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- ↑ "Statistics regarding landed properties in the Island of St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John" (PDF). kb.dk. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- 1 2 Krogh, Ferdinand von. "Dansk Adelskalender 1878: Oxholm" (in Danish). Dansk Adelskalender. Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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