The Skjonnemand family
In the 1880s three brothers and a sister immigrated to Australia from Denmark.
They were: Peter Lauritsen Skjonnemand, Jens Peter Lauritsen Skjonnemand, Oline (Lena) Skjonnemand and Valdemar (Walter) Lauritzen Skjonnemand
They settled on Queensland's southern Darling Downs at Emu Vale, Yangan, Warwick and Upper Freestone Creek.
Peter Lauritsen Skjonnemand was naturalised in 1898 and married a fellow Danish immigrant, Marie Frederikke Jorgensen in 1903.
The couple ran a share farm at Emu Vale and had four children: Elmer Frederick Lauritsen (who married Bertha), Louis Oliver, Vera Adeline, and Doris Anetta.
Jens was naturalised in 1890 and married Johanne Katherine Olsen. The couple had two children: Johanne Catherine Victoria and Olga Laurentsia.
Lena married a Mr Bocher and they had two children: Karl Ludwig and Wilhelmine Christina Magdalena.
Valdemar returned to Denmark about 12 years after his arrival in Australia.
Ship record of Jens and Oline (Lena) Skjonnemand on the Dacca,
which arrived in Brisbane 14 December 1887
Ship record of Peter Lauritsen Skjonnemand on the Jumna, which
arrived in Brisbane 4 March 1889
Peter Lauritsen Skjonnemand's naturalisation,
1898
Jens Peter Lauritsen Skjonnemand's
naturalisation 1890
Obituary for Walter Skjonnemand, Courier-Mail
29 November 1926
Will notice of Peter Lauritsen Skjonnemand, Courier-Mail
21 October 1940
Death notice of Marie Frederikke Skjonnemand, Courier-Mail
10 September 1949
Will notice of Marie Frederikke Skjonnemand, Courier-Mail
10 September 1949