I 2024 havde vi fået kontakt fra Lianne Summerfield, som fortalte om, at de var tre søskende: Lianne, Karen og Lewis, som planlagde en rejse til Europa, og derfor også havde et ønske om at se nogle af de steder omkring Barrit, hvor familien var udvandret fra. Vi havde så kontakten, hvor vi fandt frem til, hvad der skulle besøges, og hvordan besøget skulle forløbe. Det blev et dejligt besøg med oplevelse af familieskab og steder med fælles historie.
Slægtsforholdene mellem os kan ses på denne oversigt.
Det var derfor naturligt, at de også skulle møde flere end os, og det blev min fætter Birger, mine brødre Bent og Lars og min søn René, som netop havde besøgt New Zealand og mødt nogle af familien dernede. Vi mødtes på hotellet i Vejle, hvor de havde overnattet, og kørte derfra via “Fjordenhus” til Barrit Kirke, hvor Marie og Jesper Nielsens børn blev døbt, og de selv begravet. I år er det præcist 100 år siden Jesper døde, og det kunne vi så markere ved at sætte en lille blomst på stedet for graven, der nu er sløjfet. Vi havde mødt Birger og René ved kirken, og kørte derfra til Barrit Stationsby, hvor vi gik gennem byen og gjorde holdt ved de steder, der havde relevans for slægtshistorien. Efter at have spist frokost hos Birger besøgte vi Nebsager Kirkegård, og videre til Stouby Kirke, hvor både Marie og Jesper var blevet døbt og også senere gift. Dagen sluttede hos Lars i Børkop, hvor vi efter at have spist, kunne tage afsked med hinanden.
Det var et dejligt besøg – sjovt, hvad slægtsforskning kan føre til!
In 2024 we had been contacted by Lianne Summerfield, who told us that they were three siblings: Lianne, Karen and Lewis who were planning a trip to Europe, and therefore also had a desire to see some of the places around Barrit, where the family had emigrated from. We then had the contact where we found out what to visit and how the visit should proceed. It was a lovely visit with an experience of family bonding and places with shared history.
The family relationships between us can be seen in this overview.
It was therefore natural that they should also meet more than us, and it was my cousin Birger, my brothers Bent and Lars and my son René, who had just visited New Zealand and met some of the family down there. We met at the hotel in Vejle, where they had stayed overnight, and drove from there via “Fjordenhus” to Barrit Church, where Marie and Jesper’s children were baptized, and they themselves were buried. This year it is exactly 100 years since Jesper died, and we were able to mark this by placing a small flower on the site of the grave, which is now closed. We had met Birger and René at the church, and drove from there to Barrit Stationsby, where we walked through the town and stopped at the places that were relevant to the family history. After lunch at Birger’s we visited Nebsager Cemetery, and on to Stouby Church, where both Marie and Jesper had been baptized and later married. The day ended at Lars’s in Børkop, where after eating we could say goodbye to each other.
It was a lovely visit – funny what genealogy research can lead to!
Opdateret 14/6 2025