Hi Listers! I am looking for family members...My Danish immigrant ancestor was Christian/Kristian PEDERSEN BIRK, who came to the U.S. (port of departure unknown) via New York in 1884 and settled in Nebraska. He was born 19 May 1863 in Ikastsogn, RingkøbingCounty, Denmark to Peder Christiansen/Kristiansen BIRK and Elisabeth PEDERSDATTER (1829-?). Peder CHRISTIANSEN (BIRK efternavn used then?) was born 6 June 1830 in Bording, Ringkøbing County to Christen CHRISTENSEN (BIRK?) and Anne Kirstine IVERSDATTER. He apparently had siblings named Christen Christensen and Johann Carl Christensen BIRK. Peder married Elisabeth on 19 November 1852 in Ikastsogn, Ringkøbing County. I have no death dates for either Peder or Elisabeth (other than that they died after Christian's birth in 1863). My Danish/American Christian also married a Danish girl, Hansine Johanne PEDERSEN from (Saksild Parish?) Aårhus County (they were both in their early teens when they emigrated and possibly met on the ship. Christian & Hansine were parents of 13 children: Mette Ruth Elizabeth, Peder Rudolph, Mette Ruth Elizabeth 2 (marriedFloyd Vaughn), Petrea Jessine, Agnes Barbara-twin to Petrea (married Charles Leslie), Darice Violet (married Joseph J. Klinge), Alice Nathalia (married Grover Barnhardt), Sarah Dora "Sadie" (married Charles Hampton), Anna Cecelia-who was deaf (married Fred Arthur Clayton), Wilmer Hoge "Dete" (married Floy Blanche Barbee & Jennie____), Jesse Jacob (married Mary Mowery), and Christian, Jr. Would love to hear from anyone with information! Sincerely, Karen Birk Weatherford Nebraska native in South Carolina