Larsen Andrup and Sidsel Rolandsdatter.
Storring parish register, confirmations 1827, girls no. 4
26 April 1828 Storring · Family
Ane Marie marries Jens Poulsen, a cottager's son of Storring.
Storring parish register, marriages 1828; Familien fra Carolinevej (Allan Jensen)
1 May 1836 Mørke · Cases and courts
The Mørke affair begins: a "ghost" buried under a smallholder's bed turns out to be a mole skin full of sand and stones.
"Kvinden, der bedrev mystiske kunster. Om Sidsel Rolandsdatter"
17 October 1836 Viborg · Family
The Landsoverret in Viborg acquits Ane Marie and Jens Poulsen of complicity in a theft.
Familien fra Carolinevej (Allan Jensen)
12 December 1837 Viborg · Cases and courts
The Landsoverret in Viborg sentences Sidsel to two years in the tugthus for "mysterious arts, fraud and quackery".
"Kvinden, der bedrev mystiske kunster. Om Sidsel Rolandsdatter"; Projekt Nors: Sidsel Rolandsdatter
1840–41 Viborg · Prison
In Viborg Tugthus at the census of 1840, then in Odense Tugthus in 1841.
Census returns 1834, 1840, 1845 and 1850; Viborg Tugthus 1818 and 1838; Odense Tugthus 1841
2 February 1848 Storring · Family
Ane Marie's son Niels Jensen is born in Storring.
Funder parish register, marriages 1875, no. 2; Familien fra Carolinevej (Allan Jensen)
26 February 1853 Storring · Her life
Laus Andrup dies in Storring.
"Kvinden, der bedrev mystiske kunster. Om Sidsel Rolandsdatter"; Familien fra Carolinevej (Allan Jensen)
Winter 1853–54 Storring · Her life
Fire breaks out in the Storring poorhouse. Sidsel is carried out badly burned.
"Kvinden, der bedrev mystiske kunster. Om Sidsel Rolandsdatter"; Storring parish register, burials 1854, no. 7
30 April 1854 Aarhus · Her life
Sidsel dies at the county hospital in Aarhus. She is buried in Storring on 3 May.
Storring parish register, burials 1854, no. 7
26 April 1874 Storring · Family
Ane Marie dies in Storring, "daughter of Peder Olesen of Aalborg, widow of Jens Poulsen".
Storring parish register, burials 1874
25 July 1875 Funder · Family
Niels Jensen, miller's journeyman, marries Thrine Frank, a descendant of the German colonists of the Jutland heath.
Funder parish register, marriages 1875, no. 2; kartoffeltysker.com: the family page

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