Lars Olsen
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Lars Olsen, son of Ole Pedersen and Margrethe Carlsen, was born 27 August 1841 in Vejlebe, Ferslev, Fredericksborg, Denmark. Ferslev is in the southwest corner of Fredericksborg County. On 30 June 1875, he and his wife, Anna (age 29), his mother-in-law Maren (age 57), and two children, Oluf (age 3) and Mathilde (infant) sailed from Liverpool, England on the S.S. Idaho headed for America. In charge of the company was Captain Chr. G. Larsen who had just been released as president of the Scandinavian Mission.
Lars was married to Ane Ingeborg Hansen 27 May 1867 in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Ane emigrated with Lars and two of their children in 1875. They had five children from this marriage: Ane Margrethe (1867), Hans Willard (1869), Oluf Fredrick (1871), Matilda Marie, also spelled Mathilde (1873), and Mary (1876). Mary was the only child of theirs born in America. Their two oldest children died in 1870 within two weeks of each other in Denmark while still young. In June of 1880, Lars Olsen married a second time to Elizabeth Mortensen. On 1 January 1876, Lars "Olesen" officially became a United States citizen. Lars and Ane were baptized 27 December 1868 by F. Olsen and confirmed 1 January 1869 by C. Halversen. In January of 1884, Lars was ordained a seventy by L. Snow. He was ordained a High Pries 7 November 1910. Lars baptized one of his children in 1894 and blessed another in 1892 which indicated his church activity and worthiness to perform priesthood ordinances. History of the Rose Family
by Ralph Herbert Hadley Brief Account of the EmigrationOn Friday, June 25, 1875, about 3 o'clock a.m., the first company of the season's emigration of Scandinavian Saints (658 souls) sailed from Copenhagen on two steamers, namely, the "Pacific" and the "Cato". The "Pacific" took on board 383 Saints from the Christiania, Copenhagen, and Skane conferences who were placed in charge of Elder Chr. G. Larsen. . . . Both ships arrived in Hull on Monday, June 28th. The same day the emigrants were conveyed to Liverpool by rail. Here, together with 98 English Saints and one returning missionary, they went on board the ocean steamer "Idaho" commanded by Capt. Beddoe and sailed from Liverpool on Wednesday, June 30th.
President Joseph F. Smith appointed Elder Chr. G. Larsen leader of the company to be assisted by all the other returning missionaries . . . After a successful voyage, the company arrived safely in New York, July 14th. The overland journey by railway was begun on the 15th, and on the 22nd the company arrived all well in Ogden and Salt Lake City. A Swedish sister, 73 year of age, died on the Atlantic Ocean and was buried at sea, and a child, 15 months old, died before arriving in Ogden, July 22nd. A young Norwegian sister who was left in New York on account of a sickness came on to Utah later. "History of the Scandinavian Mission"
found in the Brigham City Family History Center Lars Olsen and
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