Uncovering The Mystery of Carrie Larson-Clark :: True Heir to The Kingdom of Denmark
"Below are conversations between family members about what they know and have found out about our Great-Grandma Carrie."
That would be her. But the story is that she was an illegitimate child of Danish royalty given to a couple (the Larson's) to adopt and take to America. This was never spoken of openly and who knows if it's true. No way to know.
We called her Grandma Clark. I loved her; she had a great sense of humor and a twinkle in her eyes.
Hi Richard and Clark, Here is some family history from cousin Janice Peters that was written by our grandma Clark.
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From: janicelpeters@comcast.net
To: Irenemarchbanks@aol.com
Sent: 9/6/2009 10:03:46 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time
Subj: Family History by Carrie S.doc
This is self explanatory. I found some more from gramma Clark;
My parents first settled near Hooper, Nebraska, and had a timber claim one mile from Hooper. As far as I know their first move was to Tekamah My father worked in a mill when he was proving up on his timber claim. Mother did buy calves. Emma got lost one time and they hunted and hunted for her - all the neighbors. They weren't far from the river either. Benson children in the shop. Mr. Benson found her under the platform by the railroad track. They moved to Craig before gramma was five because she had her fifth birthday in Craig.
I'm sorry I could not find a record of a passenger list from Glasgow, Scotland, to the US. I can't remember for sure who the passengers were. But i was surprised that it was from Glasgow. Someone else had found it, not me, and gave a copy to me. I'll keep my eye out for it and when I find it I will send it.
Family History by Carrie S. Clark
When a child we did not know what kind of a tree the family tree was.
Once when I asked my grandmother on my mother’s side of the family, Mrs. Mortenson, what my (gr.) grandmother’s name was, she said Elsie Marie Hansdadder. This could have meant her own maiden name or that of her mother.
My great grandmother was a midwife and had a very good income. In her early life she had many very nice things in the home and had a very pleasant and useful life.
After her death my great grandfather became a drunkard and in the end there was very little left to pass on to her child.
My grandmother had several children – Caroline, Anna, Mary or Marie, Nels was unmarried, one who was married (I never knew him) is buried in a cemetery at West Point, Nebr. His wife’s first name was Sophie.. . .
My grandfather Jens or John Mortenson was a blacksmith and always had several men in his shop to learn the trade. He was known as a zone man and was appointed for the job and no one was allowed to start or buy a shop without his permission. Many things were hand made for the government as bits for horses, bob sleds, etc. My father was an expert at shoeing horses and this was a part of early day military training.
My grandmother learned to cook in the school where the students cooked for the royal family. There has always been a hush hush story about the son of the king being the father of an illegitimate child in our family and I think this must have been my grandmother. Her children were all very well educated with the exception of the youngest who had a severe illness as a child and never was able to do any hard work. His one interest in life was his violin and he could play any tune he had ever heard.
My grandfather Mortenson was born in 1814 and he and his wife are buried in a Danish cemetery near Uehling Nebr. Their little farm was three miles south of Craig but they had the funeral in a small Danish church and burial at the same place. Both of my grandparents were of the Danish Lutheran faith. In his later years my grandfather had palsy and was unable to work. Both died of old age. My grandmother was very spry up to he last, hardly a gray hair, and she could walk as well as a teenage person. She did her own housekeeping and was content with the few things life had to offer. Always glad to be in America where everyone had an equal chance to made the best of life. She never went to bed at nite without asking “God to bless heir home”. She was a very good cook and housekeeper.
When I asked my sister Lillian if there was anything of our grand parents she would like to have, she said, “I would like the old chest they brot from Denmark that was always used for dried fruits.” Said she could still remember the smell of prunes and other fruits. However after we were married we never asked for anything.
Carolyn married John Frederickson. Their children were Mary – John – Lena – Hans – and Adolph. Mary married Swan Elmlund. Ida married Julius Christenson. Lena married Lewis Hassing. I do not know who the boys married, nor do I have the dates of the others. Marie (Marn in Danish) married Frank Hanson. Their children were James – Hannah and Marie, twins – Lewis – Christian – Luella – Joseph. Ida married Julius Christensen. Minnie unm. And died at 18 years of age. Marie married Harold Tanner.
Lena married Lewis Hassing.
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John do not know their family names or where they live.
Lena and Lewis or Louie died in Emerson Nebr. Lena is buried beside her parents in Craig.
Here is a painting of the Mayflower at the harbor. Richard's wife Elizabeth (Walker) and five daughters came to join him on the ship Anne in 1623. They later had two sons at Plymouth. Richard was one of 10 explorers on the ship. Here is a drawing of the inside of the Mayflowers cabin and some of it's passengers signing the Mayflower Compact.
