Casper Josva Preetzmann Larsen Djernes

Notes:

The parish records list as witnesses at Casper's baptism his
uncle Erich Zacharias Prµtzman of Oddersb²l, Jens Rasmussen,
Margrethe Prµtzman, grandmother Karen Svendsdatter Norgard
(listed as Madame Casper Prµtzman of Oddersb²l) and uncle Lars
Christian from Koldkjargaard. Kasper, as his name was recorded
in the confirmations, was confirmed in 1818 when he was 15
years old. Cai Mygind's book, 'Some Families from the Two
Counties Hanherred and Hillerslev Herred in Northern Jutland',
1972, pages 45-47, says that Casper was unmarried in the 1834
census. He was living as tenant of Kjerup Parsonage in
T²mmerby with a housekeeper, Helene Pedersdatter, and two
farmhands. In December 1836, Casper and Helene were married in
T²mmerby Church. Twin boys were born in 1838, but by 1840 one
of them, Lars Christian, was living in Diernesgaard with his
grandmother, Marianne Prµtzmann. In the 1840 census Caspar
Josva Larsen, 37, was still a leaseholder (Forpagter) at the
Kjerup Parsonage with wife Helene, 27 and son Christian, 2.
The parish minister, Frederik Christian von Haven and his wife
and child also lived there, along with three maids and two male
servants.
By the time daughter Marie was baptized in 1842, Casper
was no longer tenant of the parsonage, but lived in Rotb²lgaard
with some family. He had bought the farm Madsb²l near the sea,
but was never able to move out there as he was seriously ill.
He spent his last days with his mother at Diernesgaard, and
died at age 39.

Casper married Helene Pedersdatter on 16 Dec 1836 in Tømmerby, 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:

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.'

Lars married on 16 Mar 1876 in Lild, Vester Han, Thisted, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lars married on 06 Nov 1868 in Thisted, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christian was the twin brother of Lars Christian Caspersen, was
born at Kaerup. According to Cai Mygind's book, witnesses at
his baptism included Miss Hude, the vicar's sister-in-law, Ane
Marie Larsdatter from Diernesgard, freeholder Lars Chr. Nielsen
from Koldkjaergard, Christian Pedersen from Bjerget and
bachelor Lars Larsen Djernes. Shortly after his mother married
for the second time, Christian, about six or seven years old,
became the foster-child of his cousin, Lars Christensen
(Fuglsang), innkeeper at Bjeret, and wife Mariane Pedersdatter
Rotbol. They were good foster-parents. The Lild Parish
Register, FHL MF 0053228, pages 85 and 86, show that Christian
and his twin brother Lars were confirmed at T²mmerby Church on
the same day, April 8, 1852, at the age of 14. Christian's
residence was listed as Bjerget. In 1854, according to Cai
Mygind, at about 16 years of age, Christian left for Thisted to
be apprenticed to a shopkeeper, as his foster father thought
there was no future in farming for him. After his
apprenticeship, he got a job with merchant Tomas Dige at Oslos.
Dige sent him to Thorup Strand to administer a branch shop
there, including small craft trade with Norway. Sometime
later, Christian went to Arup and opened a shop of his own. He
met and married Ane Marie Jepsen in Arup, and their first child
was born there. Around 1878 Christian's foster father sent for
him to take over Nedergard, a farm at Tommerby which Lars
Fuglsang had purchased. Christian moved his family there, also
taking in sister Marie' s child Karoline Thomsen. Christian
opened a general store at one end of the farmhouse and worked
the farm at the same time with the help of a farmhand and a
maid. Christian was too free with credit, and eventually gave
up the store, working the farm himself. Christian and Ane
joined the growing Grundtvigian movement of free communities in
Hanherred, and in 1881 Christian founded a free school in
T²mmerby. During World War I, he delegated the farm to his son
Kristian, and Christian and Ane moved into a little apartment
where their store had once been. After Ane died in 1923,
Christian moved with daughter Kathrine across the street into
an old thatched house called Gammel Tuenhus. He died there in
1928 at the age of 90.

Christian married in 1877 in Arup, Vr. Han, Thisted, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Parish records say Marie was baptized at home 30 January 1842,
and in the church 26 June 1842 . Witnesses were Mariane
Jensdatter from Koldkjaer, Karen Jensdatter from Bjerget, and
farmers Anders Rotb²l from Kaerup, Jens Jensen from Rotb²l, and
Svend Diernes from Lund. The following information comes from
Cai Mygind's book on families from Hanherred and Hillerslev
Herred, pages 58-60: Marie was born in Rotb²lgard just seven
months before her father died. Her mother remarried when she
was two years old, and Marie grew up with four half siblings on
the farm Madsb²l in Hjardemêal Klit. She is said to have been a
beauty, but 'a bit improvident.' Marie left home early to earn
a living, and by 1861 at age 19 she was a maid with Christen
Kvolsgêard at Bjerget. In 1868 she lived at Haverslev, but the
year after returned to Lild to become a maid with her late aunt
Karoline's husband, Christen Jensen Vabesgêard at the farm
Myrupgard. In 1871 she was at home with her mother and brother
at Karet and had a daughter by farmhand Niels Christian
Thomsen, who acknowledged paternity. In 1878 she had another
daughter, the father of whom was said to be farmhand Anders
Jensen from the farm Norgêard at Vust. It is said Marie and
Anders were not allowed to marry. Marie went home to Lild with
her baby, placing her older daughter with Marie's brother
Christian Caspersen and family in Nedergard at T²mmerby. The
1890 census shows her back in Myrupgard, now owned by her
cousin, Kasper Christensen Djernes Vabesgêard. Family tradition
says Marie's older daughter Karoline refused a suitor, who then
turned to Marie. In any case, Marie married widower Niels
Christian Nielsen, called Christian Sondermolle, a man 17 years
her junior, in 1895. They apparently lived happily in Lund
until Marie's death.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sophie married in 1895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]