The picture is approximately from the year
1900 and it is most properly Rasmus Hansen, his wife
Karen Thomsen Holt and a farm worker that can be seen on
the picture.
1841: The farm is bought by Hans Rasmussen.
1876: His son, Rasmus Hansen, takes possession of the
farm. Rasmus Hansen dies on the 26th of December 1906
and his wife continues to run the farm a few more years.
1909: The farm is sold to Peter Frederik Bertelsen.
In the following 4 to 5 years there are different owners.
1911: Laurs Petersen buys the farm, but sells it
again within a short time.
1912: Chr. P. Holm buys the farm, but only owns it
until the next year where he sells it again.
1913: The farm is sold to Christen Christensen
Kirkeby who owns and lives at the neighbouring farm, “Torpgård”.
Christen Christensen Kirkeby owns the farm for just 3
years.
1916: The farm is bought by Anders Theodor Jensen. He
owns it for the next 44 years. In 1917 he begins
building a new farm approximately 150 meters east of the
old one. At first it is a cowshed including a stable.
The year after a new barn is built and during 1919 a
garage and a piggery with an outhouse is also made. In 1923 the construction of a new farmhouse is initiated.
It is completed in 1924. It is reported that a coach
house should have been put up right next to Gl. Ribevej,
effectively enclosing the farm. It never came though –
possibly due to the crisis dominating the thirties.
Later on an engine house/machine shed was built on the
same side of the farm as the barn. Anders Theodor Jensen
runs the farm with around seventeen milking cows, a few
pigs and 31 ha of farmland.
1960: Anders Theodor
Jensen and his wife Karen moves into a house in
Bredstrup and retires. In 1960 ”Snoromgård” is sold to Rasmus Peter Jensen.
Even though he carries the same last name as the
previous owner they are not related. The stables are
rebuilt and expanded to a capacity of 38 milking cows.
Furthermore new roofs were put on all the farm buildings,
and a thorough renovation of the entire farm, including
the farmhouse, is carried out. In 1964 the old piggery
is torn down and a new one with a capacity of 200
porkers is made. In 1975 A few years down the line in 1975 an
engine house is built. In 1974 the milking cows are
sold. For a few years feeding cattle are produced. Later
on only porkers remain. In 1983 the land is farmed out
to his son Børge Friis Jensen who lives and owns
“Engeskovgård” in Tiufkær. “Engeskovgård” is bought by
Børge Friis Jensen in 1979 from his uncle and aunt. 1994 In
October 1994 Rasmus Peter Jensen dies and his wife
Sørine moves to a senior housing facility in Erritsø the
following year.
1995: On the 1st of Juli Børge Friis Jensen takes over “Snoromgård” and moves there with his wife Else Vibeke.
1996: New stables for 140 year sows with sales of piglets are built.
1998: 5,7 hectares are bought from the neighboring farm "Thusensminde".
1999: A hurricane overturns the barn built in 1918. The barn is not rebuilt, instead a gestation stable and a barn for straw is built in 2000 and 2001. The herd is expanded to 175 sows. Where the old barn were, a new driveway to the farm is made.
2001: A new barn for straw is built.
2009: A new barn with a car garage and other things along Gl. Ribevej is built.
2012: During the last part of 2012 the sow herd is sold and the production of piglets is shut down.
2013: 8,4 hectares of forest is bought from Fredericia Kommune. It is located in "Firemandsskoven" in "Kongens Kvarter".
A small piece of land of 1,9 hectares is bought from a neighboring farm.
During the summer a new roof is put on the farm house.
2014: During the summer of 2014 the old gestation stable is changed into a drying plant with lowered channels.
2015: This year more of the stables are cleared and the channels are filled up, The intention is to rent them out for storage or small business owners.
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