Nicolai Julius Rasmussen
Nicolai Julius Rasmussen (* 1777 in Rønninge , † October 3, 1824 in Qeqertarsuaq ) was a Danish merchant and inspector of Greenland .
Life
Nicolai Julius Rasmussen was baptized on June 27, 1777 as the son of the landlord Rasmus Rasmussen and his wife Jacobine Hassel. On July 29, 1804, in Uummannaq , he married the Dane Christina Volchersen (1782-1807), daughter of the church helper Johannes Henrik Volchersen and his wife Gjertrud Marie Ibsdatter. From this marriage the daughter Jacobine Petrine Margrethe Rasmussen (1806–?) Emerged, who was married to the Icelandic colonial administrator Claudius Andreas Stephensen (1801–1829). Christina Volchersen died young and Nicolai Julius Rasmussen married Mette Marie Kloe (1790-1860), daughter of Hans Nielsen Kloe, in Copenhagen in April 1816 .
Nicolai Julius Rasmussen was a student in Odense . In 1800 he was sent to Greenland, where he became an assistant in Appat . A year later he was transferred to Qeqertarsuaq and that same year to Uummannaq. In 1803 he was appointed colonial administrator in Uummannaq. In 1808 he was supposed to return home, but had to stay in Greenland because of the war, where he was the personal assistant and authorized representative of Inspector Peter Hanning Motzfeldt . In 1813 he was appointed colonial administrator in Appat, which he remained with interruptions from 1815 to 1816. In 1824 he was appointed interim inspector of North Greenland to succeed Johannes West , but died shortly afterwards at the age of 47.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rasmussen, Nicolai Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish merchant and inspector of Greenland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized June 27, 1777 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rønninge |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 3, 1824 |
| Place of death | Qeqertarsuaq |