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Name: Ole Larsen
Birth: my records
list his birthdate as about 1812.
Death: Sometime
after 1900, I believe.
Marriage: 1851 in
Slots-Bjergby, Denmark.
Location(s): Slots-Bjergby,
Denmark, Minnesota, USA
Relation to me: Ole
Larsen was my paternal grandmother's mother's mother's father, which makes him 6th
generation before me.
Alias(es): None
known at this time.
Parents: unknown
Spouse(s): Birthe
Marie Schrøder
Children: Maren
Sofie
Other Family: Oscar,
brother; Oscar Jr and Tina, nephew and niece.
Details: Ole is a
little odd, as I know a lot and at the same time very little about him. I have
both his wedding record to his wife and his daughter's birth record, and know that
he came here to the states about the time his daughter was born. I know that he
had a farm here in Minnesota, and that he had a brother and a niece and nephew
here in the states, and that their branch ended with them, at least according
to my great-great uncle, Hans.
His isn't a positive story, but it's also very common for
the period. Ole came here to America promising that he would send for his wife
and their daughter and her children once he settled, but he never did. I'm not
sure what happened to keep her from coming aside from the difficulty of a trip
with three children, one of whom was quite small, but they never saw each other
again. I don't know if he had any further contact via letters, either to his
wife or to his daughter, but I do know that his grandson, Hans finally came to the
States and met him. Or at least I believe he met him before his death, though I
am uncertain when that was.
Other than that, I know nothing about him. I'd love to know more
about his story, and where exactly he lived in Minnesota.
Proof:
1) My
initial proof for Lars comes from his wedding record to Birthe in 1851. It gives
no parents, unfortunately.
2) My
next is from their daughter's baptism record in 1855. It doesn't prove he was
in Denmark at that point, but it at least confirms he is Maren Sofie's father.
3) The
next bit of info is an interview with my great-great uncle Hans, in which he
mentions him once or twice, mostly about how he went to his farm after coming
to the US.
4) And
the last bit is in a few letters between my grandmother and her sister about
the Hansen family, one of which specifically mentions his desertion of his wife
and daughter, though it makes no mention of her other two daughters, so I'm not
sure if they knew about them.
Needed:
I do have a birth date for Ole, but it's from his wedding
record, so it might not be exactly right, and I have no real death information on
him, especially since he died well before the Social Security registry was in
existence. I keep searching for him in the Censuses, but unfortunately his name
was incredibly common, especially in that area. Not to mention that I don't
know if he was going by Larsen or Larson here in the states, because it was
common for all Scandinavians in the US to take the –son version of the surname,
regardless of where they came from at the time. I'd love to know where he lived
in Minnesota, and when he came over. I'd also love to know the names of his
parents and any other siblings he might have had.
If my family or anyone out there has any more information on
his family, I'd love to talk to you about him. I'd love to learn more if at all
possible.
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