Laur. Larsen: Pioneer College PresidentNorwegian-American historical association, 1936 - 358 pagina's Peter Laurentius Larsen (1833-1915) was in Kristiansand, Norway. His parents were Herman Larsen and Elen Else Marie Oftedahl. He married his first wife, Karen Randine Neuberg (1831-1871) in 1855. They had three children. They immigrated to America in 1857. He became the pastor of Rush River, Wisconsin from 1857 to 1859. October 14, 1861, marks the beginning of Laur. Larsen's official Presidency of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. He married Ingeborg Astrup (1846-1923) in 1872. They had ten children. He died in Decorah, Iowa. |
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... keep their home broken up for six months , there was no time to confer with her except by letter . For as soon as the conference was over , he had to hasten north to keep his appointments with his former pa- rishioners . He spent about ...
... keep their home broken up for six months , there was no time to confer with her except by letter . For as soon as the conference was over , he had to hasten north to keep his appointments with his former pa- rishioners . He spent about ...
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... keep abreast with them . When he left the land of his fathers at the age of twenty- four , he cut himself off from the past . Thus all he had learned and experienced in his childhood was finished and rounded off . In a way this enhanced ...
... keep abreast with them . When he left the land of his fathers at the age of twenty- four , he cut himself off from the past . Thus all he had learned and experienced in his childhood was finished and rounded off . In a way this enhanced ...
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... keep her at home as his secretary and assistant , but realizing that this would offer no future , he encouraged her in the work that carried her first to San Francisco and then to New York . editor of The American - Scandinavian Review ...
... keep her at home as his secretary and assistant , but realizing that this would offer no future , he encouraged her in the work that carried her first to San Francisco and then to New York . editor of The American - Scandinavian Review ...
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FAMILY AND CHILDHOOD | 1 |
KRISTIANIA DAYS | 17 |
A PIONEER PARSONAGE | 36 |
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