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- From the Vissenbjerg kirkebog:
April 17, 1767: No. 28, den 17de ditto (Apriil) Friderich J?rgensens datter i Elleschow.
From the 1787 census of Vissenbjerg parish:
Pr?stegaard Huusene, 2de Familie: Frid. J?rgensen, Mand, 64, 1ste ?gteskab, Skr?der; Karen Persdatter, Kone, 77, 1ste ?gteskab; Maren Frid.datter, deres datter, 24, ugift.
November 21, 1788: Begravelses Dag: den 21 ditto (Novbr.); No. 21; Personerens navn og deres opholds sted: Fridr. Skr?ders kone i Skov-H., 78.
March 19, 1791: No. 2; Enkemanden Friderich J?rgensen og Pigen Gierdrud Christiansdatter af Ellesckov troelovede den 18de December 1790, ?gteviede den 19 Marty 1791. Forloverne vare Friderich J?rgen i Haarslef og Mickel Nielsen paa Rold.
February 26, 1798: Begravelses Dag: den 26 Febr.; No. 5; Personerens navn og deres opholdssted: Friderich Skr?dder of Elleskovshusene, 66.
March 31, 1798: No. 1, den 31 Marts havde Enken Gertrud Christiansdatter trolovelse med Enkemand Niels Pedersen i Elleskous Husene. Forloverne: Rasmus Pedersen og Anders Andersen af Kielstrup. ?gteviede den 23 Juni.
From the 1801 census of Vissenbjerg parish:
Under Fuglevig Pr?stegaard, 5 Familie: Niels Pedersen, 65, 2 Gift, mand, huusmand med jord; Gertrud Christensdatter, 44, 2 Gift, hans kone.
According to a published family pedigree Friderich J?rgensen was born 1730 or 1731, this must be an estimate based on the age provided for his burial record in the Vissenbjerg parish register; however, this is at odds with the age given for the 1787 census. It seems to me that the information in the census is probably more accurate, as it likely came from Friderich J?rgensen himself, thus making his birth date circa 1723.
The pedigree tells us that Friderich J?rgensen lived in a house along the road to Vissenbjerg, which in that time was plagued by robbers. At that time the area was still forested and the narrow roads had high embankments along their sides. Robbers made use of these embankments, hiding behind them until they swept down upon travellers making their way to Vissenbjerg. As a result this area, now called Fuglevig, has place names such as: "R?verskoven" (Robber's Wood), "R?verhusene" (Robber's Houses) and "R?verbakken" (Robber's Hill), etc.
It is in one of these "R?verhusene" called Elleskovhus that Friderich J?rgensen lived, which received its name from the surrounding Elder (in danish: Elle) forest (skov). It is known that he lived there before 1750, and stayed until his death, and that he was a "Husmand og Skr?der" (Small-Landholder and Tailor). It is because of this that later family tradition has named Friderich J?rgensen as "R?verskr?deren" (the Robber's Tailor).
Bent N?rrelund Madsen tells that his grandfather, S?ren Marius Sophus Madsen, told him that the side of his family that came from Brenderup were connected to the "Vissenbjerg Gang", a group of notorious thieves and highway-men. And that it was "something they didn't talk about." This information is backed up by the christening record for their daughter Mette Marie Hansdatter which states that her grandfather (morfar) was from Vissenbjerg. However, there seems to have been no solid evidence that Friderich J?rgensen had any real connection to the gang - it is likely the tale grew, and was embroidered upon, over the years.
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 21 July 2015.
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1723 - 1798 (~ 75 år)
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