hello welcome to Kate's Ag today I'm here in Gummersmark Denmark and I am standing in
front of the house my great-grandfather grew up in, which is just phenomenal
I had only seen it from pictures. my great-grandfather emigrated to Montana from
here in 1912. so it is just amazing to finally go back to my roots and see where my family is
from I will insert a photo of my great-grandfather standing with his sister and her daughter in front
of this home when they visited after Chris Jensen my great-grandfather had homesteaded his farm so
I'll show you a bit of the house and this must have been the barn it's still all farmland so
it's on the island of Zealand and not too far from Copenhagen about 30 miles west which is
just amazing so technically I would be an eighth Danish as you can tell it's absolutely beautiful
the home has been renovated now and the couple who live here are very nice here is the barn
and then here is the cropland I'd imagined that it would be a
built up City and I didn't even know that the house would still exist so
it has just been an incredible experience to see it in person here are the crops I'm not sure what
this is and this was probably all a part of this home's property or part of it at least
it took quite a bit of digging to find where the home's location was and I also know the
church where he was baptized at so I will show you that next here's another view of the home
and it was the most surreal experience when we first drove up to it it's in a very very small
town and here it looks like we have possibly doesn't look like wheat I'm not entirely sure
what this crop is but it's gorgeous and all of the homes here are there's lots of little farm
houses it's really cool to imagine what life would have been like for my great grandfather
when he lived in this area all of the flowers alongside the road are so beautiful I hope you
really enjoyed seeing my great-grandfather Chris Jensen's home and learning a little bit more about
the history of my family's Montana Farm Now
I'm standing in the little village of Gummersmark which is about a kilometer
away from Chris Jensen's childhood home and it's just adorable it's
a small village so there's not a huge amount going on
the buildings and architecture are absolutely Spectacular Now I am standing in front of the
church my great-grandfather was baptized at which is really neat and it's a beautiful yellow color
and the gardens are spectacular so I'll show you around I am in a little bit bigger of a
town that's nearby where his childhood home was this is also a grave yard and I've noticed some
graves with the last name Jensen so I suppose they would be distant relatives the gardens are
truly immaculately kept the religion in Denmark is primarily Protestant Lutheran so that's what this
church is here are some Jensen names and there are several more throughout the church grounds
I have very much enjoyed my time in Denmark so far it's a beautiful country I would also like to say
a very big thank you to the Toft family which are very close friends of my family in Montana their
whole family has been spent a harvest working at the farm and my family has been to visit them on
multiple times as well and they are the nicest people ever and it has been such a pleasure to
finally meet them here's the other side of the church while traveling in Denmark I have seen
many churches with this same style of architecture and the same build and the same look but this is
the only yellow one I have seen so far which I think is really interesting this grave up here
also says Jensen now I'll take you inside the church last time I was here it was not open
The town's name is Bjæverskov and its about 3
kilometers from where my great-grandfather Chris Jensen's childhood home was and I very
much enjoyed learning about my family's history and a little bit more about my
Heritage I hope you also enjoyed make sure to like And subscribe to learn
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