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Re: More esoteric Lego history
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 5 Jun 2005 01:56:42 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jim Hughes wrote:
> Hi:
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> With so many excellent recent Lego history posts I thought I would
> add my own 2 cents. This is information I have dug up while
> working on a Lego history website. My review of early Lego history
> has allowed me to construct a fairly complete family tree:
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> Kirk Christiansen Family Tree
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> Ole Kirk Christiansen
> b. 1891 Filskov, Denmark
> d. 1958 Billund, Denmark
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> m. Kirstine Sörensen of Normay, approx 1916
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> they had 4 children:
> Johannes (b. 1917),
> Karl Georg (b 1919),
> Godtfred (b. 8 Jul 1920)
> Gerhardt (b. 1926)
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> If anyone has any additional information or corrections let me know
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> --Jim
More information on Karl Georg and Gerhardt and their company BILOfix here:
http://www.bilofix.com/history.htm
Eric
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| (...) Ya know, Eric told me about this a while ago. And with Jim mentioning the 4 sons of Ole Kirk Christiansen again. Well it got me to wondering about the family twist to TLG. I mean here we have Ole Kirk, who died in 1958 leaving his 3rd oldest (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Cool! I have some Bilofix in my collection, and I really admire the quality of the beechwood parts. For the uninitiated, it is an Erector type of construction system with wooden girders, plastic nuts and bolts. Now I feel justified in why I (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| Hi: With so many excellent recent Lego history posts I thought I would add my own 2 cents. This is information I have dug up while working on a Lego history website. My review of early Lego history has allowed me to construct a fairly complete (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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