Lars Peter Sørensen

  Generelle notater:

Han blev født den 20 april 1820, hjemmedøbt den 22 april 1820, fremstillet i kirken den 18 juni 1820, søn af husmand Søren Larsen og hustru Karen Marie Simonsen.
Faddere: husmand Jens Nielsens hustru Johanne Andersdatter, pigen Margrethe Jeppesdatter, aftægtsmand Anders Jensen, husmand Simon Jensen og Mads Erichsen Mølholt.
(Kilde: Hals kirkebog 1814-1832, opslag 22, Aalborg amt).

Indvandring New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Lars Sorensen Name: Lars Sorensen Arrival Date: 28 Jul 1869 Birth Date: abt 1820 Age: 49.

Lars Peter Sorensen, son of Soren Lars Sorensen and Karen Marie Simonsen, was born 21 April, 1820 at Hals Aalborg, Denmark. He married Gertrude Marie Jensen on 6 April, 1847, in Vester Hassing, Aalforg, Denmark. Their were five children born to this union. Gertrude died 5, August 1862. In Denmark, in October 1867, he married Martini Kerstene Mortensen.

In 1868 the LDS missionaries baptized him into the Mormon Church. His wife was also a Mormon. Their first child was born in Vester Hassing and died there. Because of the gospel they immigrated to America in 1869, and came across the plains to Utah. The family first settled in Huntsville, Utah, where another baby was born, and a third child was born in Montpelier, Idaho. In 1871 they moved to Ovid, Idaho, where he engaged in farming. He died there 4 February 1888 when he was killed by a bull. Many old-timers can still remember the place where it happened. He was big and strong and a hard worker and an honest man. He was a father of eight children and one adopted child. This child's name was Larsen, and after a short time became Sorensen. His wife Martini and he made a home in Ovid, Idaho, until she died March 10, 1912.

Soren Peter & John Peter & Lars Christian Sorensen were sons of Lars Peter Sorensen and Gertrude Marie Jensen. They were born in Vester Hassing, Aalforg, Denmark and came to Utah in 1869 with their stepmother. Because of hard times the boys left their home in Ovid, Idaho, and lived together in Montpelier, Idaho. They farmed north of town and lumbered in Montpelier Canyon, and did various other labors for hire. Lars Christian was of poor health and died at the age of 18 years.

John Peter married Sena Catherine Mikkelsen of Logan, Utah. October 10, 1879 and moved to Lago, Idaho where they prospered. The beautiful home they built there is still being lived in today. They were the parents of fifteen children: Jane, John C., Nelse L., Junius M., Ephriam A., Willard H., Sena Gertrude, Mary, Nellie, Vera, Frances, Ina, Ada, Wesley A., and Edna.

Soren Peter Married Margaret Jensen in Mendon, Utah on June 15, 1878. They made their home in Montpelier, Idaho. Nine children were born to this union. Margaret Elnora, Amy Gertrude, Laura May, Louis Peter, Mary Johannah, Cora, Elizabeth, Wilford Oliver, Esther, and Nina Winona. Their mother died October 30, 1900 while still young. Then he married Harriett Jorgensen. He later moved to Albion, and Twin Falls, Idaho. Soren was a tall man and had thick brown hair, and a mustache and a beard. He died May 20, 1938 and was buried in Twin Falls, Idaho.

  Begivenheder i hans liv:

• Bopæl, 1834, Hals, Kær, Ålborg, Danmark.

• Konfirmation, 1835, Hals, Ålborg, Danmark.

• Bopæl, 1845, Hammer, Kær, Ålborg, Danmark.

• Bopæl, 1860, Vester Hassing, Kær, Ålborg, Danmark.

• Indvandring, 1869, New York City, New York, United States.

• New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Lars Sorensen Name: Lars Sorensen Arrival Date: 28 Jul 18: New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Lars Sorensen Name: Lars Sorensen Arrival Date: 28 Jul 1869 Birth Date: abt 1820 Age: 49 Gender: Male Ethnicity/ Nationality: German (ERROR CORRECT NATIONALITY IS DANISH) Place of Origin: Germany Port of Depart, 28 Jul. 1869.

• Obituary, 1888, Idaho, United States.

Lars blev gift med Gjertrud Marie Jensen den 6 Apr. 1847 i Dronninglund, Hjørring, Danmark. (Gjertrud Marie Jensen blev født den 16 Maj 1816 i Dronninglund, Hjørring, Danmark, dåb den 17 Maj 1816 i Dronninglund, Hjørring, Danmark, døde den 5 Aug. 1862 i Vester-Hassing, Aalborg, Danmark og blev begravet den 12 Aug. 1862 i Vester-Hassing, Aalborg, Danmark.)

  Ægteskabsnotater:

Ungkarl Lars Peter Sørensen, 27 år af Vester Hassing og pigen Gjertrud Marie Jensdatter, 31 år af Snørholtshuus.
Forlovere: Søren Larsen af Vester Hassing og Jens Gregersen af Snørholtshuus. Viet den 6 april 1847.
(Kilde: Vester Hassing kirkebog 1830-1849, opslag 576, Aalborg amt).