Jacob Jacobsen FRIMANN

Født 12 Apr 1825 Agtrup, Sønder Bjert Sogn, Nørre Tyrstrup Herred, Vejle Amt

Død 4 May 1905 Stenderup By, Sønder Stenderup Sogn, Nørre Tyrstrup Herred, Vejle Amt

Fødsel 12 Apr 1825 Agtrup, Sønder Bjert Sogn, Nørre Tyrstrup Herred, Vejle Amt

Dåb 15 Apr 1825 Præstegården, Sønder Bjert Sogn, Nørre Tyrstrup Herred, Vejle Amt

FT-1835 1 Feb 1835 Agtrup By, Sønder Bjert Sogn, indsidderhus

FT-1840 1 Feb 1840 Stenderup By, Sønder Stenderup Sogn, gårdsted

Konfirmation 4 Apr 1841 Sønder Stenderup Kirke, Sønder Stenderup Sogn, Nørre Tyrstrup Herred, Vejle Amt

FT-1845 1 Feb 1845 Smedegade, Haderslev købstad

FT-1855 1 Feb 1855 Stenderup By, Sønder Stenderup Sogn, hus

FT-1860 1 Feb 1860 Stenderup By, Sønder Stenderup Sogn, hus

FT-1870 1 Feb 1870 Stenderup By, Sønder Stenderup Sogn, hus

FT-1880 1 Feb 1880 Stenderup By, Sønder Stenderup Sogn, hus

FT-1890 1 Feb 1890 Stenderup By, Sønder Stenderup Sogn, hus

FT-1901 1 Feb 1901 Stenderup, Sønder Stenderup Sogn, matr. 2a

Død 4 May 1905 Stenderup By, Sønder Stenderup Sogn, Nørre Tyrstrup Herred, Vejle Amt

Begravelse 10 May 1905 Sønder Stenderup Kirkegård, Sønder Stenderup Sogn, Nørre Tyrstrup Herred, Vejle Amt

Birth: Page 86.

Jacob Jacobsen Frimann's mother died 3 days after his birth, and his father did not marry again. In the census of 1835 Jacob Jacobsen Frimann stayed with his father who was now living in Agtrup in a house he had rented, and he worked on a day to day basis. Four of his children stayed with him: Anna Christina, Falle, Anna Maria, and Jacob.

In the census of 1840 Jacob Jacobsen Frimann was a foster child with his uncle Jess Sörensen and his wife Catharina Maria Bogh at Catrinebjerg. They also had a foster child Maren Bogh, 14 years old.

Right after his confirmation Jacob Jacobsen Frimann was sent to Haderslev to learn to be a weaver.

Jacob Jacobsen Frimann regarded himself as orphaned, and the reason could be that his father was not capable of taking care of his children. From 1845 Jacob Sörensen stayed with his brother at Bengård in Agtrup. He died there 1868.

Jacob Jacobsen Frimann became a weaver in Sønder Stenderup.

The family lived in a small house built on the land of Catrinebjerg. The house was located at the west side of the farm.

The present Catrinebjerg was built 1867. Before that time there was a farm on the same location. The owner from 1776-1800 was Sören Jacobsen. His widow ran the farm until their son Jess Sörensen took over 1814. There were no children in their marriage.

A niece of Jess Sörensen's widow, Maren Bogh, married Paul Clausen Tonnesen 1860 and inherited the farm. Paul Clausen Tonnesen was born in a farm near the church. He demolished the farm where he was born and added the land to the land of Catrinebjerg, and he built the present farm. They had no children either.

After the death of Paul Clausen Tonnesen 1876 Maren Bogh ran the farm until 1883 where Peder Christian Bogh inherited it. He was a nephew of Maren Bogh.

1909 Peder Christian Bogh had to sell Catrinebjerg. He died in Copenhagen 1926 and his wife 1929.

Death: Page 161. Jacob Jacobsen Frimann. A weaver living for rent in the town and parish of Stenderup. He was born in the parish of Bjert 12th April 1825 his parents being Jacob Sörensen, a previous farm owner, and Dorthea Hansdatter Fallesen. The wife of the deceased was Maren Iversdatter Hald who survives him. 80 years old.

Sister Maria Columba, 2021:

'The Frimann house was on the estate, and the Bogh's were very kind people. It is strange that three childless couples owned it, one after the other. All were very kind to the Frimann's. As Bedstefar told us, his father (Jacob Jacobsen Frimann) was sent to Haderslev to learn a trade because his father (Jacob Sörensen) had lost the farm that he had. I think that it was Jess Sörensen, who was his uncle and had inherited Catrinebjerg, who sent him to Haderslev and provided the house for him when he was married and beginning to work as a weaver.'

Below we have made an extract of a letter which Jacob Jacobsen Frimann's youngest son Poul Jacobsen Frimann (Paul Freeman) wrote to his daughter Ellie on March 6th, 1936:

'No, dear, our esteemed ancestors on Dad's side have not been trades people, only one generation. Poor management and love for Brændevin and cards brought us to that estate. You would have to be born there just to get the class destinction fully in your noddle but they run in gangs as you would call it here. The titled class like Hertuger, a little less Grever, still lower Baroner. For instance Peter Bogh might slip by for a Baron. He had a big place, his own timber, meadows, salt meadows and fields. Then comes different sizes of farmers, then trades people, and lowest the man who has a trade. Father's father had a nice farm, so the girls all married farmers, but Father being the youngest and the farm about caput and orphaned, his relatives had him learn a trade, which he learnt in Haderslev, and when he got through they started him in business, and when he got married they furnished him a house, a cow and a pig, that is free pasture for the cow in summer and 2 tons of hay for winter and barley for the pig, so you see it wasn't so bad. Peter Bogh inherited his big farm, got about 80.000 crowns with his wife and went through it all in less then, he was married in 1888, and when I was home in 1905 he was ready to move so it is easy done.

I don't know much about Mama's people. Mama's dad worked in the king's forest and was known for never using cuss words which is something out of the ordinary over there at that time. Mama's sister married a man by the name of Wildfang. They lived somewhere in South Schleswig. He was a hard drinker and soon went broke. They were farmers, too.

We were related to Peter Bogh and to his wife before marriage. I think we were second cousins. I know we went to his wedding. They had a big tent for the celebration. His father-in-law was killed right after the wedding so we had a big wake and another big tent but no dancing, just eating and drinking.

Peter Bogh's uncle paid for my brother Jess' education. He was apprenticed to a merchant in Odense, and each of my sisters got 500 crowns but I got nothing, too bad.

I could have found a lot when I was home on that visit, but was too busy having a good time to worry about such. Father did not play cards, nor drink to excess, but Mama was always afraid it might pop out in some of the kids so we all had to promise to let cards alone, and we always did.

The cow was stabled in one end of the house and the pig in the other, and the hay upstairs. They would stuff the hay to the peak of the roof, and when it had settled, we could slide between the roof and the hay.

When the farmers' wives brought the yarn for weaving they would sometimes bring their kids, and we went up and slided. The different balls of yarn was put in a box with about 20 compartments or as many compartments as the cloth had to be wide and wound on a big spindle to make the length of the cloth so when the spindle was unwound we could crawl inside, and it was like a merry-go-round. Then we had coffee and 'fine kager', and when the roll of material was finished, Daddy put it on his shoulder and delivered it, and I usually trotted along, and we had more coffee and 'fine kager' so you see it wasn't so bad but 'them days are gone forever' for Father was the last weaver in Stenderup. They all went to factories, and the art of raising and preparing flax and wool on the farm is a 'saga blot'.

It was kind and nice on a winter evening to see a bunch of girls spinning and the boys playing cards in 'Borgerstuen', always a mug of beer on the table, and mush and milk before you went to bed. Well, I could go on forever and tell you about it but what's the use.'