Fenger, Peter

Born in 1719-10-23 in Lübeck, died 1774-12-24 in Copenhagen, buried in Frederiks Tyske Kirke (BioLek III)

Family
Father: Fenger, Peter 2, mother: Seeländer, Magdalene Margrethe (BioLek III)

Sons: Fenger, Christian and Fenger, Rasmus (BioLek III)

Daugthers: Fenger, Maria Christina (1760-1780), who married China captain With, Mouritz in 1779. (Grandjean: Slægtebog over familien With, p. 24)

Fenger, Magdalena Margretha (1770-1818), who married China captain With, Mouritz in 1789. (Grandjean: Slægtebog over familien With, p. 26)

Timeline
Trained for 14 years to be a merchant with Wever, Johann Friederich. (Bruun, 1901, III, p. 50)

1752 Citizenship as whole-sale merchant in Copenhagen.(Bruun, 1901, III, p. 50)

Some years after 1752 partnered with Hofagent Borre, Peter and created the House of Borre & Fenger (Bruun, 1901, III, p. 50)

1753-3-3 - Listed in the DAC Roll Books as 1st Supercargo onboard the DAC ship DRONNING JULIANA MARIA headed for Canton. (DAC Roll Books - RA)

1758 - Married to Brock, Else in Vor Frelsers Kirke (BioLek III)

1761-9-16 - Forlover for With, Niels Jensen who married With, Gurine Cathrine Hansdatter in Vor Frelsers Kirke. (PHT 1908:88)

1762 - Member of the Elders among the whole-sale merchants (BioLek III)

1766 - Listed as owning a Sæbe=Syderi in Strandgaden in Christianshavn. (Holck: Dannemarcks Handels=Speil 1766:48)

1770 - Started a soap factory in Christianshavn. (BioLek III)

1770-1775 - Part of the board of Sø-Assurance Kompagniet as ‘’Kommitteret ved policernes ekspedition”. Mentioned as Groshandler. (Thorsen: Sø-Assurance Kompagni 1726-1926:524)

1772 - Member of De 32 Mænd. (BioLek III)Involved in Grosserersocietetet