Carl Joseph Thomsen

  Generelle notater:

Han blev født den 24 april 1861, hjemmedøbt den 8 amj 1861, søn af husmand Thomas Pedersen og hustru Ane Cathrine Nielsdatter i Østerby, 38 år.
Faddere: Kirsten Stampe holdt barnet, faderen og moderen var vidner, Kirsten Margrethe Pedersdatter, smed Stampe, Niels Nielsen Væver og Chr. Andersen, gårdmand, alle af Østerby.
(Kilde:Øland kirkebog 1854 - 1874, opslag 17, Hjørring amt).

A Short Story of Carl Joseph and Mariane Thompson.
Carl, Mariane, Lars & Ane arrived in New York on Apr 27, 1886 aboard the steamship Bohemia. They traveled to Salt Lake City by rail and stage. They were sponsored by Carl’s brother Neils Peter Thompson. Neils owned a clock and watch repair shop on Regent Street in Salt Lake City.

Carl Valdemar was the first-born child in Utah but died before he was one year old. He was buried in a "Paupers Grave" in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. Carl Joseph could not afford the funeral expenses.

Carl was a glass blower in Denmark and served in the Danish Army for several years.
Carl’s first job was at the salt plant in Salt Lake City. Mariane was afraid of being alone in a new country so she would lock all the doors and pull all the window blinds down and more or less barricaded her and the children in the house. The first contact she had, besides Neils Peter and his wife Kathrine, was a Jewel Tea salesman who spoke Danish and helped her learn to speak a little English.

Carl’s next job was working in the Crescent Mine in Park City. He and Peter Kass, a childhood friend of Carls, and their families moved to Crescent Mine above Park City. Mary Carle was born on the mine property with Peter Kass’s wife attending as the mid-wife. The two families lived in a long building with their rooms separated by a hallway. Peter Kass sold his claim in the Crescent Mine and the two families moved to Park City and rented a home on Woodside Ave. Carl built a home on Norfolk Ave and they became homeowners in a new county.

Carl’s next job was at the Marsac Mills. He was paid in script to be spent at the company store. He later worked at a
"one-horse" operating mine called the Flagstaff. His next job was working for the Silver King Mine. He worked there for many years. My Mother, Emma, remembers his lunch bucket. It was a round pail with three compartments. Tea or coffee in the bottom, a compartment for sandwiches and fruit in the middle and the top compartment for a piece of pie, cookies or cake. Carl's children used to scramble for the lunch pale when he came home from the mine to see if he left any goodies. One of his jobs was to load the ore buckets on the tram-way so the ore could be taken down the hill to the mill on Park Ave in Park City.

The mines went out on strike and the other workers wanted Carl to cross the picket line but he was a strong union man and refused. Because of his actions he was black-balled from ever working in the Silver King mine again. Frank Kane a friend of the family got him a job at the Ontario Mine shaping mine timbers. His salary was $4.00 a day and that was the most he ever made in his life time.

Carl became very ill (1925-1926) and was unable to hold down the mine job. Andrew Petersen, (my Grandfather) gave Carl a job scraping rocks off the roads. Emma Thompson, (my Mother) would take him to work and pick him up after his shift.
He was really too ill to do much work. My Grandfather Andrew Petersen gave him the job so he could have some self respect and earn some money. His illness became worse and he was confined to his bed for almost a year before he passed away on Oct 7, 1927. He died of miners’ consumption (TB). He is buried in the Thompson Family Plot in Glen Wood Cemetery, Park City, Utah.
Submitted: Klyde L Petersen (Grandson).

The Life Summary of Carl Joseph
When Carl Joseph Thomsen was born on 24 April 1861, in Østerby, Øland, Øster Han, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Thomas Pedersen, was 43 and his mother, Ane Cathrine Nielsdatter, was 38. He married Mariane Geertsen on 22 March 1883, in Øland, Hjørring, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to United States in 1886 and lived in Øland, Øster Han, Hjørring, Denmark in 1870 and Summit, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 7 October 1927, in Park City, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Park City, Summit, Utah, United States.

  Begivenheder i hans liv:

• Bopæl, 1870, Øland, Øster Han, Hjørring, Danmark.

• USER_DEFINED, 4 Apr. 1875, Øland, Hjørring, Danmark.

• Udvandring, 27 Apr. 1886, New York, New York, United States.

• Folketælling, 1900 Census, Park City, Summit, Utah, United States.

• Bopæl, 1900, Park City (south of 5th), Summit, Utah, United States.

• Bopæl, 1910, Park City, Summit, Utah, United States.

• Folketælling, 1920 Census, Park City, Summit, Utah, United States.

• Bopæl, 1920, Summit, Utah, United States.

Carl blev gift med Mariane Geertsen den 22 Mar. 1883 i Øland, Hjørring, Danmark. (Mariane Geertsen blev født den 30 Aug. 1858 i Brovst, Hjørring, Danmark, dåb den 14 Nov. 1858 i Brovst, Hjørring, Danmark, døde den 30 Sep. 1942 i Park City, Summit, Utah. og blev begravet i Okt. 1942 i Glenwood Cem, Park City, Summit, UT.)

  Ægteskabsnotater:

Ungkarl Karl Thomsen af Oxholm, født i Østerby den 24 april 1861, døbt den 8 maj samme år, konfirmeret den 4 april 1875 og pige Mariane gertsen af Oxholm Mark, født i Brovst den 30 august 1858, døbt den 14 november samme år, konfirmeret 6 oktober 1872.
Forlovere: husmand Thomas Pedersen i Østerby og staldkarl på Oxholm Mark Lars Gertsen.
Viet i kirken den 22 marts 1883.
(Kilde: Øland kirkebog 1875 - 1891, opslag 91, Hjørring amt).

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