Lars Larsen Djernes

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:

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

1. Caspara Larsen Djernes was born on 06 Jul 1846 in Hjardemêal Klit, Hillerslev, Thisted, Denmark; died in 1929 in Hjardemêal Klit, Hillerslev, Thisted, Denmark.
2. Casper Josva Preetzmann Larsen Djernes was born on 31 Jan 1850 in Hjardemêal Klit, Hillerslev, Thisted, Denmark; died on 06 Mar 1923 in Tyler, Lincoln, Minnesota, United States.
3. Mariane Larsen Djernes was born on 14 Feb 1853 in Hjardemêal Klit, Hillerslev, Thisted, Denmark; died in 1929 in Oslos, Vester Han, Thisted, Denmark.
4. Erik Sacharias Preetzmann Djernes Larsen was born on 17 Aug 1855 in Hjardemêal Klit, Hillerslev, Thisted, Denmark; died on 07 Jul 1933 in Marquette, Hamilton, Nebraska, United States; was buried after 07 Jul 1933 in Kronborg, Hamilton, Nebraska, United States.

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:

Cai Mygind, in his book on Hanherred and Hillerslev Herred
families, page 43, says that Niels and Karen moved from the
family farm, Djernesgard, when their son Lars Nielsen Djernes
became owner of it upon his marriage in 1786. They purchased,
from Thoger Pedersen Buxhauge for 395 rix-dollars, another farm
called Myrup near the sea.
The 1787 census for N²rklitt, Lild, lists Niels Christian
??, 63, as a farmer, cottager and harbor fisherman with wife
Karen Pedersdatter, 57 and children Peder, 22; Lars Christian,
20; Niels, 18; and Anne, 15. Also in the household was servant
Kirsten Christensdatter.

Niels married Karen Pedersdatter in 1751 in Lild, Vester Han, Thisted, Denmark. Karen was born about 1730 in Denmark; died after 1801 in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Karen Pedersdatter, 57, is listed with her husband and four
children in the 1787 census for N²rklit, Lild. In 1801 she is
listed there as a 71 year old widow in a household with son
Niels Nielsen, 32 and two servants.

Notes:

Information about Casper is from Cai Mygind's book on families
from Hanherred and Hillerslev Herred, page 42. Casper married
Karen Svensdatter Norgaard in Klim Church in 1770. After his
mother's death in 1796 Casper became owner of Oddersb²l. In
1804 he transferred ownership of Oddersb²l and 'Little
Oddersb²l' to his son, Erich Zacharias Prµtzmann for 2000
rix-dollars. He and Karen had eight children.
Casper is listed as Casper Zachariesen, age 46 in the 1787
census and 60 in the 1801 census record for Thisted,
Hillserslev, Hjardemaal, Klitten, Odersb²l. He was a farmer
and occupant (presumably owner) of the farm Odersb²l. The
household in 1787 consisted of Casper, wife Karen, six
children, mother Margrethe Nielsdatter, and four servants. In
1801 Casper and Karen, four children, and four servants were in
the household.

Casper married Karen Svendsdatter Norgaard in 1770 in Klim, Vester Han, Thisted, Denmark. Karen (daughter of Svend Nielsen Klim and Anne Nielsdatter Kiib) was born in 1749 in Klim, Vester Han, Thisted, Denmark; died in 1821 in Hjardemêal Klit, Hillerslev, Thisted, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information about Karen is in Cai Mygind's book on families in
Hanherred and Hillerslev Herred, Denmark. She married Casper
Josva Preetzmann in 1770 in Klim Church. She died a widow in
Oddersb²l.
Karen is listed in the 1787 census for Thisted,
Hillerslev, Hjardemaal, Klitten, Odersb²l at age 37 and in the
1801 census at age 52.

Notes:

Cai Mygind, in his book on families from Hanherred and
Hillerslev Herred, page 43, says Peder and Margrethe became
owners of Djernesgard in1742.

Peder married Margrethe Nielsdatter Krarup in Denmark. Margrethe was born in in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cai Mygind, in his book on families from Hanherred and
Hillerslev Herred, page 43, says that Margrethe's family tree
goes back to Frands Jorgensen, who was head of the Metropolitan
Grammar School in Copenhagen about 1600.

Notes:

Information about Erich is in Cai Mygind's book on families
from Hanherred and Hillerslev Herred, Denmark, pages 41-42. He
lived and died at Oddersb²l in Hjardemal Parish. Among the
godfathers at his baptism were two vicars, Michael Vogelius
from Oslos and Jacob Bruun from Kaerup. He was married to
Margrethe Nielsdatter Hasseldal Baun in 1730 at Vigs² Church
and lived in Vigs² with his wife for a few years. Then he
became owner of Little Oddersb²l, which was later combined with
Big Oddersb²l. Erich became the owner of Big Oddersbol some
years later . Erich and his wife had two daughters and one
son, Casper Josva Prµtzmann, who inherited the farm. After
Erich's death the vicar, Jens Jensen, wrote in the parish
register, 'He was an honest and good man who did his rank
credit. He was the first man of my parish to invite me to his
house when I first came here to this living on April 15th,
1764.'

Erich married Margrethe Nielsdatter Hasseldal Baun on 29 Oct 1730 in Vigso, Hillerslev, Thisted, Denmark. Margrethe was born in 1710 in Denmark; died in 1796 in Hjardemêal Klit, Hillerslev, Thisted, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information about Margrethe is in Cai Mygind's book on families
from Hanherred and Hillerslev Herred, Denmark, page 42.
Margrethe died at Oddersb²l.
The 1787 census for Thisted, Hillerslev, Hjardemaal,
Klitten bèye shows Magrethe Nielsdatter, 78, widow, mother of
the head of household, Casper Zachariesen, known also as Casper
Josva Prµtzmann. She does not appear in the 1801 census for
that household.

Notes:

Information on Svend is in Cai Mygind's book on families
fromHanherred and Hillerslev Herred , Denmark, page 42. Svend
was afreeholder, shipowner and innkeeper at Norgard in Klim,
Veste r Han,Thisted, Denmark.

Svend married Anne Nielsdatter Kiib in Denmark. Anne was born in in Denmark; died in in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information about Anne is in Cai Mygind's book on families
fromHanherred and Hillerslev Herred, Denmark, page 42.