Lars Jacobsen Sr (1833 - 1912)

Born 26 Oct 1833 in Elling, Hjørring, Denmark

Ancestors

Husband of Ingar Andrea (Thomasen) Jacobsen — married 7 Feb 1858 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States

Husband of Johanna Marie (Christensen) Jacobsen — married 3 May 1869 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Mar 1912 at age 78 in Lakeview, Utah, Utah, United States

Lars Jacobsen Sr was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Biography

Lars was born in 1833 in Demark. He was the son of Jacob Larsen and Maria Sorensdatter. He passed away in 1912 in Utah.

Left Copenhagen Denmark on 18 Apr 1857 on the steamer L.N. Hvidt. Arrived in Grimsby on 21 Apr and traveled to Liverpool by rail on the following day.

Traveled on the ship Westmoreland, departing Liverpool on 25 Apr 1857 and arriving 31 May 1857.^[1][2]

Joined with the 7th Handcart Company at Iowa City. At Florence, Nebraska Christian Christiansen became the company captain and continued in the position for the rest of the journey to Utah. The Company arrived 15 September 1857 in the Salt Lake Valley.

Married:

1. Ingar Andrea Thomasen, 7 Feb 1858
2. Johanna Marie "Annie" Christensen, 3 May 1869

In July 1865 and May 1866 served in the Utah Territorial Militia participating in the Blackhawk War in Captain Caleb W Haw's Infantry.

In 1883, served a mission for the LDS Church to the Dakotas and Minnesota

Member 70th Quorum Seventies.

1912 Obituary^[3]

An old handcart veteran in the person of Lars Jacobson passed away at his residence in Lake View last week. Death was caused by leakage of the heart and general debility.

A letter from Lars to President Taylor, of the LDS Church, dated 2 Feb 1883 is available at the Church History Library

Lars, son of Jacob Larsen & Marie Sórensdatter, was born on 26 October 1833 and baptised in 1833 in Elling, Hjørring, Danmark.^[4] Lars, son of Jacob Jacobsen & Don't Know, died (age 78) on 12 March 1912 in Lake View, Utah, Utah, United States.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ BMR, pp. 52-71 (FHL #023,691);
2. ↑ SMR, 1857 (FHL #025,696), pp. 42-66
3. ↑ The Manti Messenger, Manti (UT), Friday 22 March 1912
4. ↑ Baptism: "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
   citing Volume: 1814-1835; Affiliate Film Number: C052A_A_002;
   FamilySearch Record: QG87-Q1W7 (accessed 18 June 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G94W-6SDY Image number 00317
   Lars Jacobsen baptism in 1833 (born 26 Oct 1833), son of Jacob Larsen & Marie Sórensdatter, in Elling, Hjørring, Danmark.
5. ↑ Death: "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
   citing Lake View, Utah, Utah, United States, certificate 87, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm.
   FamilySearch Record: XZG4-SZR (accessed 18 June 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HY-69RW-2Q7 Image number 00506
   Lars Jacobsen death 12 Mar 1912 (age 78), son of Jacob Jacobsen & Don't Know, in Lake View, Utah, Utah, United States.

• "Denmark Baptisms, 1618-1923," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYDQ-G84 : 6 December 2014), Lars Jacobsen, 24 Nov 1833; citing ; FHL microfilm 48,998.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH2W-H71 : 30 December 2015), Lars Jacobson, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCB-647 : 17 October 2014), Lars Jacobson, Utah, United States; citing p. 16, family 121, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,111.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNS2-BQD : 14 July 2016), Lars Jackobsen, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district ED 81, sheet 121B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1338; FHL microfilm 1,255,338.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRR-TSZ : accessed 14 January 2017), Lars Jacobson, Lakeview, Provo Bench, Vineyard Precincts, Utah, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 159, sheet 12B, family 219, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,687.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5X6-221 : accessed 3 February 2017), Lars Jacobson, Lakeview, Utah, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 189, sheet 22B, family 469, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1609; FHL microfilm 1,375,622.

• "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-HYLF : 20 May 2016), Lars Jacobsen, 1857.

• Handcart Veterans Association Scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 6.

• Journal History, 13 Sep. 1857, p. 25

• "United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDRY-K2N : 4 December 2014), Lars Jacobsen, 1919; citing Pension, Utah, NARA microfilm publication T318 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 821,615.

• "Utah, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1847-1868," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KL71-H7B : 12 December 2014), Lars Jacobsen, ; excerpted from Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Pioneers Books, 1913).

• "Utah, Early Mormon Missionary Database," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDW-TGGH : 26 February 2016), Lars Jacobsen, Dakota & Minnesota; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Church History library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; citing Missionary Register v. 2, Missionary department missionary registers 1860-1959, CR 301 22, Church History Library, Salt lake City, Utah.

• "Utah, Early Mormon Missionary Database," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDW-TWT9 : 26 February 2016), Lars Jacobsen, Dakota Minnesota; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Church History library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; citing Missionary Register v. 1, Missionary department missionary registers 1860-1959, CR 301 22, Church History Library, Salt lake City, Utah.

• "Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLRQ-R53 : 6 December 2014), Lars Jacobsen, 12 Mar 1912; citing City Cemetery, , military unit Capt Caleb W Haw's Co Inf, Ut Terr Mil, Blackhawk War, State Archives, Capitol Building, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 485,501.

• "Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q231-54J7 : accessed 10 November 2016), Lars Jacobsen, 01 Jul 1865; citing Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, series 2210, Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4,319,883.

• "Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q231-52ZG : accessed 10 November 2016), Lars Jacobsen, 10 May 1866; citing Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, series 2210, Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4,332,846.

• "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZG4-SZR : 11 September 2015), Lars Jacobsen, 1912.

• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT7Q-7BN : 24 June 2015), Lars Jacobsen, Sr, died 12 Mar 1912; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #36238977
• WikiTree and Family Search record

• "Come, Come, Ye Saints!" The Story of Lars Jacobsen and of Those with Whom He Emigrated from Denmark Provo, Utah December, 1994

• Lars Jacobsen, posted 21 Feb 2013