Josephine Larsen
25 February 1869–27 October 1877 (Age 8)
Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States
The Life of Josephine
When Josephine Larsen was born on 25 February 1869, in Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States, her father, Christian Larsen, was 42 and her mother, Anne Sophia Nielsdatter, was 29. She died on 27 October 1877, in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 8, and was buried in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States.
Photos & Memories (5)
Family Time Line
Christian Larsen
1826–1907
Anne Sophia Nielsdatter
1839–1892
Mary Sophia Larsen
1863–1927
Emma Christina Larsen
1865–1919
Christian Larsen, Jr.
1867–1942
Josephine Larsen
1869–1877
Eliza Cecilia Larsen
1871–1957
Julia Caroline Larsen
1873–1877
Niels Peter Larsen
1875–1961
George Michael Larsen
1878–1962
Hyrum Lorenzo Larsen
1880–1951
Morinda Martina Larsen
1884–1970
Parents and Siblings
1826–1907Male
1839–1892Female
siblings
(10)
1863–1927Female
1865–1919Female
1867–1942Male
1869–1877Female
1871–1957Female
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 1
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1870 · Giving all the right to vote
Age 1
The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.
1872 · The First National Park
Age 3
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Lars, Scandinavian equivalent of Lawrence .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
- Josephine Larson in household of Christian Larson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Josephine Larsen, "Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001"
- Josephine Larsen, "Utah, Cemetery Abstracts"
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