husfæster

English translation: tenant farmer / smallholder / copyholder

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Danish term or phrase:husfæster
English translation:tenant farmer / smallholder / copyholder
Entered by: Timoshka

01:49 Jan 25, 2020
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History
Danish term or phrase: husfæster
The term "husfæster" appears in many early Danish census records. I've searched online, but there is so much conflicting and vague information that I'm still not sure exactly how it should be translated. Is this simply a person who was renting a house?
Timoshka
Local time: 19:28
tenant farmer / smallholder / copyholder
Explanation:
tenant farmer / smallholder / copyholder

sources:

www.familysearch.org › wiki › Tenant_Farmers_in_Denmark_(Fæste...
Tenant Farmers in Denmark (Fæstebønder) Genealogy ...
Being copyholder or smallholder meant that one rented a property with land by a landowner. A landowner could be a private person, but also could be more ...

www.familysearch.org › wiki › Denmark:_Copyhold_ › _Copyholder
Denmark: Copyhold / Copyholder Genealogy - FamilySearch ...
Jump to Tenant and state smallholders - ... few other farms became tenant farms. In addition there was established several state smallholdings on the state ...

herregaardsforskning.dk › what-is-a-danish-manor › the-estates-workf...
The Estate's Workforce - Dansk Center for Herregårdsforskning
The copyholders, regardless of whether they were farmers or smallholders, were thus inextricably linked with the manor house in an estate-management system ...

danmarkshistorien.dk › vis › materiale › faestevaesen
Fæstevæsen - Danmarkshistorien.dk
This economic burden was avoidable by becoming a copyholder. ... Danish farmers and almost all smallholders were still copyholders for a long time following ...

www.sa.dk › wp-content › uploads › 2015/05 › Ge...
Genealogical Dictionary
PDF
Frøken. "Miss" (not used of peasant-women). Fæstegårdmand. Copyholder, farmer. Fæstehusmand. Copyholder, smallholder. Fætter. Male cousin. Fødested.

www.genealogy.com › forum › regional › countries › topics › denmark
Re: Danish ocuupations - trans - Genealogy.com
Nov 14, 2005 - 'Faestegmd' – an abbreviation of 'fæstegårdmand' – copyholder (farmer) ... an abbreviation of 'fæstehusmand' – copyholder (smallholder)

www.marsdenhistory.co.uk › work › farming › more-about-cows
More about cows :: Marsden History Group
The smallholder's cows represented a considerable financial investment. ... Address to the Copyholders within the Manor of Marsden" by "A Copyholder" who, ...

www.kulturarv.dk › en_GB › maribovej-in-nakskov
Maribovej in Nakskov, Farm workers land themselves farms of ...
Sæbyholm Estate had benefited from copyholder farmers and farm workers for ... that Sæbyholm Estate should parcel out no fewer than 42 smallholdings.

myrupfamilien.dk › Articles
Owners of Myrupgård
Mar 31, 2018 - After the land registration in 1844 a smallholder was defined as under 1 'tønder ... We do not know who the copyholder before him was. We do ...

www.dis-danmark.dk › forum › read
DIS-Forum :: Find your relatives in Denmark :: Old Danish marriage ...
Aug 21, 2006 - If the spouse of a smallholder died, the to me apparent custom was to stay ... Whether you were a freeholder or a copyholder, being an actual ...
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andres-larsen
Venezuela
Local time: 20:28
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Thank you for this detailed answer! I appreciate it.
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tenant farmer / smallholder / copyholder


Explanation:
tenant farmer / smallholder / copyholder

sources:

www.familysearch.org › wiki › Tenant_Farmers_in_Denmark_(Fæste...
Tenant Farmers in Denmark (Fæstebønder) Genealogy ...
Being copyholder or smallholder meant that one rented a property with land by a landowner. A landowner could be a private person, but also could be more ...

www.familysearch.org › wiki › Denmark:_Copyhold_ › _Copyholder
Denmark: Copyhold / Copyholder Genealogy - FamilySearch ...
Jump to Tenant and state smallholders - ... few other farms became tenant farms. In addition there was established several state smallholdings on the state ...

herregaardsforskning.dk › what-is-a-danish-manor › the-estates-workf...
The Estate's Workforce - Dansk Center for Herregårdsforskning
The copyholders, regardless of whether they were farmers or smallholders, were thus inextricably linked with the manor house in an estate-management system ...

danmarkshistorien.dk › vis › materiale › faestevaesen
Fæstevæsen - Danmarkshistorien.dk
This economic burden was avoidable by becoming a copyholder. ... Danish farmers and almost all smallholders were still copyholders for a long time following ...

www.sa.dk › wp-content › uploads › 2015/05 › Ge...
Genealogical Dictionary
PDF
Frøken. "Miss" (not used of peasant-women). Fæstegårdmand. Copyholder, farmer. Fæstehusmand. Copyholder, smallholder. Fætter. Male cousin. Fødested.

www.genealogy.com › forum › regional › countries › topics › denmark
Re: Danish ocuupations - trans - Genealogy.com
Nov 14, 2005 - 'Faestegmd' – an abbreviation of 'fæstegårdmand' – copyholder (farmer) ... an abbreviation of 'fæstehusmand' – copyholder (smallholder)

www.marsdenhistory.co.uk › work › farming › more-about-cows
More about cows :: Marsden History Group
The smallholder's cows represented a considerable financial investment. ... Address to the Copyholders within the Manor of Marsden" by "A Copyholder" who, ...

www.kulturarv.dk › en_GB › maribovej-in-nakskov
Maribovej in Nakskov, Farm workers land themselves farms of ...
Sæbyholm Estate had benefited from copyholder farmers and farm workers for ... that Sæbyholm Estate should parcel out no fewer than 42 smallholdings.

myrupfamilien.dk › Articles
Owners of Myrupgård
Mar 31, 2018 - After the land registration in 1844 a smallholder was defined as under 1 'tønder ... We do not know who the copyholder before him was. We do ...

www.dis-danmark.dk › forum › read
DIS-Forum :: Find your relatives in Denmark :: Old Danish marriage ...
Aug 21, 2006 - If the spouse of a smallholder died, the to me apparent custom was to stay ... Whether you were a freeholder or a copyholder, being an actual ...

andres-larsen
Venezuela
Local time: 20:28
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Thank you for this detailed answer! I appreciate it.

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agree  Gitte Hovedskov (X): Impressive research, Andres!
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