Titel: SV: Louis Kristian Andersen
Skrivet av: Niels Just Rasmussen skrivet 2021-11-27, 14:42
Lovango - Vestindiske Øer.
"At the east end of the island is a cemetery where Roselyn Smith Anderson (9/18/1889-9/22/1969), Louis Christian Andersen (6/8/1879-10/11/1957) and the more recently deceased Mr. Rudy deWindt, born on Eensomhed, St. Thomas, are buried." The epitaph on this tombstone in the east end cemtery reads “In loving memory of Louis Christian Anderson. Born in Denmark June 8, 1879. Died October 1957.” Kilde: https://stjohnhistoricalsociety.org/vol-ix-no-9-may-2008-lovango-explore-summarized-by-robin-swank/
Så den Louis Christian Andersen jeg fandt på de Dansk Vestindiske Øer [fra 1917: US Virgin Islands] er født 8. Juni 1879; som er SAMME DATO som Louis Christian Andersen, født i Nykøbing Falster!
Sanct Thomæ Tidende (1828-1917). 24. April 1907. Auction over Öen "Loango". Auctionsdirecteuren bekjendtgör herved at ifölge af begjæring af Fogden, efter Bestemmelse af Gouvernementet paa Vegne af St. Thomas Colonialkasse, og efter foretaget Udlæg for resterende Matrikulskatter for aaret 1905 bliver den Louis Christian Andersen ifølgende Skjöde af 7. Maj 1904 tilhörende Ejendom. Öen Loango beliggende i Cruzbay Kvarter, Sankt Jan. ... St. Jans Auctionscontoir den 18. April 1907. Kilde: https://www2.statsbiblioteket.dk/mediestream/avis/record/doms_aviser_page%3Auuid%3Ac63a1eef-e7e3-4c8e-a574-07a5216b5dd4/query/%22louis%20christian%20andersen%22
Reviderede Regnskaber, Vestindiske Regnskaber. Matrikel for St. Thomas og St. Jan (1905-1907). Cruz Bay Kvarter. nr 16: Øen Loango. L.C. Andersen. Areal 60 acres. Dyrkning: 25 acres. Kilde (s. 262): https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?epid=17226867#206932,39298114
Den sidste danske Folketælling på de Vestindiske Øer [foretaget på engelsk, da mange af beboerne ikke var dansk-talende, specielt de mange englændere].
Census 1911. Sankt Jan [Engelsk Saint John]. Loango Quy [= Key/Cay]. Cruz Bay Quarter. Louis Andersen. Born Danmark. Arrived 1903. 31 Years. Lutheran. Fisherman. Roslin Andersen. Born Mingo Cay [Sankt Jan]. 21 years. Episcopalian. His wife. Elsa P. Andersen. Born Henly Cay [Sankt Jan]. 3 years. Lutheran. Their daughter. Ernest Bruster. Born Mingo Cay [Sankt Jan]. 14 years. Moravian. Fisherman. Kilde (s. 40): https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?epid=17351393#217086,41005179
Viet: 1. Juli 1906, den Lutherske kirke, Cruz Bay, Sankt Jan, af J. Petersen. ungkarl Louis Christian Andersen, 27 Aar. Ejer af øen Loango. Fisker. Lutheran. pigen Roseline Rebecca Smith. 16 Aar. Bor Loango. Episcopalian. Forlovere: Ferdinand Andersen & Benjamin Smith. Kilde (s. 36, nr 4): https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?epid=17116770#152852,25449859 NB: Louis Christian Andersen fra Nykøbing Falster havde både en fader Ferdinand Alfred Andersen og en broder ved samme navn.
Født: 7. December 1907 i Kessi Key, Sankt Jan. Døbt: 28. Marts 1908 i Cruz Bay, Sankt Jan. Navn: Else Paulina Andersen. Fader: Louis Christian Andersen. 28 aar. Fisker, Kissi Key, Sankt Jan. Lutheran. Moder: hustru Roselin Rebekka, født Smith. 19 aar. Lutheran. Døbt i Luthersk kirke, Cruz Bay, Sankt Jan af Johannes Petersen. Kilde (s. 252, nr 12): https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?epid=17116770#152851,25449811
Født: 4. Februar 1916, Loango, Sankt Jan. Døbt: 30. April 1916 af P. Kastrup i Nazareth Chapel. Navn: Lenia Louisa Andersen. Fader: Louis Andersen, 37 years, Fisherman. Lutheran. Moder: wife Rosalind Andersen, 27 years, Anglican. Faddere: herunder Ernest Bruster, som var med i Folketællingen 1911. Kilde (s. 14, nr 1): https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?epid=17116770#152854,25450070
US Census 1920: Virgin Islands, St. John, Cruz Bay. Louis C. Andersen, 38 years [fejl] Danish. Fisherman. Rosalind Andersen, 28 years [fejl]. Wife. Elsa P. Andersen, 10 years [fejl]. Daughter. Louis L. Andersen. 1 year. Son. Kilde: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RF7-NZY?i=9&cc=1488411&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3ASP8P-PSK NB: Så der er også en søn! [ellers er det en fejl for Liniea Louisa Andersen, hvor også her alderen er forkert?]
US Census 1930: Virgin Islands, St. John, Cruz Bay. Louis C. Andersen. 50 years. Danish. Arrived 1903. Fisherman. Rosalin Andersen. 40 years. Wife. Linea Andersen. 14 years. Daughter. Kilde: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R8X-9M52?cc=1810731&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXCKM-HX7
"Warranty Deed from Elsa P. Andersen on one half of eastern half of Loango, October 6, 1926". Kilde (original s. 10 midt): http://www.stcroixarchaeology.org/files/Lovango_or_Loango_Islands_-_Dick.pdf
"Adjudication in the estate of Louis Andersen as title for Elsa and Linea Andersen's share in Loango; September 18, 1946." Kilde (original side 11 øverst): http://www.stcroixarchaeology.org/files/Lovango_or_Loango_Islands_-_Dick.pdf
Interview November 6, 1979 on Loango: Rudy [Rudolph] De Windt, born on St. Thomas is now 66 years old, his wife, the former Elsa Andersen now 72 years of age, is the only person known to have been born on Henley Cay." ....they have one daughter Kathleen, living in New York, 6 grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren... ... Elsa De Windt's sister Linea Andersen became Mrs Josephine Bell.....[?] [om Census 1920:] Linea Andersen Wells and her husband Ernest Wells. .....according to Elsa, her father was the son of a Dane who had made his family fortune in the florist business [Ferdinand Alfred Andersen var Handelsgartner !!] and after military service located in St. Thomas [1903 ?], Henley Cay, Loango Cay becoming a fisherman in these waters. Kilde: http://www.stcroixarchaeology.org/files/Lovango_or_Loango_Islands_-_Dick.pdf
Vi må konkluderer at Louis Christian Andersen fra Nykøbing Falster og ham fra de vestindiske øer er den samme person!