On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 14:33:10 +0000 (UTC), miking@sympatico.ca (Michael King) wrote: >At 2:50 AM +0000 16/4/05, Michael VanBaaren wrote: >>I am looking for parentage of Dorotea Balsersdtr. Skanke (Schanke, Schanche, >>Skonke, Skunke, etc.) who married Christen Pallesen Trane c1605. He was >>soknprest in H¯yland, Rogaland. I have seen research which states she might >>possibly be daughter of Balser Hemmingsen and also that she is a near >>relative of soknprest Zacharias Jonsen Skanke. Dorotea had the following >>children: Palle, Dorotea, Christen, Maren (she married Teofilus Jonsen >>Skanke), Elen and one unnamed daughter. Does anyone have information on who >>Dorotea's parents are? Thanks in advance. >> > >Hi Michael, > >I have her father as Baltzer Hemmingsen, also. I have a note on >Dorothea which reads, "datter g(ift). Theophilus Joensen Schancke. >sl(?). av s(onge).pr(æst) Zacharias Joensen Schancke". > >I have the marriage of Maren to Theophilus Joensen Schancke, but what >relationship there was between Theophilus and Zacharias I haven't >determined. What could "sl" be an abbreviation for? > >Theophilus was, "Pers.kapellan i Gand, RO fra 1643, Sogneprest i >Egersund 1650-" and appears to be the son of Jon Mogensen Schancke >and Magdalena Andersdatter Foss. > >Regards, > >Mike King. "sl." is supposed to be short for "slektning" = "relative". Per Nermo