Lars Olai Larsen

Notes:

Lars is included in Cai Mygind's book on families from
Hanherred and Hillerslev Herred, Denmark, page 66. Birth and
death information were provided by Joann Reetz at the 1996
Djernes Fami ly Reunion.

Lars married on 17 Feb 1916. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Most of the information about Casper comes from Cai Mygind's
book on families from Hanherred and Hillerslev Herred, Denmark,
pages 65-66. Casper was born at Madsb²l. His descendants give
his name as Casper Josuprets-Mand Larsen Djernes Madsball.
Birth and death dates were provided by Joann Reetz at the 1996
Djernes Family Reunion. Witnesses to Casper's baptism were Ane
Pedersdatter from ¢sl²s parsonage, Kasper Koldkjaer from Lild,
Lars Klit and Christen Blode from Klit. Casper went to ¢sl²s as
a farmhand with Jens Chr. Madsen, but left for the United
States in 1871. He worked first in Illinois, and later went to
Nebraska, where he met and married Gurine O. Quamme in 1880 in
Hamilton County. In 1893 the family left Nebraska where Casper
had been farming, and went to Minnesota. They settled south of
Tyler, where they had a farm . The family later moved into
Tyler and started a restaurant, which Casper ran until he
retired. He died in Tyler. He was known as Casper Larsen in
the United States.
The Danish Emigration Archives Copenhagen Police Records
show that Kasper Josva Larsen, age 23, farmer (Landman) from
Lild, Thisted, actually emigrated in 1873, registering March
31, 1873. His destination was Chicago, Illinois, Contract
Number 1065M. Traveling to the same place on the same day were
Lars Larsen, 22, farmer from T²mmerby, Thisted and S²ren Chr.
Lukasen, 17, farmer from T²mmerby. Casper was apparently the
first member of the Djernes family to immigrate to the United
States.

Casper married Gurine O. Quamme on 30 Jun 1880 in Hamilton, Nebraska, United States. Gurine was born on 03 Feb 1859 in Lardal, Norway; died on 27 Jun 1918 in Tyler, Lincoln, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information about Gurine is in Cai Mygind's book on families
fromHanherred and Hillerslev Her red, Denmark, pages 65-66.
Gurine came withher parents to Decora, Iowa from Norway when sh
e was two years old. Sheand her husband, Casper Larsen, met,
married and lived in Nebraska u ntil1893, when they moved to a
farm sourth of Tyler, Minnesota. Later theymoved into Tyler ,
where they started a restaurant. Gurine and Casperraised eight
children. Joann Reetz provi ded birth and death informationat
the 1996 Djernes Family Reunion.

Notes:

Although the Lild Parish Register records Lars' birth, I found
no listing of witnesses for his baptism. His confirmation was
recorded on 18 April 1830 (FHL MF 0053228, page 101). Cai
Mygind, in his book on families from Hanherred and Hillerslev
Herred, says Lars was born at Diernesgêard. At his baptism,
Lars was held by Ingeborg Pedersdatter from Oddersb²l;
witnesses were Miss Lund of Kaerup parsonage, Jens Thomassen,
farmer from T²mmerby, Jens Christen Christensen of Rotb²lgêard
and Thomas Larsen Lund from Norklit.
Two years after Lars' brother Casper died, Lars married
Casper's widow, Helene Pedersdatter, with whom he had four
children. Lars was listed as Lars Diµrnis, 31, farmer in the
1845 census at Madsb²ll. Helene's children, Christian Diµrnis,
7 and Marie Diµrnis, 4 were listed, along with servants Lars
Nielsen and Johanne Pedersdatter. In the 1850 census Lars was
still a farmer at Madsb²ll, age 38, but Lars Chr Larsen, 12 was
there instead of twin brother Christian (see notes under Helene
Pedersdatter for others in the household).
Cai Mygind says the marriage was not happy. Lars had
become a wreckmaster, but did not look after wreckage or the
property which Helene had brought to the marriage. He and the
schoolmaster often drank and gambled together at the inn, and
Lars lost most of the family fortune. Lars became known as
Lars Madsb²l after the farm his brother Casper had purchased,
and on which the family lived. In about 1865 Helene separated
from Lars, and Madsb²l was sold. Lars bought a little house
out in the sandhills where he lived 'a somewhat seedy life.'
He sometimes lived with his daughter Mariane, who had married a
farmer in ¢sl²s, and sometimes with his other daughter, Caspara
Nielsen Dommerby in Hjardemêal Klit. He died in Caspara's home
in 1891.

Lars married Helene Pedersdatter on 03 Aug 1844 in Lild, Vester Han, Thisted, Denmark. Helene (daughter of Peder Thomassen and Karen Andersdatter) was born on 19 Dec 1813 in Arup, Vr. Han, Thisted, Denmark; died on 21 Feb 1878 in Kjaret, Vester Han, Thisted, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the census of 1834, Helene was a housekeeper for Casper
Djernes in Kaerup parsonage. She married him in 1836. Twin
boys were born in 1838, but Helene and Casper sent one of their
infant twins to live with Casper's mother at Diernesgêard. A
daughter was born in 1842, but by this time Casper was living
with some of his family at Rotb²lgêard. After his death in
August of that year, Helene went to live with her own parents,
farmer Peder Thomassen and Karen Andersdatter.
In 1844 she married her brother-in-law, Lars Larsen
Djernes, and moved with him and her children to Madsb²l. The
1845 census for Thisted, Hillerslev, Hjardemaal, Klitten, En
gaard, Madsb²ll, shows Helene with Lars and two
children--Christian, 7, and Marie, 4, both listed as
Diµrnis--and two servants, Lars Nielsen, 18, from Hjardemaal,
and Johanne Pedersdatter, 24, from Arup. The 1850 census shows
the family still at Madsb²ll with Lars and Helene each 38 years
old, and the children now enumerated as Lars Chr Larsen, 12,
born in T²mmerby; Sophie Marie Larsdatter, 9, born in Lild,
Caspara Larsen, 4, born in Hjardemaal and Casper Josva
Prµtzmann Larsen, 1, born in Hjardemaal. Maren Ludvigsdatter,
10, listed as a foster daughter, born in Hjardemaal was also in
the household. At this point I don't know whether or not she
was related in some way.
Helene's second marriage was not a happy one; Lars drank,
gambled,and did not look after his property. Helene and Lars
had four children, but finally Helene separated from her
husband, by then known as Lars Madsb²l. She bought a small
homestead in Kaeret, Lild about 1865, eldest son Lars Christian
and youngest son Erik joining her. She kept house for Lars
Christian, who had become a widower after only a year of
marriage, and lived to welcome Lars' second wife when he
married again in 1876. Helene died alone 21 Feb 1878 when Lars
and his wife were away from home. Lars' daughter, little
Helene, heard strange noises from her grandmother, but by the
time she could fetch neighbors, Helene had died.The Parish
record of her death and burial refers to her as the separated
wife of Lars Larsen Djernµs.

Notes:

The marriage record was signed by Peder Thomassen, Helene's
father,and Svend Larsen Diernes , Lars' elder brother.

Notes:

Cai Mygind's book on families from Hanherred and Hillerslev
Herred provides Lars' birth year ( page 43), stating he was
born at Djernesgaard and other details about his life. Lars
became the owner of Djernesgaard in 1786; by this time it had
been in the family for some forty years. In the same year he
was married for the first time. The 1787 census shows Lars
Nielsen, 33, farmer and farm occupant (gaardbeboer) living in
Glµde bèye with wife Anne Marie Christensdatter, 18, and
daughter Giertrud Larsdatter, 1. Also in the household were
Anders Christendsen, 31, servant and national soldier and maid
Johanne Jensdatter.
Wife Anne Marie Christensdatter Rotb²l died in the summer
of 1800 leaving five children. Lars married again late in 1800
to Mariane Prµtzmann, with whom he had seven children who
survived to adulthood. Lars and Mariane are listed in the 1801
census in in Glµde bèye with the five surviving children from
Lars' first marriage along with servants Christen Jensen and
Anne Marie Larsdatter. In this census his name is given as
Lars Nielsen Diµrnis.
Lars remained the head of Djernesgaard until his death at
age 80. The census of 1834 showed all the surviving
children--Jens, Christen Kold, Svend, Lars, Karoline and Anne
Marie--by his second marriage except the eldest living at
Djernesgaard with Lars, 83 and Mariane and a maid. A close
examination of the parish records shows Lars actually fathered
eight children by his first wife and ten by the second. His
name was recorded as Laurids in the Lild Parish Register. He
was born at Diernesgaard. Witnesses at his baptism include
Anne Nielsdatter.

Lars married Mariane Prµtzmann on 07 Dec 1800 in Thisted, Denmark. Mariane (daughter of Casper Josva Prµtzmann and Karen Svendsdatter Norgaard) was born in 1779 in Hjardemêal Klit, Hillerslev, Thisted, Denmark; died on 12 Mar 1863 in Lild, Vester Han, Thisted, Denmark; was buried on 23 Mar 1863 in Lild, Vester Han, Thisted, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cai Mygind's book on families from Hanherred and Hillerslev
Herred, pages 43-44, gives information on Mariane. She was
born at Oddersb²l and baptized in Hjardemaal Church. She was
confirmed in 1794, and in 1800 became the second wife of Lars
Nielsen Djernes, a recent widower with five children. Her name
was given as Mariane Caspersdatter in the 1787 census when she
was 8 years old. She was listed as Mariane Prµtzmann in the
1801 census with Lars, his five children, and two servants, and
continued to be lilsted that way in census records until 1850.
Mariane and Lars had seven children. After her husband's death
in 1835, Mariane retained undivided possession of Djernesgaard
for many years. The 1840 census lists her at Djernisgaard, age
61, as a farmer's widow. Five of her children lived there at
that time, as well as her grandson, Lars Christian Caspersen,
Svend Jacobsen, a renter and carpenter, and Martha
Andersdatter, a maid. In 1845 three of the children lived with
her at Djernisgaard, along with her grandson and three
servants.
Finally she let her son Christen Kold become owner, while
she became a pensioner and lived with Christen and his wife.
She is listed as a 71 year old widow under her son's care in
the 1850 census. Her name is recorded as Mariane
Kaspersdatter. After Christen's untimely death in 1853,
Mariane lived with her daughter-in-law and her second husband.
She died at age 84.

Notes:

Peder is listed as Helene Pedersdatter's father and a farmer in
CaiMygind's book.

Peder married Karen Andersdatter in 1804 in Arup, Vr. Han, Thisted, Denmark. Karen was born in in Denmark; died in in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Karen is listed as Helene Pedersdatter's mother in Cai
Mygind'sbook, page 45.