Oscar Peter Cornelius Kock

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Oscar Peter Cornelius Kock (also Koch ; born October 23, 1860 in Krungerup , Radsted Sogn , † May 17, 1937 in Kongens Lyngby ) was a Danish merchant and inspector of Greenland .

Life

Kock worked as a merchant in the Faroese capital Tórshavn when he was young . From 1884 he worked in Qaqortoq , Ivittuut and Paamiut before he was permanently employed as an assistant in Paamiut in 1887. In 1891 he moved to Maniitsoq , in 1894 to Sisimiut and then in 1895 was promoted to colonial administrator in Paamiut. In 1900 he moved back to Maniitsoq and in 1901 to Nuuk . In 1902, after the death of Regnar Stephensen , he took over the office of inspector in South Greenland until he was dissolved by Ole Bendixen the following year . He then worked in Aasiaat until 1907 , before he worked again in Qaqortoq until 1909, after which he retired.

family

Oscar Peter Cornelius Kock was the son of Richard Moritz Alfred Kock and his wife Eleonore Juliane Storck. He himself married the Faroese Guðrun Hválborg Paulina Pálsson (born September 24, 1865 in Tvøroyri , † June 19, 1887 in Paamiut), daughter of Anthonius Venceslaus Pálsson and Hansine Pauline Gregersen in Paamiut on August 1, 1886 . She died in child bed less than a month after the birth of her daughter:

  • Valborg Eleonora Kock married Pedersen (born May 23, 1887 in Paamiut)

However, he already had a child. The Inuit woman Ane Kathrine Henriette Rebekka from Narsalik gave birth to a daughter and a son after her death two months after the wedding with Guðrun:

  • Karen Bolette Cecilie Eleonora Kock (born October 9, 1886 in Paamiut)
  • Carl John Pavia Peter Kock (born March 21, 1891 in Paamiut)

On May 15, 1891, two months after the birth of his second illegitimate child, he married again in Copenhagen . His second wife was Mathilde Elisa Amalie Kierulf (born April 9, 1872 in Copenhagen). The marriage, which was later divorced, had the following children:

  • Vilhelm Peter Cornelius Kock (born May 18, 1892 in Maniitsoq)
  • Gudrun Ida Marie Kock (born March 26, 1894 in Sisimiut)
  • Alfred Emil Kock (born August 30, 1896 in Paamiut)
  • Freddy Oscar Kock (born January 21, 1898 in Paamiut)

The unmarried 19-year-old Charlotte Egede gave birth to another illegitimate child during the marriage:

  • Vilhelm Mikael Jonathan Klaus Egede (born July 30, 1903 in Nuuk)

He married a third time on June 16, 1915 in Tåstrup Nykirke Sogn , Petrine Nikoline Pedersen, born on December 27, 1883, daughter of Jens Bjerregaard Pedersen and Mette Kirstine Nielsen. She bore him more children:

  • Knud Just Kock (born October 3, 1915 in Taastrup )
  • Niels Erik Kock (born October 29, 1917 in Taastrup)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Church book Radsted Sogn 1844–1873 p. 48
  2. ↑ Church book Kongens Lyngby died 1934–1943 p. 60
  3. ^ Entry in the Biografisk Leksikon for Grønland
  4. ↑ Parish registers Paamiut 1886–1889 (Weddings, p. 115)
  5. ↑ Church book Suðuroyar Prestagjald 1853–1892 Born Mächen p. 227
  6. ↑ Church book Tåstrup Nykirke Sogn 1920–1926 p. 182
  7. ^ Karen Bolette Cecilie Eleonora Kock at familysearch.org
  8. ↑ Parish registers Paamiut 1890–1905 (Born boys p. 2)
  9. ↑ Church records Maniitsoq 1891–1901 (Born boys p. 3)
  10. ^ Church records Sisimiut 1888–1905 (Born girls p. 38)
  11. ↑ Parish registers Paamiut 1890–1905 (Born boys p. 10)
  12. ↑ Parish registers Paamiut 1890–1905 (Born boys p. 13)
  13. ^ Church books Nuuk 1902-1915 (Born boys p. 5)
  14. ^ Church book Tåstrup Nykirke Sogn 1910–1919 p. 205
  15. ^ Church book Tåstrup Nykirke Sogn 1910–1919 p. 22
  16. ↑ Church book Tåstrup Nykirke Sogn 1910–1919 p. 30
personal data
SURNAME Kock, Oscar Peter Cornelius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cook, Oscar Peter Cornelius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish merchant and inspector of Greenland
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Krungerup , Radsted Sogn
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1937
Place of death Kongens Lyngby