FatherLaust Larsen b. 13 Jan 1843, d. 23 Jan 1917
MotherAnna Margaretha Naugardt b. 26 Jun 1848, d. 24 Sep 1904
Pedigree

Birth, Death, Marriage

Meta Alvina Larsen was born on 25 January 1893 in Shepparton, Victoria.1,2,3,4 
She married Matthew Joseph Hannan in 1919 in St Kilda, Victoria.5,2,6 
She died on 2 October 1982 in New South Wales at age 89.2,7 

Family

Matthew Joseph Hannan b. 1886, d. 19 May 1951
Children
ChartsLarsen, Laust, descendant chart

Story

All the Larsen children attended the Congupna township school.8
 
Death of Anna Margaretha 
Anna Margaretha suffered for several years from tuberculosis, known at the time as consumption or phthisis.

Anna Margaretha Larsen died of tuberculosis in Congupna on the morning of Saturday 24th November 1904, aged 56. She was buried at the Shepparton cemetery on 26 November.9,10,11
 
Most of the family was still in the family homestead; only the married Anna Carolina had moved out. Meta was the youngest at 13 years old. Eldest remaining daughter, Carnie became house-keeper and carer for her father and the younger family members.12
 
Laust, Denmark Visit 1906
In 1906, two years after mother Anna Margaretha died, father Laust returned to visit family in Denmark.13,9
 
Two family photos were taken beforehand to take to Denmark. One was a family portrait of Laust with his nine children. The other was taken in front of his 'Fairfield' homestead and included spouses and grandchildren.9,13
Bill (William Magnus), Mary, Deas (Andreas), Carnie (Karen), Bert (Albert), Mag (Margaret Elizabeth), Annie (Anna Caroline), The Pater (Laust), Dora, Meta (in front) Larsen, 'Fairfield', Congupna, 1906
Image: Margaret Pell, Laurie & Lorraine Phillips
Margaret Elizabeth Larsen, Dora Larsen, Annie Thelma Williams, Laust Larsen, Dora May Williams, Anna Caroline Williams (Larsen), Albert Frederick Larsen, Meta Alvina Larsen, Richard Cornelius Williams, Karen Larsen on horse, Andreas Laust Larsen, Mary Larsen, Cecil Roy Williams on Kit, 'Fairfield' homestead, Congupna, 1906
Image: Margaret Pell
Sisters Maggie, Dora and Meta Larsen played tennis at the Congupna Recreation Ground before the First World War.14
 
Back: Annie (Anna Caroline) Williams (Larsen), Margaret Berry (Larsen), Leura Larsen (Kerr), Meta Hannan (Larsen), Allan Larsen (child), Matthew Hannan, Jack (John) Larsen (child), William Larsen; front: George Berry, Karen 'Carnie' Larsen, Richard Williams, Congupna, c. 1919
Image: Sue Mountney
Back: Annie (Anna Caroline) Williams (Larsen), Margaret Berry (Larsen), Leura Larsen (Kerr), Meta Hannan (Larsen), Allan Larsen (child), Matthew Hannan, Jack (John) Larsen (child), William Larsen; front: George Berry, Karen 'Carnie' Larsen, Richard Williams, Congupna, c. 1919
Image: Sue Mountney
A Welcome Home
A public welcome home for returning soldiers including Matthew Hannan was held at the Congupna Hall in July 1918.

With opening pieces by his future nieces Rita and May Williams, and the event organised by future brother-in-law Bert Larsen, it would seem likely Meta was also in the audience.15,16
 
Marriage and Family
Meta Larsen and Matthew Hannan married in 1919. They had two chidren, John (Jack) and Noel.5
 
Leura Larsen (Kerr) holding Jack (John) Larsen, Matthew Hannan, Meta Hannan (Larsen), Allan Larsen, Karen 'Carnie' Larsen, Richard Williams, Annie (Anna Caroline) Williams (Larsen), William Larsen, Congupna, c. 1919
Image: Geoff Larsen
Butcher
Matthew Hannan was a butcher. He initially worked in Tallygaroopna in the now heritage listed building where at different times, brothers-in-law Roy Williams and Bert Larsen also worked.17,18
Tallygaroopna butcher shop, heritage listed
Image: Tallygaroopna Times & Tales 1990
When the two children were older, he worked in Oakleigh in Melbourne, then Boree Creek, Oaklands and Berrigan in New South Wales.

In 1942 he became a Commonwealth Peace Officer at the Department of Munitions at Oaklands, but some time later was placed in charge of several stores, a position he held until his death.6
 
Meta Hannan died in southern New South Wales in 1982.7
 

Citations

  1. [S21] Lorraine Phillips, personal communication.
  2. [S290] Outline Descendant Report for Laust Larsen, descendent report, unpublished, 15 March 2010.
  3. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, 'Meta Elvina' Larsen entry, birth registration no. 7520, 1893.
  4. [S455] Full genealogical table for Laust Larsen, computer file, ancestor table, unpublished, 2010.
  5. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, 'Matthew Josh' Hannan and Meta Alvina Larsen entry, marriage registration no. 2953, 1919.
  6. [S498] 'Oaklands: obituary, Mr Matthew Joseph Hannan', Corowa Free Press, 1875-1954, newspaper, 29 May 1951, p. 1, viewed 10 January 2019, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/236927962
  7. [S176] New South Wales Birth, Death and Marriage Indexes, 1856-, registry and index, Meta Alvina Hannan entry, death registration no. 26684, 1982.
  8. [S79] The Centenary of Congupna Schools and District 1884-1984, Congupna Centenary Committee, 1984, p. 19.
  9. [S284] Laust Larsen detailed ancestor table, computer file, ancestor table, unpublished, 2010.
  10. [S116] Anna Margaretha Larsen, death registration no. 10704, 24 September 1904.
  11. [S18] '[Death Notice: Mrs Laust Larsen]', Shepparton News, 1877-, newspaper, Roy McPherson, 27 September 1904.
  12. [S17] Tallygaroopna and District Times and Tales: Published to mark the occasion of the centenary of Tallygaroopna primary school 3067, 1890-1990, Tallygaroopna school council, 1991, pp. 118-119.
  13. [S213] Geoff Larsen, personal communication, 12 March 2010.
  14. [S79] The Centenary of Congupna Schools and District 1884-1984, Congupna Centenary Committee, 1984, p. 55.
  15. [S260] 'A welcome home', Goulburn Valley Stock and Property Journal, 1910-1963, newspaper, Horan & Simpson, 17 July 1918, p. 3, viewed 7 January 2019, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219830638
  16. [S260] 'Congupna's welcome to returned soldiers', Goulburn Valley Stock and Property Journal, 1910-1963, newspaper, Horan & Simpson, 24 July 1918, p. 3, viewed 9 January 2019, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219831548
  17. [S201] 'Shepparton shire council: Inward correspondence', Shepparton Advertiser, 1914-1953, newspaper, Thomas Pettit and William Callender, 23 June 1924, p. 5, viewed 9 January 2019, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/174032706
  18. [S17] Tallygaroopna and District Times and Tales: Published to mark the occasion of the centenary of Tallygaroopna primary school 3067, 1890-1990, Tallygaroopna school council, 1991, p. 25.