Family trees

The family trees in the  Myrup family

Several families lived in Myrup in Lild Parish in Vester Han Herred, Thisted Amt (county) in Northern Jutland in the mid-1700s. Three of the families took or were given the surname Myrup. 

Until 1828, children were only baptized with the first name or names. The last name or surname described your relations to a family (the father) or place (farm, city, occupation etc.). For example, a man named Niels who was the son of Christen became Niels Christen’s son (Niels Christensen) or if Niels Christensen came from Myrup he was called Niels Christensen from Myrup, Niels Christensen Myrup or just Niels Myrup to distinguish him from Niels from Diernæs. A girl named Maren who was the daughter of Christen Nielsen became Maren Christen Nielsen’s daughter or in shorter Maren Christen’s daughter (Maren Christensdatter). Only the first name and the father’s name were given. The surname after the place could change, if it was ever used. In first half of the 1800s this changed due to the name-giving laws and the children were baptized with their full name, including the family name.   

The three Myrup families gave birth to their children between 1750 and 1780 and gave name to three families and their descendants.

Family I

The research of the Myrup family began with my own family, the first family (family I), which turned out to begin with the ancestor Laurs Pedersen called Lars Myrup born 1730 at the farm Skadhauge in Tømmerby Parish, a neighbor parish to Lild Parish. He married Bodild Laursdatter from Myrup, they lived at Myrup and their descendants used the Myrup name.

As I was working further into the parish registers I found several people with the Myrup name that didn’t fit into my family tree. I called them ‘loose ends’.

Family II and III

These ’loose ends’ were eventually connected to another Myrup ancestor Niels Christensen called Niels Myrup born 1730 in Myrup (family II). Later, I found yet another Myrup family – Niels Christian Pedersen Myrup called Niels Christian Myrup, who was born in 1724 at Diernæs, a neighbor farm to Myrup, and his family (family III).

These three families and their descendants are described on this site Myrupfamilien.dk.

Family I. Lars Pedersen Myrup (1730-1797); the family lived at Myrupgård until 1786.

Family II. Niels Christensen Myrup (1730-1799); the family lived at Myruphus until 1829.

Family III. Niels Christian Pedersen Myrup (1724-1800); the family lived at Myrupgård from 1786 to 1947.

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The relations between the three families

Unfortunately, 55 years of the parish registers from Lild and Tømmerby parishes has been lost for the period 1673-1728. This makes it very difficult to find the relations between the families. But Vester Han Herred and especially Lild Parish were not that large at that time so there is a possibility that they were related. Further research will show. They were often godfathers at the baptism of their children which indicates close relations.

Family I lived at the farm Myrupgård, which was sometimes called Øster (East) Myrup in the registers, from the mid-1600s and maybe earlier until 1786 when they moved to Madsbøll in Hjardemål Parish.

Family II lived at the house Myruphus, which was sometimes called Vester (West) Myrup in the registers, most recently from 1730 until the death of Christen Nielsen Myrup in 1829.

Family III bought the farm Myrupgård in 1786 and it belonged to the family until 1947.

The descendants

A family and its descendants can be described in several ways. I have chosen to use the method called indentation method. 

Every family tree begins with the ancestors and their forefathers - family I, II and III. 

The ancestor’s children and their families are the A.-branches and their descendants.

Every generation has a letter: The ancestors are I-III, their children are A, their grandchildren are B, their great grandchildren C and so on. This means that every member of the family has a unique ID in the trees. In several cases the branches are split into more pages to give the reader a better overview.

An example:

I am I-A6.B7.C1.D9.E1.F3.

I – I belong to family I. Lars Pedersen Myrup was my ancestor

A6. His son Christen Larsen Myrup was my ancestor in the A generation. He had 12 children,

B7. and number 7 - was Niels Larsen Christensen Myrup who had 15 children.

C1. The oldest child was my great grandfather Peder Nielsen Myrup who had 10 children.

D9. His 9th child was my grandfather Kristian Myrup who had 4 children.

E1. The oldest was my mother Anna Myrup,

F3. and I am number 3, the youngest – Lis Myrup

When you use 'Register' to find your relation in the Myrup family, start looking for which of the families I, II or III you belong to. Then follow the thread A.B.C.D…. 

A little asterisk (*) after the ID in the register, shows that this is a spouse or a partner to a descendant with this ID. Please observe that the list contains birth names and not married names or necessarily namechanges.

                     From Lild Parish the ancestors' children moved to the surrounding parishes

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Last updated 18.03.2018 by Lis Myrup