Cecelie Christensen's (1877-1931) Immigration to New York
I ’ve been researching my great-grandfather Hans Christensen’s and his siblings’ immigration from Denmark to the United States. Hans, the oldest, was the first to arrive in New York on 6 August 1890 on the Devonia. [1] The next to arrive in New York were his brother Christen, his sister Maren Kristina, and her husband Hans Frederik Adelholdt Jensen on 29 May 1891 on the Hekla . [2] However, I could not find an immigration record for his sister Cecelie (1877-1931). All I knew was that she had to have arrived before 24 November 1895 when she married Hans Christensen in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. [3] I finally found her traveling to New York in 1894. On 14 February 1894, Cecelie Christensen, age 17 of Radsted, Maribo, was interviewed by the Copenhagen Police as part of their emigration process. She stated she was going to New York City. Her contract number was 18700. [4] Her ticket was listed as indirect - indicating she would be st