Peder Pedersen Hornsyld

f. 6. maj 1871, Klakring

d. 4. april 1928

g.m. Clara Christine Henriette Andersen

f. 08. jul. 1877, Racine

d. 01. feb. 1954, Santa Barbara

Viet 28. sept. 1902, Nebraska

Med stor tak til Frede Binderup har jeg nu følgende oplysninger. Peder Pedersen Hornsyld har ikke noget med slægterne Hornsyld at gøre. Han tog efter udvandringen til USA navnet efter den by, han var opvokset i, hvor hans far, kaldet Anders Murer, havde en lille landejendom. Hans slægt og hans eget liv og levned er beskrevet af hans søstersøn N. C. Jehrbo i slægtsbogen: "Bogen om Anders Murer og Bodil Marie" (Kolding 1957). Med tak til Carl Jehrbo for at måtte bruge materialet bringer jeg uddrag fra bogen længere nede på siden.

Forældre:

Til Peder:

Anders Pedersen "Murer"

Bodil Marie

Til Clara:

Hans Ditlev Andersen

Uddrag fra slægtsbogen "Anders Murer og Bodil Marie" af N.C. Jehrbo

Peder P Hornsyld var sammen med J. M. Gregersen, Benedict Nordentoft og Mads Freese
grundlæggere til Solvang i Santa Barbara, Californien.

Med stor tak til June Christensen, President af Elverhøj Museum kan jeg oplyse om følgende:
(som vil blive oversat ved en senere lejlighed).

With great thanks to June Christensen, President of the Elverhoj Museum, can I give the following information:

The Peder Hornsyld who helped to found the Town of Solvang came to Solvang in 1910 to determine whether or not this site was the right place for the town they wanted to found. He came here with Rev. Gregersen, Rev. Nordentoft and a man named Mads Freese. In 1911, the Town of Solvang was founded by these four gentlemen. The Town of Solvang was founded by these gentlemen for the purpose of establishing a Danish community built around a folk school which was a tradition started in Denmark by Grundtvig. Atterdag College was built on a hill above Solvang in 1914 and was a community centerpiece until 1970, when the building could no longer pass the fire laws. It was then torn down and the site where the college stood is now the "Solvang Lutheran Home" which is a retirement residence for senior citizens. P.P. Hornsyld, as he was referred in one of the writings on Solvang, was not only the first postmaster but was also the first president of the bank that was established in Solvang. The bank was started in 1 913, with Harald Harkson as cashier and Hornsyld as first president. I also know that Professor P. P. Hornsyld was one of the professors at Grand View College in Des Moines, Iowa, which was started as a theological college for ministers. The manuscript that I was reading did not identify the year that Hornsyld died. His wife was appointed the postmaster after his death and served until Arne Madsen was appointed by President Roosevelt.

Der kan læses mere under noter.

Mere om Solvang og Elverhøj museum kan læses på følgende link: http://www.solvangca.com/museum/e4.htm