Hello Niels,
Thank you for contacting us! Attached is the information that we have on Sophus Nyboe. He was a resident of the Danish Home for the Aged in Metuchen (now Edison), New Jersey from 1932 until his death in 1945. His ashes are in the Mindehoyen on the property of the Danish Home for the Aged. There are some pictures of the home and Mindehoyen on this page: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njdane/PerthAmboy.html
Circa 2000, the Danish Home for the Aged was closed as an old age home. It was turned into an archives and museum and is the current home of DANE (Danish Archive North East).
I hope that this information is useful. If we can provide any further information, then please let us know.
Again, thank you for contacting us!
Wendy
Wendy Hansen Hudson
DANE – Danish Archive North East
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njdane/index.html
Descendants of SOPHUS ULRICK NYBOE
Generation One
1. SOPHUS ULRICK1 NYBOE was born on Oct 3, 1865 in Praesto, Baarse, Praesto, Denmark.1,2 He was christened on Mar 4, 1866 in Praesto, Baarse, Praesto, Denmark.2 He married MATHILDE VILHELMINE NYBOE, daughter of NICOLAJ JOHAN ULRIK KANNEVORFF NYBOE and MAREN KIRSTINE PEDERSEN, on Jan 6, 1889. He died in 1945.3
Sophus arrived in Quebec, Canada on August 31, 1906 on the ship Empress of Ireland from Liverpool, England. He was listed as Sophus Nyboe, 40 years old, a tinsmith, Danish, last residing in Copenhagen, Denmark, going to New York, friend? John Madison living on 52nd Street in Brooklyn, New York. He entered the US through St. Albans, Vermont.
In the 1920 census, Sophus and son Edward were lodgers living at 373 11th Street in Brooklyn, New York. Sophus was listed as Sophus Nyboe, 54 years old, born in Denmark, a widower, immigrated in 1906, and a linatype machinist. Edward was listed as 28 years old, born in Denmark, immigrated in 1908, and a sheet metal draftsman.
In 1928, Sophus took a trip to Denmark. He returned to the US on June 25, 1928 on the ship Oscar II from Copenhagen. He was listed as Sophus Ulrik Nyboe, 62 years old, single, naturalized February 26, 1920, and living at 3401 Avenue P in Brooklyn, New York.
In the 1930 census, Sophus was a lodger living at 124 South Oxford Street in Brooklyn, New York. He was listed as Sophus Nyboe, 64 years old, born in Denmark, a widower, immigrated in 1906, and naturalized.
Sophus applied to enter the Danish Home for the Aged in Metuchen, New Jersey on February 1, 1932. He was listed as Sophus Ulrick Nyboe, living at 124 South Oxford Street in Brooklyn, New York, born October 3, 1865, born in Praesto, Denmark, arrived in the US September 1, 1906, arrived from Canada, father Poul Friis Nyboe, mother Caroline Marie Sorensen, single, wife Mathilde Vilhelmine Nyboe, married January 6, 1889, a widower since 1926, a machinist, relative in the US Edward Nyboe living at 3401 Avenue P in Brooklyn, New York, relative in Denmark was son Carl Johan Nyboe living at Norrebrogade 64 4th Sal, Copenhagen, a Danish Brotherhood member since October 26, 1906, sons Edward and Carl Nyboe, naturalized February 26, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York, and divorced.
In 1938, Sophus took a trip to Denmark. He returned to the US on August 20, 1938 on the ship Pilsudski from Copenhagen, Denmark. He was listed as Sophus Nyboe, 73 years old, a widower, naturalized on February 26, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York, and living in Metuchen, New Jersey.
In 1945, Sophus was still a resident of the Danish Home for the Aged in Metuchen, New Jersey. He died in 1945 and his ashes are in the Mindehoyen on the grounds of the Danish Home for the Aged in Metuchen.
MATHILDE VILHELMINE NYBOE was born on Apr 17, 1868 in Odense, Denmark.4
Children of SOPHUS ULRICK1 NYBOE and MATHILDE VILHELMINE NYBOE were as follows:
i. POUL FRIIS KANNEWORFF2 NYBOE was born on Feb 2, 1889 in Kobenhavn,
Denmark.4
ii. EDWARD NYBOE was born on Aug 14, 1891 in Kobenhavn, Denmark.4
He died on Jul 20, 1981 in Tampa, Florida, at age 89.4
On June 5, 1917, Edward registered for the draft in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey. He was listed as Edward Nyboe, 25 years old, born August 14, 1891, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, living at 276 McClelland Street in Perth Amboy, a ship metal boss at 288 Prospect Street in Perth Amboy, and single.
In 1942, Edward registered for the draft. He was listed as Edward Nyboe, 50 years old, born August 14, 1891, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, living at 10 West Kirke Street in Chevy Chase, Maryland, employed by the War Department in Arlington, Virginia, and nearest relative Mrs. Marie Nyboe living at 3401 Avenue P in Brooklyn, New York.
iii. CARL JOHAN NYBOE was born on Aug 1, 1892 in Kobenhavn, Denmark.4
Endnotes
1. Danish Home Application Files, located at Danish Archives North East, Edison, New Jersey.
2. Danish Archive Online, http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/.
3. Danish Home for the Aged, Edison, New Jersey Mindehoyen burials, Mindehoyen.
4. www.nk-nyeboe.dk.
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Sophus Nyboe tog i 1913 patent i Amerika på en redningsbåd.
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