John Christmas (naval officer)

Born in Copenhagen, he settled as a plantation owner on Saint Croix in the Danish West Indies.

In 1823–28, on leave from the navy, he sailed in the West Indies trade as captain of Dunzfelt & Co.'s frigate Henriette Louise.

[2] In 1835–42, he was captain of the bargue Johanne Marie, which he himself owned, in the West Indies,[2] In 1843–45, he was back in naval service, as captain of Mercurius, first in the Danish West Indies and then as part of the Mediterranean squadron under H. G. Garde.

In 1855 he was commissioned à la suite in the navy and, upon application, received his resignation in 1862 with the rank of counter admiral.

[2] In 1850, Christmas received permission to travel to the West Indies, where he settled in 1853 as a plantation owner on Saint Croix.

She was the daughter of wholesale merchant (grosserer) Isaac Salomon Benners from Kokkedal (c. 1763–1841; also the owner of Vestergade 7) and Marie Christine Applebye (1771–1831).