LARSEN Family

Names

4 1834-1910 NEILSDATTER, Ane Johanne - LARSEN, Peder
5 1780-1856 THOMSEN, Neils - KNUDSDATTER, Inger 1795-18xx
6 175x-18xx NEILSEN, Thomas - ?

5 1795-18xx KNUDSDATTER, Inger - THOMSEN, Neils
6 176x-1795 OKIER, Knud - JENSDATTER, Johanne d1795

Descent Chart:

• 6 Hans LARSEN, small farmer and builder of wooden houses, d. 5 Sep 1837 m. Johanne PEDERSDATTER d. 29 Feb 1844
  • 5 Lars HANSEN d. 26 Jul 1839 (Peder was 6mos) "small holder" m. Maren PEDERSDATTER (bachelor farmer Lars 42yo m. widow Maren 34yo on 13 Oct 1830, Maren came from Staustrup, a very small village in Ulbolle (horiz line over U), Maren's children from her 1rst marriage were Karen MADSDATTER b. 1821 and Jacob MADSEN b. 1823, in 1840/1 Maren m3. Christen HANSEN from Lunde parish, Svendborg. He was a small holder and maker of wooden shoes, 19 yrs younger than Maren, they had Hansine CHRISTENSDATTER b. 1 Nov 1841 when Maren was 45 and Christen 26
    • 4 Hans LARSEN b. 12 Jul 1831

    • 4 Johanne Marie LARSDATTER b. 10 Jul 1833

    • 4 Peder LARSEN b. 2 Feb 1839 at Brudager Sogn (parish), Gudme Herred (district), Svendborg Amt (county), Fyn (Fuen) Province, Denmark, bap. 29 Mar m. 13 Oct 1863 in Gadbjerg parish, Peder of Langeskou 24yo Ane Johanne NEILSDATTER of Gadbjerg 28yo, they gave their intention to marry 2 Aug, sponsors: Soren and Peter BENDTSEN, Peder's last parish (before emigrating) was Vinding, Norvang Herred, Peder and Johanne lived for a time at Stougaard, a very large farm in the Torring (slash thru o) parish owned by a nobleman. Neils and Inger Marie were born there. Workers were required to work certain numbers of hours for the nobleman, then the same amount for the church before they could work for themselves. They lived in a small house "in the foeld." The nobleman used cruel punishments if workers didn't perform up to their orders. One punishment was to sit on wooden horses in the courtyard for long periods of time regardless of weather. Peder was a maker of wheels and Stougaard. Stougaard is still a large working farm. Peder and family sailed from Copenhagen to NY 15 Mar 1879. Peder d. 66yo of Bright's disease (i.e. kidney failure) after a year's illness on 14 May 1905 at Stewart, MN. Ane Johanne b. 4 Nov 1834 at Gadbjerg Mark. Her mother was Inger KNUDSDATTER, who was b. in Brande 1795. Inger was bap 20 Sep by which time her mother Johanne JENSDATTER had died (of complications related to Inger's birth?). Inger's father was Knud OKIER (slash thru O) from Norvang Herred. Ane Johanne's father was Neils THOMSEN b. 1780 in Norup, Bredsten Sogn, Torrild (slash thru o) Herred d. 13 Sep 1856 76yo, Neils was a wool shearer and spinner of yarn which he wove into cloth, also a farmer, was retired 54yo by the 1834 census. Neils had a son Jens NEILSEN b1814 from a previous marriage. Neils THOMSEN's father was Thomas NEILSEN. Inger and Neils had Maren Kirstine b. Oct 1830, Ane Johanne b. 4 Nov 1834 and Knud b. 6 May 1837. Peder and Ane Johanne are buried in a country cemetery on old county 7, a curving road between Hutchinson and Stewart. It is near the site of the St. Morten's Danish Lutheran Church - Heatwole (no remains on this site). Ane Johanne d. 22 Mar 1910.
      • 3 Maren LARSEN 1864?-75 ~9yo

      • 3 Neils (Nels) LARSEN b. 24 Feb 1866 at Stougaard Mark, bap. 10 Jun at Torring church d1936 70yo m. Nettie ?, homesteaded in NW N. Dakota (with Mabel's family?)
        • 2 Delphin (Del) b189x m. ? (adolescence in Stewart w/relatives, moved to Minneapolis and stayed w/his Aunt Laura in Morningside, where he later settled w/his family and lived >50yrs
          
          • 1 Jeanette b192x m. ? LARSON (wrote up this reunion summary, since died of cancer 2002, lived at 7417 Landau Dr, Bloomington, MN 55438-2309, 944-2178)
            
      • 3 Inger Marie ("Aunt Mary") LARSEN b. 16 Oct 1867 at Stougaard Mark, bap. 10 Nov at Torring church, carried by her mother at bap, sponsors: farmer's wife of Soren LARSEN, Houseman Thyge MORTENSEN and Bachelor Jorgen (slash thru o) RASMUSSEN. Mary m. Enewald HANSEN (findagrave: Marie E 1867-1949 82yo m. ? HANSON)
        • boys all athletes, Harold All-American football player for Univ. of MN team w/ the famous Bronco NAGURSKY

        • 2 Elmer b189x
          
          • 1 Harold Allyn b192x of Sauk Centre, MN
            
          • 1 Janet (Jan) b192x m. ? ALLEN (Hemet, CA)

        • 2 Ernest b189x
          
          • 1 Adele b192x m. Joe BUFFINGTON (of Arkansas)
            
          • 1 Muriel b192x m. Jack ELKINS (of NC)
            
          • 1 Rod of IL b192x
            
          • 1 Mark (of CA) b192x
            
          • 1 David b192x m. Ruth (of Dodge Center)
            
        • 2 Harold (of football fame) b189x
          
          • 1 Shirley 192x m. ? PETERSON (dear husband d. last yr, they were important in keeping the reunions going, she now lives in Elk River, MN)
            
        • 2 Mattie b189x, life-long Stewart, MN resident, kindergarten teacher, m. ? HEADLEY
          
          • 1 Roger b192x m. ? (of Maryland)
            
          • 1 Calvin b192x m. Pat ? (of Long Lake, MN, Pat was the real organizer of the reunions, later in retirement home at Plymouth, MN)
            
        • 2 Allyn b189x (only living member as of Apr 2005, he and Enid m. 54yrs and summer in Aitkin, MN, where he retired from the ministry and winter in Brownsville, TX)
          
          • 1 Dwayne b192x m. Kathy (live in Bettendorf, Iowa)

      • 3 Maren Laurine (Laura) LARSEN b. 7 Dec 1875 at Boring, Hverring parish, Denmark d. 1-29-1957 81yo Edina, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN bur. Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis (grv pic at findagrave) m. Niels Peterson GRUNNET
        • 2 Florence Catherine L b. 11-10-1898 MN d. 5-21-1986 87yo Santa Barbara, CA (grv pic at findagrave) m. Emanuel 'Emil' S LARSEN 1892-1963 70yo b. IL d. CA (bro of Dave, son of ?, both bur. Los Gatos Memorial Park, Santa Barbara, CA)

        • 2 Leslie Niels b1900 m. Grace THOMSON (Jim G's parents)
          • 1 James 'Jim' Leslie G b. 6-29-1930 Minneapolis d. Fr 11-16-2018 88yo Owatonna, MN (S of Faribault, S of twin cities) m. 11-30-70 Watertown, SD Gail STOLTZ b. 12-1-45 d. 4-22-17 71yo (thigh->brain cancer) dau of Dr C Rodney and Virginia STOLTZ)
            
          • 1 Dr living b1936 m. Irving EINHORN
            
        • 2 Mabel Lorraine 1902-95 93yo m. Clifford SAWYER 1900-78 1d shy of 78yo
          • 1 RWS 1928-2019 m. Lois BENEDICT
            
          • 1 JCS 1929-2015 m. Rosena

        • 2 Helen Johannah G b. 6-15-1904 Stewart, McLeod, MN d. 12-29-1997 93yo Sidney, Richland, MT (findagrave) m. 5-25-1934 at Sidney Alfred FREDERICKSON b. 8-22-1904 d. 1-15-1992 89yo b/d Sidney (1 child Richard)

        • 2 Myrtle Mary 1906-91 85yo m. Mar 1929 David P[aul?] LARSEN (bro of Emil, son of ?)
          • 1 living
            
          • 1 living
            
          • 1 living m. David GOERZ Jr d2013

        • 2 Robert Eugene b. 4-5-1909 Stewart d. 12-10-1976 67yo Minneapolis (findagrave)

      • 3 Laurs (Louis, Uncle Louie) LARSEN b. 5 May 1878 at Vinding, Norvang Herred, bap. 25 Jul, father a small farmer, carried by mother at bap, sponsors: Christian ANDERSEN's widow, bachelors Christen CHRISTENSEN and Jacob MADSEN, small farmer Rasmus Peder SORENSEN, all of Vinding parish, introduced by mother in church on Whitsunday 10 June
        • 2 Chester b191x m. Gretchen ? (both have died)
          
        • 2 Lois HOYT AHL b191x ("Uncle Louie's 'adopted' daughter" of Golden Valley, MN, and Minnetonka, MN)
          
        • 2 Dee McKEE b191x (of Minneapolis, MN, or is Dee dau of Lois?)
          

Enewald HANSEN and Louis LARSON were long-time partners of the HANSEN-LARSON Hardware/Implement Dealership in Stewart, MN. The family maintained this business for many years (and Mabel's father Neils GRUNNET was also involved for a time).

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