New information, just in from the LDS website, lists Jens Carl Pedersen Kirketerp and Mariane Mikkelsdatter, both of Fraer as parents of Peder Kristian Jensen.

11-20-1824 to 2-27-1920

He is listed in the 1845 Fraer Parish Census as an unmarried, farmhand in the household of a farmer named Peder Madsen.

Married Karen Sorensen, born 1-11-1834, died 2-30-1905. Peder had two sons, Niels and Peter. Either Karen's date of birth is wrong or she is the second wife because Peder's son Niels was born in 1846. Family tradition says that Peter, the son, attended the signing of the Treaty of Versailles as a representative of the Danish Government.

11-16-1846 to 1-28-1931

Married Ingre Marie Jensen (7-9-1856 to 5-10-1946) and had three children: Jens Peter Kristian Jensen (b. 12-7-1884), Ottinius Jensen (b. 10-23-1892) and Anna Elizabeth Jensen (b. 5-28-1888). On 4-22-1904, Niels' and his children's last name was legally changed to [deleted].

The little town of Fraer, Denmark. Jens's home is the thatched roof, stone building on the right

12-7-1884 to 1-1-1982

Born in Fraer Denmark, came to America in 1904 on the White Star liner Oceanic. Once in America, he married Anna Madsen from Aars, Denmark. They settled in Audubon, Iowa. Jens and Anna had four children: Karen Ingre (1913), Edith, Frances, and James.

Mar. 16, 1913 to Dec. 5, 1990

Born and lived her early years in Audubon, Iowa, a town were the churches, schools, neighbors all spoke Danish. Karen did not learn to speak English until she was seven years old. Married Arleigh Robert Kerr in 1946 and they had one child: Arleigh Robert Kerr, Jr. born in 1950.

The earliest known Madsen, was Mads Rasmussen and he had one son, Lars Madsen.

1861 to 1926

Born in Barmer, Denmark; died in Aars. In the 1890 census, Lars is listed as a farmer. On U.S. immigration documents for daughter, Anna in 1911; she says her father was a brewer. Lars married Karen Maria Jorgensen and had five children: Hanna, Christian, Anna (2-5-1893), George Katrina and Johan (born about 1890). Lars later married Hasina _____ and they had a child named Viggo.

1858 to 1911

Born in Mjallerup (as Karen Maria Sorensdatter, the daughter of Soren Jorgensen). She married Lars Madsen. Died in Aars.

The Madsen house (center, right with the car in front) in Aars where Anna Madsen was born.

2-5-1893 to 3-9-1959

Born in Aars, Denmark. She came to America on the SS Oscar II, arriving on 4-19-1911 with her brother Johan Madsen. Anna married Jens Jensen [deleted] and they had four children: Karen Ingre (1913), Edith, Frances, and James.