Family lives

Ane Kristine Dortzbach

1858 – 1893

Peter’s sister, a skilled dairy worker who married Otto Juhl.

Children
Theodore · Valentine

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Ane Kristine Dortzbach

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Born January 2, 1858, but no birthplace is specified. Holstein, Roest estate and Munich are genuine life locations in the narrative, with no secure years. Do not infer a Munich year from the later 1886 marriage.

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Learning her trade

Ane Kristine was born January 2, 1858. After confirmation at fourteen, she worked as a housemaid and saved to learn butter- and cheese-making. Peter recalled that her training included a year working for board and lodging without wages. She obtained work in Holstein and won recognition for her butter at a fair in England.

Marriage and children

She later worked on the Roest estate for Otto Juhl. After their engagement she spent a year in Munich, where Otto’s brothers were studying medicine. Peter dated their marriage to 1886. Their sons were Theodore and Valentine. She died following an illness described in the family account as typhoid-pneumonia; her sister Ane and her physician brothers-in-law were with her.

Sources for this biography

Based on the family’s written histories. Recollections and compiled records are identified here so they can be revisited as the archive grows.

  • Peter P. Dortzbach’s biography — Peter’s recollections, recorded by his granddaughter Eileen Townsend; Word transcript and scanned versions RB010–RB015 and RB022–RB025B.
  • Personal History of the Dortzbach Family — Clara Dortzbach, October 25, 1984; scans HS001–HS011, incorporating material supplied by Jen Peter.
  • Family tree supplied by the family — Relationship chart provided by the owner in October 2026. Used alongside the written histories.