New: Nov. 2011--The Bornholm Historical Society has included an article about my immigrant ancestors from Bornholm in their 2011 yearbook! See the story of this family's emigration (English version).
Nyt: November 2011-- Bornholmske Historiske Samfund har udgivet en historie om min immigrant forfædre fra Bornholm i deres vidunderlige 2011 årbøg! Se historien her. Og se bogen dækker her. Hvis du mener vi er beslægtede, så kontakt mig venligst!
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(Created by and for the descendants of Joseph Sydney Koford and Katherine Hamilton Buckingham
| The island of Bornholm, Denmark, (map) is the birthplace of our great-grandparents, Jens Otto August KOFOED*and Hennea Christine Caroline PETERSEN/PEDERSEN (BOHN)*. After our great-grandmother, "Caroline" (May 1853-April 1937), came to the U.S., she kept in contact with relatives who stayed behind. Letters and photos which she kept, and her daughter after her, give us a peek into her world on Bornholm. Some of those family photos will appear on this Web
site. *The spelling of both of these surnames varies from one source to another. |  Caroline is on the right. For close-up, click on photo. |
"James Koford" |
Jens Otto August Kofo(e)d,
(Aug. 1852-1925, who Anglicized his name to "James A. Koford") was
a carpenter and cabinetmaker. He worked construction projects around the Oakland-San Francisco, California, area until he moved his growing family to Vacaville (Solano county) in the mid- 1880's. I think he was interested in having a small town environment for his young children, so he bought a house with some land in that new town. When his sons were ready for college, he moved the family to Berkeley, California, to a house he built for them on Milvia St. From there they could "walk to school" at the State University (U.C. Berkeley). His three sons, Henning, James, Jr. and Joseph, all graduated from there. Daughter Caroline (Carrie), taught at Whittier Elementary School across the street from their home. Daughter Gertrude was a nurse at Merritt Hospital (and then a teacher). |
| many, many links to old Bornholm photos and subjects ...just click! In Dansk. | Bornholm Museum, Archive page | |
| searching old Danish census returns & emigrations online ... | Danish Demographic Database | |
| exploring Bornholm roots with the experts--in Bornholm!... | Bornholm Genealogy & Local History Society Webpage | |
| how many Kofoed relatives do you have...? | Bjarne Kofoed's Bornholm database | |
| even more Bornholm Kofoed family history, (added 10/2010). | Norman Madsen's page about Kofoed genealogy |
Page created by Lorna Koford Wallace
e-mail questions/comments to: lornakw at hotmail )
updated Feb 2012
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