Person ID: I5856884693
Casper Josva Preetzmann Larsen Djernes
31 JAN 1850 – 06 MAR 1923
Male
Events
- Born
- 31 JAN 1850 — Hjardemêal Klit, Hillerslev, Thisted, Denmark
- Died
- 06 MAR 1923 — Tyler, Lincoln, Minnesota, United States
Parents
Family group sheet →- FatherLars Larsen Djernes02 DEC 1814 – 26 MAR 1891
- MotherHelene Pedersdatter19 DEC 1813 – 21 FEB 1878
- ChildCaspara Larsen Djernes06 JUL 1846 – 1929
- ChildCasper Josva Preetzmann Larsen Djernes31 JAN 1850 – 06 MAR 1923
- ChildMariane Larsen Djernes14 FEB 1853 – 1929
- ChildErik Sacharias Preetzmann Djernes Larsen17 AUG 1855 – 07 JUL 1933
Family
Family group sheet →Married: 30 JUN 1880 — Hamilton, Nebraska, United States
- FatherCasper Josva Preetzmann Larsen Djernes31 JAN 1850 – 06 MAR 1923
- MotherGurine O. Quamme03 FEB 1859 – 27 JUN 1918
- ChildGusta Helena (Lena) Larsen29 MAY 1881 – 28 JUN 1952
- ChildKristine Louise Larsen15 JUN 1883 – 8 Apr 1957
- ChildLars Olai Larsen14 DEC 1885 – 03 AUG 1938
- ChildAnna Marie Larsen20 APR 1887 – 02 FEB 1983
- ChildCasper Josva Preetzmann Larsen03 DEC 1888 – 01 JUL 1971
- ChildClara Gurine Larsen18 MAR 1891 – 20 MAR 1979
- ChildNellie Henriette Larsen02 APR 1893 – 10 OCT 1965
- ChildJohn Thomas Larsen1896 – 1918
Notes
- Most of the information about Casper comes from Cai Mygind's book on families from Hanherred and Hillerslev Herred, Denmark, pages 65-66. Casper was born at Madsb²l. His descendants give his name as Casper Josuprets-Mand Larsen Djernes Madsball. Birth and death dates were provided by Joann Reetz at the 1996 Djernes Family Reunion. Witnesses to Casper's baptism were Ane Pedersdatter from ¢sl²s parsonage, Kasper Koldkjaer from Lild, Lars Klit and Christen Blode from Klit. Casper went to ¢sl²s as a farmhand with Jens Chr. Madsen, but left for the United States in 1871. He worked first in Illinois, and later went to Nebraska, where he met and married Gurine O. Quamme in 1880 in Hamilton County. In 1893 the family left Nebraska where Casper had been farming, and went to Minnesota. They settled south of Tyler, where they had a farm . The family later moved into Tyler and started a restaurant, which Casper ran until he retired. He died in Tyler. He was known as Casper Larsen in the United States. The Danish Emigration Archives Copenhagen Police Records show that Kasper Josva Larsen, age 23, farmer (Landman) from Lild, Thisted, actually emigrated in 1873, registering March 31, 1873. His destination was Chicago, Illinois, Contract Number 1065M. Traveling to the same place on the same day were Lars Larsen, 22, farmer from T²mmerby, Thisted and S²ren Chr. Lukasen, 17, farmer from T²mmerby. Casper was apparently the first member of the Djernes family to immigrate to the United States.