As the Garff and Gudmundsen brothers went on to begin their own families they also sought out the best place for their skills and needs. Christian Nielsen Garff moved northward, and as has been noted took an active part in building the infrastructure of some of the northern Utah cities. His eldest, son Carl Christian Garff did likewise.
Born in Logan April 18, 1875, Carl lived in that area for his first fifteen years, then locating to Ogden where the family lived with the maternal grandparents, Otto and Martha Hanson. The family by this time included Carl's three sisters Hedvig, Sylvia and Alva. Mother Augusta would die in 1898 in Ogden.
Carl and his father traveled around Utah with their carpentry, construction, and electrical work. Christian would marry again and have another daughter, Vera born in Provo.
On November 26, 1907 Carl married Juliana Amelia Nielsen, who had been born in Huntsville in Ogden Valley. Their marriage took place in the Logan LDS Temple.
A building contractor Carl served Ogden as Building Inspector. As a cabinet maker and carpenter throughout his life, he managed the supervised the Isakson Mill and Fixture company for a time.
Carl and Millie had one daughter, Katherine.
Carl died at 75 in 1950 of cancer. Millie followed him a decade later in 1960. They rest in the Lindquist Washington Heights Memorial Park in Ogden.
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