{"id":76,"date":"2012-08-25T12:50:09","date_gmt":"2012-08-25T19:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2013-09-02T04:54:23","modified_gmt":"2013-09-02T11:54:23","slug":"he-walks-this-way-again","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/windowonyourpast.com\/site\/geneaology\/he-walks-this-way-again\/","title":{"rendered":"He Walks This Way Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

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HE WALKS THIS WAY AGAIN is the story of George (J\u00f8rgen) Larsen’s life as an immigrant in the United States from 1904 to 1959. Though a carpenter of modest means, he was known as a knowledgeable and colorful personality in Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois in the first half of the twentieth century. He also served as a sergeant in first World War in France.<\/p>\n

Most of \u00a0his story was recorded in the little\u00a0journals he constantly carried, writing first in Danish and then English as he learned the new language. He related the importance of the railroad, horse & buggy, mail, building details, and silent movies. In other words, everything he saw, experienced and read.<\/p>\n

Matthew Larsen Lesher, production manager (1999)<\/p>\n

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Betty Larsen Andrew wrote her father’s biography to keep our family’s story alive for future generations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Betty enjoys a snack and listens to the birds with her father. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Her mother Matilda Hein Larsen is in background \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0in Loves Park, IL.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Copies available<\/strong> <\/span><\/a><\/span> \u00a0for $10.00 plus shipping and handling.<\/p>\n

Find a copy in a library<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Biography of Betty Larsen Andrew<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The biography and original manuscripts are available at the Danish Immigrant Archive<\/a>s<\/span><\/strong><\/span>, Grand View University Library, Des Moines, Iowa 50316-1599. \u00a0Phone: (515) 263-6199,<\/p>\n

Family reminiscences are and important ingredient in any genealogy or biographical endeavor. \u00a0Here are two selections:<\/p>\n

Family <\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0Virginia<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Danish Articles and Resources<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Denmark: The Official Site<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kalundborg Museum, Denmark.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Pedersen, Lisbeth andMads Findal\u00a0Andreasen. \u00a0The Escape to America.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Kalundborg Regional Museum, Denmark.\u00a0Translated into English by Jesper Wind. \u00a0The story of fellow Danish immigrants\u00a0who probably knew George,\u00a0August and Ane Rasmussen in Greenville, Michigan .\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Pedersen, Lisbeth. Wanderlust and Homesickness<\/strong><\/span>.<\/a>\u00a0Kalundborg Museum, 2004. \u00a0Translation by \u00a0Freddy Volmer Hansen<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>of Pedersen, L.: \u201dUdl\u00e6ngsel og hjemve \u2013 en dansk t\u00f8mrersvends erfaringer som\u00a0indvandrer i USA i begyndelsen af 1900-tallet\u201d, in Fra Holb\u00e6k Amt 2004 (Vejl\u00f8 Print, Kalundborg, Denmark,\u00a0<\/em><\/em>ISBN 87-87575-27-2).<\/em><\/p>\n

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