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Descendants of Christian Rasmussen

Generation No. 1

1. CHRISTIAN¹ RASMUSSEN was born Abt. 1862 in Copenhagen, DK, and died Unknown in Arborg, Manitoba, Canada. He married ANNA MARIE HOLT in In the US somewhere. She was born in The Holt Farm, Norway, and died Unknown in Arborg, Manitoba, Canada.

Notes for CHRISTIAN RASMUSSEN:
Also known as Christopher, emigrated from Denmark on 4/23/1881 abord the SS Strassburg from Bremen Germany to Baltimore. His 21 year old brother Hans accompied him. Orginal destination was Wisconsin and his brother to Iowa. He marred his wife Anna Marie Holt in the US.

DISTRICT OF BALTIMORE - PORT OF BALTIMORE
I, O. Heimbruch, Master of the German SS Strassburg of Bremen do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the annexed list, subscribed with my name, contains to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account or report of all the passengers who have been taken on board the said vessel at Bremen or any other Foreign Port, or at sea, and brought in the said vessel into any district of the United States since her departure from the said Port of Bremen, Ger. Sworn to this 23 day of April, 1881 O. Heimbruch (signature)
Before me, N.J. Sappington for Col.
List of Steerage Passengers of the Steamship Strassburg left Bremen on April 6th 1881
Columns represent: Passenger Number, First Name, Surname, Age, Sex, Died on the Voyage*, Last Legal Residence, Country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Occupations and remarks. (In the column "Last Legal Residence" is written "Nationality" and in the column "Country in which they intend to become inhabitants" is written "Destination".)

1606* Christ. Rasmussen 19 M Denmark Wisconsin Workman
1610 Hans Rasmussen 21 M Denmark Iowa Workman

Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original
recorder not the transcriber or is used to call your
attention to additional information in the Transcriber's
notes below.
1606 Christ. Rasmussen - probably Christian

Children of CHRISTIAN RASMUSSEN and ANNA HOLT are:

2.	i.	ALFRED DANIEL² RASMUSSEN, b. 1889, Edinburg, ND; d. November 21, 1959, Valley City, ND.
	ii.	RAY RASMUSSEN, d. Unknown.
3.	iii.	JOHN CHRISTOPHER RASMUSSEN, d. Abt. 1961.
	iv.	LAWRENCE RASMUSSEN, d. Unknown.
4.	v.	HENRY RASMUSSEN, d. Unknown.
	vi.	ARTHER RASMUSSEN, d. Unknown.
	vii.	CLARA RASMUSSEN, d. Unknown; m. EDWARD MAPSTONE; b. September 1894, Wells, Somerset, England; d. October 28, 1968, 96 Penfole St. Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada.

Notes for CLARA RASMUSSEN:
Listed as Claudette in the Mapstone Fanily website, but listed as Clara in all Rasmussen photos in North Dakota

Notes for EDWARD MAPSTONE:
Emigrated to Canada in 1913,

More About EDWARD MAPSTONE:
Burial: Unknown, Riverside Cemetery

viii.

CLAUDETTE RASMUSSEN, d. Unknown.

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