Life Story of Carl Christian Larsen Carl Christian Larsen was born in Copenhagen on August 10, 1826. His mother died when he was born. His grandmother raised him until he was eight years of age. Upon the death of his grandmother and father, he was sent by an orphan’s home in Copenhagen to Jutland to be raised by an old bachelor, known as “Finkalas.”
He married Mette Marie Petersen. His oldest son was Louis, born before Carl was called as a soldier in the Danish-German war. He received no pay from this service until 1907-8 when he received 100 crowns, or $27.00 in American money, for two successive years. He and his wife and four daughters, Annie, Marie, Wilhelmina and Epsena, came to the United States.
He joined the LDS Church in Denmark in 1871. His wife was anxious to come to Utah, and this was the main reason for his coming. As he said, “Moder vilde heroppe og jeg gik jo med om hun saa vilde have gaaet til Helvede ad,” which was his Danish way of saying “Mother wanted to come up here and of course I followed her, as I would have done even if she had wanted to go directly to Hades.”
They reached the home of Hans Johansen in November, 1873. The family moved to Ephraim, Sanpete County, in 1874 where they made their home for about 26 years. For a couple of years or so they lived at Spring City, Sanpete County, Utah. He worked some as a carpenter, but the principal source of income was through the efforts of his wife, who was midwife for Ephraim and surrounding towns. In 1902, he and his wife moved to Salt Lake City where they lived with their daughter, Annie Peterson. His wife died at Salt Lake City, November 9, 1904. In 1906, he came to live with his son, Thomas Larsen, at Pleasant Grove. Here he died July 21, 1908, and was buried in the Thomas Larsen lot, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, on July 23, 1908. **
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Life Story of Mette Marie Petersen
Mette Marie Petersen was born in Denmark, August 26, 1829. She married Carl Christian Larsen on March 9, 1849. About 1864 she trained in Copenhagen to become a midwife, and about 1866-67 she became district midwife, a government position.
Her medical practice was the principal source of family livelihood. Her trials and troubles were those of her husband. She died at Salt Lake City on November 9, 1904, and was buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery on November 12, 1904 in the Thomas Larsen lot.
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