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| Christian Madsen BILTOFT (1850 - 1923) |
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| b. 22 Apr 1850 at Varde, Ribe, Denmark |
| m. 09 Mar 1883 Dorthea Christine HANSEN (1863 - 1945) at Queensland, Australia |
| d. 11 Jun 1923 at Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia aged 73 |
| Parents: |
| Peter Peder Vedsted BILTOFT (1825 - 1897) |
| Kirstine Marie JENSEN JENSDATTER (1823 - 1871) |
| Grandchildren (2): |
| Edna May BILTOFT (1912 - ), Beris Maud BILTOFT (1914 - ) |
| Events in Christian Madsen BILTOFT (1850 - 1923)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 22 Apr 1850 | Christian Madsen BILTOFT was born | Varde, Ribe, Denmark | |||
| 13 Mar 1871 | 20 | Death of mother Kirstine Marie JENSEN JENSDATTER (aged 48) | Rærup, Lydum, Denmark | ||
| 09 Mar 1883 | 32 | Married Dorthea Christine HANSEN (aged 19) | Queensland, Australia | 1883/C381 | |
| 07 Dec 1883 | 33 | Birth of son Peter Vedsted BILTOFT | Queensland, Australia | 1884/C8325 | |
| 13 Aug 1885 | 35 | Death of son Peter Vedsted BILTOFT (aged 1) | Queensland, Australia | ||
| 1886 | 36 | Birth of daughter Maria Matidla BILTOFT | Queensland, Australia | 1886/C2353 | |
| 14 Jul 1888 | 38 | Birth of son Peter Vedsted BILTOFT | Queensland, Australia | 1888/C2824 | |
| 1890 | 40 | Birth of son Martin James BILTOFT | Queensland, Australia | 1890/C3325 | |
| 1892 | 42 | Birth of son Christopher Adolphus BILTOFT | Queensland, Australia | 1892/C3378 | |
| 1895 | 45 | Birth of daughter Elsie Christina BILTOFT | Queensland, Australia | 1895/C2977 | |
| 1897 | 47 | Birth of daughter Hilda Dorothy BILTOFT | Queensland, Australia | 1897/C2929 | |
| 09 Jul 1897 | 47 | Death of father Peter Peder Vedsted BILTOFT (aged 71) | Warwick, Queensland, Australia | 1897/C4293 | |
| 1900 | 50 | Birth of son Henry Herbert BILTOFT | Queensland, Australia | 1900/C3036 | |
| 11 Jun 1923 | 73 | Christian Madsen BILTOFT died | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | ||
| Personal Notes: |
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Christen Madsen Biltoft was the son of Peder Vedsted Biltoft and Kirstin Marie Jensdatter. He was born on 22 April 1850 in Grindsted, Varde, Ribe Amt, Denmark. Apparently, Christen and his brother Jens moved to South Jutland to earn more money as young men. When Christen was 22 years old, they decided to migrate (assumedly for the same reason) and departed on the Friedeburg, which left on the 18th May 1872. The brothers arrived in New Zealand on 31 August 1872. The boys' mother, Kirstine had died in Denmark only two years previously. According to family legend, they were very impressed with the country at first. They even wrote home and tried to convince their father Peder Vedsted Biltoft to join them. However, life in New Zealand soon became tiresome and the boys wrote again to their father. Peder never received their letter, as he and the family were already en route to Australia. Eventually, Christen and Jens joined their family in Queensland, Australia. Christian Biltoft and Jens Pedersen Biltoft married the same day (9 March 1883) to sisters. Christen married Dorothea Christina Hansen, and Jens married Anne/Annie Hansen. They were two of four known daughters of Jens and Marie Bolethi (Peterson) Hansen. Even though their father Peder always wanted to return to Denmark in his old age, this never eventuated, as he worried that the cold weather would be too much for him. After his father's death in 1897, Christian inherited his father's rather substantial property at Freestone Creek (near Warwick). According to family records, Christen and Dorothea's children were as follows:
*Peter Vedsted Biltoft (dec as infant) * Maria Mathilda Biltoft (known to family as Matilda Maria) *Peter Vedsted Biltoft *James Martin Biltoft *Christopher Adolphus Biltoft *Elsie Christine Biltoft *Hilda Dorothy Biltoft *Henry Herbert Biltoft Christen and Dorothea both died and were buried in Toowoomba, QLD. Christen died on the 11 June 1923 and Dorothea died more than 20 years later on the16th March 1945. |