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Lars Christian Caspersen

Lars Christian Caspersen

Male 1838 - 1925  (86 years)

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  • Name Lars Christian Caspersen 
    Born 25 Mar 1838  Tømmerby, Vester Han, Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1925  Vr. Han, Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5856883551  Master Tree
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2004 

    Father Casper Josva Preetzmann Larsen Djernes,   b. 05 Mar 1803, Lild, Vester Han, Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1842, Lild, Vester Han, Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Mother Helene Pedersdatter,   b. 19 Dec 1813, Arup, Vr. Han, Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1878, Kjaret, Vester Han, Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 16 Dec 1836  Tømmerby, Vester Han, Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5350498663  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Married 16 Mar 1876  Lild, Vester Han, Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The marriage record in the Lild Parish Register is signed by
      OleNielsen, Mariane's father, an d Lars Christian Nielsen,
      husband of Lars'aunt Caspara Larsen Djernes.
    Family ID F5350498601  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Married 06 Nov 1868  Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5350498662  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Mar 1838 - Tømmerby, Vester Han, Thisted, Denmark Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 06 Nov 1868 - Thisted, Denmark Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 16 Mar 1876 - Lild, Vester Han, Thisted, Denmark Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1925 - Vr. Han, Thisted, Denmark Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Information on Lars comes from Cai Mygind's book, 'Some
      Families From the two Counties Hanherred and Hillerslev Herred
      in Northern Jutland,' pages 52 and 53. He was born a twin (his
      brother was Christian Peter Caspersen) on the tenant farm of
      Kjerup parsonage. The brothers were separated at an early age,
      and Lars was brought up to about age 12 by his grandmother,
      Mariane Prµtzman, at Diernesgaard. The 1840 census for
      Djernisgaard shows Lars, age 2, listed as Mariane's foster son
      (Plejes²n). The 1845 census lists him as her foster son and
      the son of her son.
      He returned at some time after 1845 to his mother and her
      second husband, Lars Larsen Diernis, helping on the farm. He
      left for Lild at age 17, becoming a farmhand at the inn. The
      Lild Parish Register, FHL MF 0053228, pages 85 and 86, shows
      that Lars was confirmed April 8, 1852 at the T²mmerby Church
      with his twin brother, Christian Peter Caspersen. The
      confirmation record lists his residence that year at age 14 as
      Madsb²l in Hjardemaal Parish.
      Lars was drafted in 1860, according to an undated document
      written by his son, Casper L. Djernes of Clearbrook, Minnesota.
      In 1861 he came home for two months, but was called back in
      1862. He was sent to Slesvig, probably along the southern
      border, to fight in the 1864 war against Prussia and Austria.
      He was taken prisoner during the battle at Dybboel, one of over
      3,000 prisoners. He spent two months in a prison camp at
      Rendsborg, returning to northern Jutland on foot with a friend
      after his release. Lars' military record, Record #51, Thisted
      Amt, Vesterhanherred, 1864, Rigsarkivet-Kobenhavn M
      Folkarkivet--12707, says that Lars was in the 9th Battalion,
      3rd Company, service number 236. When Lars returned, he found
      that his stepfather had lost the farm and money in gambling and
      drinking. In 1865 Lars moved with his mother and half-brother
      to Glaede and then Kaeret in Lild parish. He continued to live
      with his mother even after his marriage to Maren Andersdatter
      in 1868. A child, Helene, was born in 1869, but Maren died in
      1870.
      Lars married Mariane Olesen in 1876; they had 12 children.
      Lars made his living fishing in an open boat, and also had a
      small plot of land with sheep and cows. Lars' death date is
      given as 1920 in the Mygind book, but Viola May Djernes Carter
      says (1996) that it was 1925, since he nearly celebrated a
      Golden Wedding anniversary with his second wife. In 1996 Gudrin
      Kaspersen, wife of Gunner Kaspersen, a grandson of Lars' twin
      brother, Christian Peder Kaspersen, sent a clipping from a 1923
      local newspaper in Denmark, apparently near T²mmerby. She
      translated the article as follows: 'Twins 85 Years Old--It is
      very seldom that twins reach so high an age as the brothers
      ex-farmer at Tommerby Christian Kaspersen and small-holder Lars
      Christian Kaspersen at Kaeret who on Sunday 25 March will be 85
      years old. Both are of good health and mind, really two fine
      stout men who have worked hard throughout their lives never
      giving up, and now they can look back on along life's good
      work. Both brothers have had many children, and it is worth
      mentioning that Lars Christian Kaspersen has 8 children in
      America, one of whom volunteered as an American soldier in
      World War I. Lars Christian Kaspersen himself is a veteran
      from the war in 1864 between Denmark and Prussia. The two old
      twins are the eldest of six still living brothers and sister.
      The others are not young either and their ages counted together
      reach the high number of 470.'