Christian Marius Hertz

Christian Marius Hertz

(as told by Kate Lindhardt Tils)

Christian was born 6 April 1876 in Copenhagen, Denmark. His parents are Carl Frederik Viggo Hertz and Marie Nielsen Dahl.

Christian's mother died when he was only 10 years old and that was very tough on him. His father remarried Marie Johansen who Christian did not like. She was a just woman, always trying to be fair but he thought she was mean because she wouldn't give one child something without giving the other the same thing.

Christian became a furniture maker and lived in the same apartment complex as a beautiful young girl named Mary Christine Amelia Mortensen Nielsen.

One day Mary's shelf broke so she asked the handsome young Christian to come and fix it. When she went to pay him he told her he did not want money, but asked for a kiss as payment instead. They fell in love and were married Nov 12 1899.

Christian and Mary had to move a lot in order for Christian to provide for his growing family. At one point he even had to work in Sweden and could only come home on the weekends.

Here are pictures of some of the houses they lived in

Horsebakken 40 Gladsaxe

 Hjortedahlsvej Vanløse

Christian and Mary had 7 children, Betty Marie Hertz being the oldest.

Christian and Mary with their first child Betty

As Christian got older he lost a lot of his hearing and had to wear a hearing aide. Birthe Marie's cousin's remember their grandfather as a grumpy man :)

Towards the end of his life he became senile and Betty began to take care of him. One day when she came to visit him he asked, "Betty, why didn't the sun come up yesterday?" At that point Betty realized that he had flip flopped nights and days around and needed more attention.
Marius died 15 Mar 1953 in Copenhagen, Denmark.