Brief Life History of Lauritz Nielsen
When Lauritz Nielsen Garff was born on 13 January 1853, in Eskebjerg, Ugerløse, Holbæk, Denmark, his father, Niels Jørgensen Garff, was 41 and his mother, Marie Jacobsen, was 32. He married Amelia Singleton Bromley on 25 June 1890, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Bregninge, Skippinge, Holbæk, Denmark in 1855. He died on 21 July 1902, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Lauritz Garff in household of Niels Jørgensen Garff, "Denmark Census, 1855"
- Louis Garff, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Louis Garff, "BillionGraves Index"
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World Events (8)
1854
Triumph of Plan of Ayutla under leadership of Benito Juárez.
1859 · Copenhagen Waterworks
The Copenhagen Waterworks was the first waterworks in Denmark and served the community until 1951. It was one of the first buildings to be built outside Copenhagen's old city walls.
1867
Juárez offensive takes place. Maximilian surrenders at Querétaro and is executed. Juárez moves his government to Mexico City and becomes president.
Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) (also Gräff): variant of Graf . Compare Graeff .
English (London): metonymic occupational name for a clerk or scribe, from Old French grafe ‘stylus, pencil’, a derivative of Old French grafer ‘to write’ (from Late Latin grafare, from Greek graphein). It is uncertain whether the English name survived the medieval period or whether the early 17th century bearers in Britain were in fact of German origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Copied here from a note assoicated with Peter N Garff, In a book of history about Lehi Utah we found this story about the Garff family. The parents of Louis Garff (brother to Peter Garff) had falle …
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