Person ID: I5856884751

Lars Nielsen Djernes

05 OCT 1755 – 1835

Male

Married: 06 JAN 1786 — Lild, Vester Han, Thisted, Denmark

Married: 07 DEC 1800 — Thisted, Denmark

Notes

  • Cai Mygind's book on families from Hanherred and Hillerslev Herred provides Lars' birth year ( page 43), stating he was born at Djernesgaard and other details about his life. Lars became the owner of Djernesgaard in 1786; by this time it had been in the family for some forty years. In the same year he was married for the first time. The 1787 census shows Lars Nielsen, 33, farmer and farm occupant (gaardbeboer) living in Glµde bèye with wife Anne Marie Christensdatter, 18, and daughter Giertrud Larsdatter, 1. Also in the household were Anders Christendsen, 31, servant and national soldier and maid Johanne Jensdatter. Wife Anne Marie Christensdatter Rotb²l died in the summer of 1800 leaving five children. Lars married again late in 1800 to Mariane Prµtzmann, with whom he had seven children who survived to adulthood. Lars and Mariane are listed in the 1801 census in in Glµde bèye with the five surviving children from Lars' first marriage along with servants Christen Jensen and Anne Marie Larsdatter. In this census his name is given as Lars Nielsen Diµrnis. Lars remained the head of Djernesgaard until his death at age 80. The census of 1834 showed all the surviving children--Jens, Christen Kold, Svend, Lars, Karoline and Anne Marie--by his second marriage except the eldest living at Djernesgaard with Lars, 83 and Mariane and a maid. A close examination of the parish records shows Lars actually fathered eight children by his first wife and ten by the second. His name was recorded as Laurids in the Lild Parish Register. He was born at Diernesgaard. Witnesses at his baptism include Anne Nielsdatter.