Individual Details

Jens Hanson Ungermann "James DENISON" DINESEN

(28 Jun 1835 - 11 May 1890)

Events

Birth	28 Jun 1835	(spelled Corsor on Marriage Cert) - Korsor, Soro, Denmark
Baptism	7 Nov 1835	Korsor, Soro, Denmark
Census (family)-shared	1845	(Birck Ungermann DINESEN and Ane Marie RASMUSDATTER) working as a day labourer - Fiskergade 183, Korsor, Soro, Denmark
Census	1850	181 Fiskergade, Korsor, Soro, Denmark
Emigration	Abt 1856	(according to his Death Cert) but as yet we haven't identified the ship or port of entry
Alt name	1860	James DENISON
Marriage	5 Feb 1861	(Wesleyan Minister) - Mr McKay's Hotel, Woolshed Township (Now Freeburgh), Victoria, Australian Colonies - Julia CLENSEY (CLANCY)
Occupation	5 Feb 1861	miner
Living	5 Feb 1861	First Crossing, Porepunkah, Victoria, Australia
Note	5 Feb 1861	According to the Bright & District Historical Society Bright was well populated by 1861, so much so that a government surveyor was appointed to survey the town into streets & allotments. The elusive Mr Morse is reputed in some quarters to be the first to have discovered gold in 1856, in the creek which still bears his name. But gold had been worked there since at least 1853. Gold seekers, including many Chinese, began to make tracks to the area. Where the paths of Chinese and European miners crossed, things often got ugly. The Buckland Riots of 1857 are still considered to be Australia’s worst ever race riots. Two years later, one Chinese miner was bludgeoned to death and another severely injured in Bright in what became known as the Morses Creek Riots. Despite the racism, many Chinese stayed on after the gold rush and successfully pioneered the local tobacco and hops growing industries.The mining of gold from quartz reefs took off in 1859. You can still see one of the stamp batteries on the road to Wandiligong.
Naturalization	19 Feb 1884	Bright, Victoria, Australian Colonies
Occupation	4 May 1890	employee of the Bright Shire Council for the last few years of his life, according to an obituary published in the Ovens & Murray Advertiser following his death. His job was attending to the roads in the shire and the day before he died he had been supervising pile driving for the construction of Quinns Bridge. The obituary also mentioned that his funeral was very well attended & spoke of his "many friends to whom he had endeared himself by his consistently honourable & unselfish conduct & numerous kind actions". Kind words indeed
Death	11 May 1890	of cardiac deisease and haemoohage (stroke) - Bright, Victoria, Australian Colonies
Burial	14 May 1890	(Section 1, Block F & one of numbers 46, 46 1/2 or 47) - Bright Cemetery, Bright, Victoria, Australia
Probate	13 Oct 1890	Victoria, Australia

Families

Spouse	Julia CLENSEY (CLANCY) (1839 - 1915)
Child	Elizabeth DENISON (1861 - 1876)
Child	Albert DENISON (1863 - 1882)
Child	Maria DENISON (1864 - 1875)
Child	Emma DENISON (1866 - 1918)
Child	William DENISON (1870 - 1897)
Child	George DENISON (1871 - 1951)
Child	Ida Marion DENISON (1877 - 1941)

Father	Birck Ungermann DINESEN (1799 - 1849)
Mother	Ane Marie RASMUSDATTER (1805 - 1853)
Sibling	Maren Andrine Bartholine DINESEN (1825 - )
Sibling	Nedea Nielsine DINESEN (1828 - )
Sibling	Jenshanne Magdalona Henriette "Hanna" DINESEN (1830 - )
Sibling	Ane Emma Dorthea Ungermann DINESEN (1833 - )
Sibling	Hans Jacob Thorup Ungermann DINESEN (1838 - )
Sibling	Henriette Georgine Wilhelmine Ungermann "Jette" DINESEN (1841 - )
Sibling	Margrethe Magdalena Ungermann "Grete" DINESEN (1844 - )
Sibling	Ida Rosalia DINESEN (1847 - 1850)

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