Looking for birth/baptism of Minnie Margaret POULSEN abt 1878

[Westy11]

Minnie Margaret POULSEN was a daughter of Hans POULSEN & Margaret FREESE born abt 1878. 

Minna and her family arrived in Queensland on board the Dorunda on 14 Nov 1883. Minnie/Minna was listed as age 4.

Some family trees have Minnie born 22 Aug 1878 in Worden, Schleswig-Holstein however no verification provided other than other family Trees.

Minna/Minnie died in Queensland 28 OCT 1959.

Westy

[davecapps]

As far as I know there is no place called Worden in Schleswig-Holstein
I think the place you are looking for is Wöhrden.

https://www.google.de/maps/place/W%C3%B6hrden/@54.2223405,8.7316169,10z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47b38a36af4e5bdd:0x739bb439bc4d58ed!8m2!3d54.1656197!4d8.9948783

The parish records for Wöhrden are now in the archive in Meldorf.

https://kirche-dithmarschen.de/das-kirchenkreisarchiv/

The registrar, Mr Voß, speaks English so it should be no problem to mail him.
Mr Voß was off duty for 7 months and he now has a quite an overload of extern queries.

Go to pages 59-61 in this PDF for an overview of Wöhrden records

http://www.archivnordkirche.de/files/landeskirchliches_archiv/downloads/Infoheft%20KB%20Suederdithmarschen.pdf

Dave

[aghadowey]

Nothing helpful on her death certificate? Sister's horrible death reported in the newspaper in 1891 but nothing about the family's origins although maternal grandmother mentioned.

[Westy11]

Thanks so  much aghadowey & Dave.

Katherina's death was so horrific and it is unimaginable the degree of pain she endured.

Thanks for the leads Dave.

Westy

[aghadowey]

Nothing helpful on her death certificate?

[Westy11]

No budget available unfortunately
Westy

[davecapps]

Minnie Margaret POULSEN was a daughter of Hans POULSEN & Margaret FREESE born 22 Aug 1878 in Worden, Schleswig-Holstein 

Is that all you have??

Give me all the data you have and i´ll see what can do. I don´t live that far away from Wöhrden

Dave

[Westy11]

Hello Dave,

Thats wonderful and much appreciated.

The sum total of what I have on Minnie/Mina includes her arrival aged 4 on 14 Nov 1883 in Queensland Australia on board the Dorunda.

On the off chance you may need Minnie's siblings and parents, on arrival they were:
Hans PAULSEN aged 44
Margaret aged 48
Maria aged 18
Wilkie aged 16
Anna aged 10
Welhelm aged 7
Minia aged 4
Hans aged 2

Thanks so much.

Westy