About Lauritz Ulrik la Cour:
Born April 6, 1802 in Odder. Died 27 February 1875. Son of Jørgen la
Cour and Charlotte Guldberg. He was only 7 ½ years old when his father died,
and when the mother could not keep all his 5 sons with him (there were no
cows), he was taken to the house of the war council Hans Christian Møller
(1776-1838) Was renting at Rodstenseje, and his wife Ditlevine von Voss
(1779-1834). At the same time, his brother, Holger, as mentioned, came to
the house of the owner of the farm, chamberman von Voss, who was a brother
to Møllers wife. The two boys could see each other daily and also have a
common teacher. War Counselor Møller and his wife, who belonged to Jørgen
la Cour and Lotte Guldbergs boyfriend and constant circle of friends, took
up the education strictly, and it is therefore not surprising that he often
felt lonely and abandoned. "However," he writes somewhere in his last days,
"became my great luck the follow-up of the treatment, I enjoyed this, when
I in my haste no one else had to resort to comfort, came to seek To all
God and Father, and already taught you as a nine-year-old boy to pray with
kindness, which I have often had to miss with regret.
But about his foster parents, he says the same place that they were
"a couple of very good people" and throughout his life he felt in great
gratitude to those who he sought to pay in many ways when it returned later
krigsråden. For a short time he went to some kind of real school in Aarhus,
but when he was 12 years old, he followed Møller to Østergård, one mile
north of Odder, in Tulstrup parish. Became 14 years old in 1816 confirmed
in Tulstrup Church and then came to the Land Career Service at Østergård.
Warråd Møller was one of the most outstanding farmers of the time, who understood
both to operate his farm in an excellent way and to teach the youngsters
the same skill, but the students were kept to the fire and it is therefore
undoubtedly true what has become Said that when Lauritz Ulrik "later became
the man who was able to break up the stone and clear the wooden stump, it
was a tenacity he had made on the fields of Østergården."
When he was 18 years old, in May 1820 he took over the rule of his fathers
farm in Lyngby Præstegård and conceived it until 1823. He was about a century
old and depicted by Frederik Barfod, who now lived with him, as follows:
"Han Was now fully expanded, and with its bright hair, its tall forehead,
the mild blue eyes, the nice hooked nose, the little mouth, the cleft garden,
the fresh skin tone and the thin, sparing beard that neither could nor would
hide A pair of disgusting smiley holes, with the sharp, strong growth, a
little above the middle, not too heavy and not too flimsy, and with the
light, fresh attitude, he was - more especially seen from the left - a more
than ordinary beautiful young person who drew The eyes of many, especially
the women. The ladies would barely think that something balled when "the
beautiful la Cour" was not included. In addition, his mindfulness and filthiness,
his modesty, and indeed his true bliss, his inexorable honesty and Truth
love that played regularly Into a childish trustworthiness (he did not always
think that a joke was just joking), it was nothing that he was close to
everyones favor. "
In 1823 was transferred, however, his stepfather to Fakse and he therefore
took place as manager of the talented and highly regarded overkrigskommissær
Ingerslev on Rugård, where he was to 1825. Of his stepfather, he was following
farewell: "After you, my good Lauritsalan which knowledgeable and drivtig
farmer continues to carry out the work provided entrusts you with undaunted
and unselfish diligence when you during your work in natures garden always
with reverence and gratitude reminded nature algode and Lord almighty, and
once you know this memory forever intend Thus, your flick generations as
the gift of God, and by observing them, are encouraged to apply them to
yourself and others with conscience and order when in all your actions you
are well-rounded with all and the true sin of those who work for you, And
confess you on Christianity and trust in God, as you continue to walk your
way into the world calmly and probably, peacefully and peacefully, Gods
applause and g ode but-neskers love and esteem and of mens favor and the
mens affection become your happy salaries and internal satisfaction and
domesticated happiness become your glorious property, and beneficial business
carrying your physical health. And all the precious things of all these
lives are welcomed to you with the most sincerity of your loving father,
H. P. Barfoed. "
In May 1825 leased his Hyllested præstegårdsavling of his cousin and
guardian Peder Worm, but purchased the same year - along with manager Jacob
Louis Vauvert Hansen Rugård - Skærsø manor with afbygger-yard Fred Commemorative
addition Draaby Sogns kings and kirketiender and some peasants goods There
were abductions for housewives, for a total of 2400 ransomers. The low price
was due partly to the wretched constitution of the farm, partly to the then
prevailing agricultural crisis, under which money reached a dazzling value
after modern concepts, while land and other commodities fell to a comparatively
insignificant price. But that he had landed enough, it shows that, a few
years after (in 1828) he resigned to the prostitute Rasmus Horn in Hesselballe
(1777-1855) to escape some of the taxes that pushed him, the parcel no.
3 of Skærsø mainland land (the now-being Godthåb) with buildings and adjoining
properties. The same year he sold Fred memorial to the aforementioned J.
L. V. Hansen, but bought it again by him in 1840 and sold it again to J.
L. Faurschou 1848. In the years 1827-33, he had, as mentioned, his brother
Holger in partnership with them.
Skærsø was what already mentioned, as Lauritz Ulrik took it very much
both vanrygtet and neglected, the fields were neglected, abused woods, buildings
partly broken down and sold, partly dilapidated. There was no crew, no tools,
nothing in or out, just a tie to a calf. But he took good courage. First,
he had to provide the necessary breeding tools, and he made them for a large
part himself. In the first year he could only seize a small part of the
earth and did the most work himself. Earnings were initially very small,
and expenses claimed more than he managed to fulfill. To the farm heard
significant stretches of love. He got dearly excavated, got torn smoothly,
holes were met, got the tender greenwood broken up and worked, saw grain,
partly rapeseed, put a lot of good grass seed and divert crops of a size
and value to this so far overlooked soil. Which surprised not only the neighbors,
but even exceeded Lauritz Ulriks boldest expectations. On the sandy soil
he was looking for a wide-spread potato cultivation, and for a number of
years it had been a bad lucrative business for him. In the early years,
he sailed to Copenhagen with the potatoes, later, when prices fell, he used
them the most for fattening of stude, and over the years he won a lot of
reputation in the area like studs. As a potato cultivator, he was somewhat
close to his time. When in the spring potatoes were taken up at Skærsø,
this was announced at the church meeting, and people from a wide area then
poured out to earn something. He introduced a fixed crop rotation and was
probably one of the first in the region that introduced clean broke. He
picked up good seed from remote districts, regularly tested commercial plants:
Tobacco, Bowl, Mustard, Hops, etc. In 1857, he prescribed lupines from abroad,
both blue and yellow, and at that time they were unknown in this country.
The forest belonging to Skærsø was also shot and guarded by Lauritz Ulrik.
He hatched it and planted the open places and eventually got the 80-barred
land of peace forest in good order. Part of the sandy soil he planted, and
among his planting enterprises, mention can be made of a fir tree and forty
plantation in the west side of the forest, which he performed in 1838, and
of which he had the pleasure of seeing the necessary timber for spruce trees
and posts in A new barn built in 1873. For the buildings were transformed
under his hands.
Immediately, he offered those who existed, but in 1833-34 he built the
great barn, 1846 the so-called tenant-building, which would serve him as
a temporary residence. In 1853 the foundation stone was laid for the new
main building, and the stable lengths were partly rebuilt and partly remedied
by him at different times. His eldest son has thus spoken of his countrymans
work: "Not only did he have a natural plant for agriculture - the real calling
of a man is given by our Lord, given it at birth and due to his entire peculiar
building (patience, meekness, endurance, Rigidity, a firm, non-flying or
daring mindset, an open mind for nature, both small and large, as well as
desire for physical work might be mentioned as necessary distinctive features
of those who really have an inner call to agriculture) Not alone, I say,
he had a real call and definite facility for the country, and not only was
he supported in both his native home and his nursing home, but he was also
preserved in his other life in accordance with his call. And love for drug
abuse never contested and never failed.
And therefore he became such a thoroughbred farmer, as we have seen
only a few. Therefore, there was always a peculiar light in his eyes and
lives in voice when he spoke about agriculture. It was an area in which
he rightly felt at home. "In 1834 was elected Lauritz Ulrik - although head-farmer
- as stænderdeputeret the 8th district of Nørre-Jutland less landejendomsbesiddere.
He was only 32 years and the second youngest of the 54 men chosen for Viborg
stændersamling. he met 1836.1838 and 1840, but had no more influence. he
provided some bills, although all fell through. 1841-45 he was a member
and chairman of Draaby parish-regency. 1841 -49 the parishs school cartridge
and for a long time member of the poverty committee. 1845-49 and 1854 and
the following year he was a member of the county council of Randers. In
1847 he bought the Jægergården at Aarhus, lived here from May 1848 to May
1852 but sold it in 1851. 1852 -60 he was tenant of Mallinggård and Holtskovgård.
in 1858 he was elected MP for Randers County and met as such on the three
following National Days. he was landvæsens Commissioner in Randers Amt 1858.
in May 1867 bortfor-pagtede he Skærsø to his sons Niels and Jacob, as he
only reserved the garden and woods, which he continued to steer, but four
years after he left the lease turn to property, abandoned while guided by
gardens and forests, while he reserved the main building for habitation
His and his wifes life, and here he died on February 27, 1875.
The most prominent feature in him, says Frederik Barfod, was a vivid
sense of justice and a through truthfulness, who was paired with the greatest
degree of modesty, yes probably true humility. He had strangely little thoughts
about himself, his own abilities, his own knowledge, his own strength and
skill. He was in the highest sense peaceful and quiet, yet he was naturally
angry. But over the years he still fought his vehementness, so it came to
him less often and rarely, and in recent years almost never. He was highly
fragile, but at the same time most considerate to everyone else, they are
tall or low, they stand him closer or distant. In private - as in the public
sector too - he was very reluctant. He did not belong to those who have
easy to show their feelings. The same was true of his religious life. In
his previous years he saved the most in himself. But when in the early 50s
he experienced a spiritual breakthrough and thereby fully and fully relied
on the grace of God, he became more bold in the confession.
Married 5 October 1833 in Rolse Church with Ellen Kirstine Poulsen.
Born December 26, 1809 at Nørlund. Died 5 March 1875. Daughter of Niels
Poulsen to Rolsegård and Dorte Dinesdatter. Was 1825-26 at Randers schoolhouse
at Severine Kathrine Heni, who had a highly regarded tailoring school for
young girls. Controlled until his wedding house for his brothers at Rolsegård.
As young, she was straight, smooth and powerful, of medium height, with
beautiful, regular features, of which there was mildness and kindness. She
had dark brown hair, a curved forehead and friendly blue-haired eyes. In
autumn 1829, Lauritz Ulrik gave her faith, and 4 years later, the wedding
was held at Rolsegård. "She became," says Frederik Barfod, "her husbands
faithful devoted friend, his tender and loving wife, the alert, careful
and conscientious mother of all the big childrens flock." She owned a living
family feeling that gave birth to her first and foremost to her children
and grandchildren, but also to the great family she belonged to and got
married to. She had a strange ability both to be happy and to Happy to smooth
and fix everything where there could be some curb on the thread, and to
find out where others only then all sound closed. She was extremely careful
and thrifty, diligent and effective, generous and helpful. "A prominent
feature of both of them," Pauline Worm said about Lauritz Ulrik and his
wife, "was their great hospitality, their kindness, round-handedness and
kindness to both old and young people who missed a home."
And Morten Pontoppidan, a 14-year-old boy, visited Skærsø, writes: "Skærsø
was a lovely large farm in beautiful, authentic Jutland surroundings. One
was found between hearty, lively, stoves and beautiful people. One participated
in a daily life , Which was characterized by prosperity and some military
ability, but also something nice-even and something poetic-something in
good pastoral style. It was good at Skærsø and was provided with both soul
and body. " She died 6 days after her husband, March 5, 1875, after a few
days of sickness, but on her last trip from the dayroom at Skærsø the day
her husband had closed her eyes, here should be reproduced the beautiful
depiction caused by her eldest son, Jørgen, and about which has been said
to be "so overwhelming that it has only a few side effects in our literature."
In the afternoon she felt pain in her right side and in the evening at.
8 she was attacked by heavy chills, so she soon agreed with the children
that she had to go to bed.
And then its called: "She got up, but she could not go to the old bedroom.
Father was probably, and he was not there. The stove burned no longer in
there, it was dark and cold-she had become homeless The old old mother,
and where could she better seek rest than her daughters in the virgin cage?
I never forget this view: Surrounded and followed by her four daughters,
shaved tightly into her shawl she slid through the living room. Once upon
a time she was as shepherd, but her figure was bent as if she had grown
older. And yet, a strange highness rested upon her, and a strange clarity
like her. When she quietly and quietly approached everything she approached
Say the door, greet his goodnight to us sons who stood on the other side
of the living room, so we were taken by the highness and the frightening
that we felt unwillingly bound to the spot. None of us dared to break the
silence or stop her walk by To move forward Keck her hand for goodnight,
but we bowed deeply. A big vision went past our eyes: Our mother went his
last walk down here. She began the same time as the father had taken away,
so that the assemblies could be put before God. Deep and full-fledged sounded
the voice to us, the heart trembled, the eye was filled, the door closed,
and - we stood in the living room: this morning the father went home. Now
mother also left us. Gods Father gives us all of his grace a blessed meeting-time
never to be divorced. "Together with her husband, she was buried from Dråby
Church on March 11, 1875. (10 children - No. 67-77).
In the hundredth anniversary of Lauritz la Cours birth in 1902, in Skærsø
forest, a memorial with the following inscription was raised by Poul la
Cour in Askov:
