Edgar Christian Fencker

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Edgar Christian Fencker (born January 7, 1844 in Sankt Hans Sogn , Odense , † December 15, 1904 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish inspector of Greenland .

Life

1864 Fencker the military to the Danish equivalent of an upper ensign of the reserve . In 1868 he worked as a volunteer in Upernavik . The next year he moved to Appat , another year later to Uummannaq and in 1872 to Ilulissat . In 1875 he became an administrator in Qeqertarsuaq and in the same year in Qasigiannguit . In 1878 he became colonial administrator in Qeqertarsuaq, in 1880 in Qasigiannguit, in 1884 in Upernavik and in 1890 in Appat. In 1892 he was appointed inspector of South Greenland and in 1899 he was replaced by his son-in-law Regnar Stephensen .

family

Edgar Christian Fencker was the son of the ennobled officer August Carl Frederik von Fencker and his wife Mette Cathrine Dreier. He married on August 6, 1876 in Qeqertarsuaq Hansine Lundsteen, who was born on October 5, 1843 in Vorgod Sogn as the daughter of Petrus Lundsteen and Christiane Marie Elisabeth Hansen. His sister-in-law Johanne Margrethe Lundsteen was married to the former inspector of North Greenland , Sophus Theodor Krarup-Smith . Fencker and his wife had the following children:

  • Cathrine Emilie Elisabeth Fencker (born May 14, 1877 in Qeqertarsuaq)
  • Karl Frederik Hannibal Anthon Fencker (born December 27, 1878 in Qeqertarsuaq)
  • Edgar Kristian Fencker (born December 28, 1880 in Qasigiannguit)
  • Hannibal Fencker (born May 12, 1883 in Qasigiannguit)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry in the Biografisk Leksikon for Grønland
  2. ^ List of heads of state in Greenland at worldstatesmen.org
  3. ↑ Church book Sankt Hans Sogn 1839–1848 p. 28
  4. ^ Church registers Qeqertarsuaq 1855–1902 (Weddings, p. 148)
  5. ↑ Church book Vorgod Sogn 1834-1844 S. 31
  6. ^ Church records Qeqertarsuaq 1855–1902 (Born girls p. 50)
  7. ↑ Church records Qeqertarsuaq 1855–1902 (Born boys p. 11)
  8. ↑ Church registers Qasigiannguit 1880–1884 (Born boys p. 2)
  9. ↑ Church registers Qasigiannguit 1880–1884 (Born boys p. 6)
personal data
SURNAME Fencker, Edgar Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish inspector of Greenland
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Sankt Hans Sogn , Odense
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 1904
Place of death Copenhagen