| Name | Maren Kirstine RASMUSDATTER  |
| Birth | 30 Jan 1847, Bregninge, Tåsinge [Island], Sunds, Svendborg Amt, Denmark |
| Death | 22 Oct 1919, Hood River, Hood River County, Oregon |
| Burial | 28 Oct 1919, Madras, Jefferson County, Oregon |
| Father | Rasmus JENSEN |
| Mother | Karen CHRISTENSDATTER |
| 1 | Hans B. LARSEN |
| Birth | 9 Feb 1844, Landet, Tåsinge [Island], Sunds, Svendborg Amt, Denmark |
| Death | 2 Jun 1898, Bagley, Clearwater County, Minnesota |
| Burial | ?Ebro Corner? |
| Immigration | Apr 1882, From Denmark |
| Father | Lars HANSEN BØDKER (ca1818-) |
| Mother | Anne Margrette RASMUSDATTER (ca1816-) |
| Marriage | ca 1872, Married in Denmark |
| Children | Ane Margrethe (1871-1897) |
| Laura Christina (1873-1947) | |
| Kirstine (ca1877-) | |
| Karl Valdemar (1881-1957) | |
| Thorvald W. (1883-) | |
| Hansena (1885-1942) | |
| Oscar H. (1887-1968) |
"At her baptism [Maren Kirstine Rasmussen], bachelor Rasmus Jensen from Stjovis Mill at Bjerreby Parish acknowledged that he was her father. She was baptized on 21.02.1847. Whether Karen and Rasmus later got married or she married someone else I did not check."
Clerk's Office, Detroit Lakes, MN: "____Larson Child born June 25, 1883, a child born to Hans & Christina Larson." (By process of elimination after viewing 1885 Minnesota State census data, this is Thorval's birth date.)
Danish Emigration Database:
Name: Larsen, Maren Occupation: Hustru
Age: 34 Destination: Aububond, Min. [sic]
Contract no.: 316500 Registration date: 4/20/1882
Last res. parish: Bregninge (Tåsinge og Ærø) Last res. county: Svendborg
Last residence: Bregning, Svenborg A. Destination country: USA
Destination city: Audubon Destination state: Minnesota
Name of ship: Indirekte
IDcode: I8182L2102
Children who were registered to emigrate with Hans & Maren: Margrethe, age 5; Laura, age 4; Kirstine, age 3; Carl, age 3/4 [9 mos. old].
1900 US Census, Popple Township, Beltrami County, Minnesota, 1 June 1900
Name; Household Status; Month & Year of Birth; Age; Place of Birth; Place of Birth for Father, Mother; Year of Immigration; Citizenship; Education; Occupation; Ownership of Property
Larson, Christiana; Head; Jan 1847, Age 53 (Mother of 9 children, 5 living); Born in Denmark, both parents born in Denmark; Immigrated 1882, 18 years citizen, Farmer, Owned the property
_____ Carl V.; Son; July 1882 [sic]; Age 18; Born in Denmark, both parents born in Denmark; Immigrated 1882, 18 years citizen, Day Farmer
_____ Thorvald; Son; June 1883; Age 17; Born in Minnesota, both parents born in Denmark; Day Farmer
_____ Hansina [sic]; Daughter; Feby 1885; Age 15; Born in Minnesota, both parents born in Denmark; At School
_____Oscar; Son; Oct 1887; Age 13; Born in Minnesota, both parents born in Denmark; At School
Obituary column says Christina & Hans had eleven children, but 1900 US Census lists her as having given birth to nine children. List of names and dates of birth for all is incomplete here since I don't yet know the names of the other children, or how many children were born to Maren for sure - nine (as she told census enumerator in 1900) or eleven (as stated in her obituary).
Birth of 14 Nov 1845 listed in newspaper column for Christine Larson; death info taken from obituary column from Oregon newspaper. Larson & Larsen spellings are both found in obituary column for surnames of male offspring who survived her, so I've typed them as they appeared.
Obituary Source: Carmen Carver (she received photocopy of obituary from a woman in Madras, Oregon, and the name of the newspaper was not included).
(Handwritten under her name is date 10-30-1919, apparently the date of publication of the newspaper. The spelling of Larson and Larsen are both used in the column; spelling and punctuation are typed as they appear in the obituary notice, errors and all.)
Mrs. Christena Larson
Christena Larson was born in Denmark Nov. 14, 1845.
She and Hans Larsen, her husband with their family came from Denmark to America and located in Minnesota in 1880 [sic], where they lived until the death of Mr. Larsen twenty one years ago. They were blesed [sic] with eleven children. She followed her husband to the beyond from the home of her son, O.H. Larsen, at Hood River, Oregon, October 22nd., 1919. Her remains were brought to Madras, Oregon for interment. The funeral services were held in the M. E. church of Madras, October 28th, 1919. Rev. M.F. Childs of the Free Methodist Church conducted the services.
He preached an interesting sermon from the words, "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment, so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many, and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto Salvation."
The church was neatly decorated and the choir rendered some good music.
The children who remain to mourn the loss of the mother are: Mrs. Maylan Carver, of Austin, Minnesota; Carl Larsen of Austin, Minnesota, Mrs. Sena Carver, of Mackintosh, Minnesota; T.W. Larson, of Madras, Oregon, and O.H. Larsen of Hood River.