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Karen Erichsen[1]

Female 1815 - 1888


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  • Name  Karen Erichsen 
    Born  24 Oct 1815  Klostergaard, Jetsmark, Hjorring, Den Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christened  25 Oct 1815  , Jetsmark, Hjorring, Den Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender  Female 
    Arrival  13 Sep 1857  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _FSFTID  LZVG-XC8 
    Died  7 Aug 1888  Lakeshore, Utah, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I192  Aurelia Clemons - Nielson line
    Last Modified  9 Nov 2013 

    Father  Erich Larsen,   c. 19 Nov 1780, Lundergaard, Jetsmark, Hjorring, Den Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1846, Riisagers Mark, Jetsmark, Hjorring, Den Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Christence BERTHELSEN,   c. 17 May 1772, Korgsgaard, Jetsmark, Hjorring, Den Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married  16 Nov 1810  Jetsmark, Hjorring, Den Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F85  Group Sheet

    Family 1  Niels Christian Nielsen,   b. 12 Nov 1810, Purkiaer, Jetsmark, Hjorring, Den Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1857, St. Louis, St. Louis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  25 Jan 1842  Jetsmark, Hjorring, Den Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Christence Nielsen,   b. 17 Sep 1839, Riisagers Mark, Jetsmark, Hjorring, Den Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1879, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Berthel Nielsen,   b. 22 Sep 1841, Riisagers Mark, Jetsmark, Hjorring, Den Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1921, Los Angeles, Calif. Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Ane Cathrine Nielsen,   b. 18 Apr 1844, Riisagers Mark, Jetsmark, Hjorring, Den Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1927, Roosevelt, Utah, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Karen Marie Nielsen,   b. 3 Jan 1846, Riisagers Mark, Jetsmark, Hjorring, Den Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1897, Vernal, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Erich Christian Nielsen,   b. 10 Apr 1848, Riisagers Mark, Jetsmark, Hjorring, Den Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1848, Riisagers Mark, Jetsmark, Hjorring, Den Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Jens Andreas Nielsen,   b. 29 May 1849, Riisagers Mark, Jetsmark, Hjorring, Den Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1915, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Erich Nielsen,   b. 8 Mar 1851, Riisagers Mark, Jetsmark, Hjorring, Den Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1917, Newman, Stanislaus, Calif. Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Ane Marie Nielsen,   b. 16 Jul 1853, Riisagers Mark, Jetsmark, Hjorring, Den Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1855, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Nielsine Kirstine (Christine) Nielsen,   b. 29 Aug 1855, Riisagers Mark, Jetsmark, Hjorring, Den Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1932, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F71  Group Sheet

    Family 2  Jens Michelsen,   b. 12 Jun 1808, Sjorup, Strandby, Aalborg, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Oct 1884, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F492  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • BIRTH: JETSMARK, HJORRING, DEN. PARISH REC (1781-1843) FHL film 49066
      1815 24 Oct born, 25 Oct home chr, 26 Dec chr. in church - KAREN ERICHS DATTER dau of gmd Erich Laursen & wife Christense Bertelsdr of Klostergaa rd. Wit: gmd Mads Nielsen's wife, Karen Jorgensdr i Krogsgd, & Peders Ch ristensen's dau Karen i Kaas, gmd Peder Ericksen i Kaas, hmd Christen And ersen of Hokkerimme & Poul Bloch i Klostergaard. 227 index. pp 50 #8 8 (Doc 2)
      1818 4 Nov - vaccinated Karen Erichsdr ae 3 of St.Panderup, dau of Eric h Larsen. 1820 pp 124

      1834 CENSUS - JETSMARK,HVETBO,HJORRING,DEN. FHL 39067 N.Riisager 2 5 gd.
      Niels Andersen 26 md gmd & wife Ane Kathrine Jensdr 24
      Christen Pedersen 51 wid aftaegtsmand
      Peder Sorensen 19 unmd servant
      Christen " 15
      Johanne " 18
      Karen Erichsdr 19

      TIB RECORD - SALT LAKE TEMPLE REC (no #,bk,pp)
      Karen Erickson Larsen b. 22 Oct 1815 in Vestergaard,Hjorring,Den to Eri ck Larsen & Christense Bertelsen. Married Niels Christian Nielsen. Die d 7 Aug 1888. F.R. Karen Erickson Larsen, self. Bapt Jan 1852, END 15 Au g 1949 by proxy Effie B.M. Billings. (Corrected from Karen Erickson)

      Rebaptized 14 May 1949 after her death.

      EMIGRATION/CROSSING PLAINS:
      Correspondence of Elder Joseph W. Young. NEW YORK, June 29, 1857 .
      We arrived at Iowa City on the 15th, met the last hand-cart company ten miles from the city, also the Danish company of teams close behind them, t he former under the presidency of Elders James Park, Dilley and Geo. Thurston, and the latter under that of Elder M. Cowley.
      Musser, Amos M. to President Appleby, 16 July 1857, in Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 26 Sept. 1857, 620-22.
      LETTER FROM ELDER A. M. [AMOS MILTON] MUSSER
      On the Plains, five days from Florence, July 16, 1857.
      The Danish team company, under the direction of Captain M. [Matthias] Cowley, arrived on the 2nd instant, and left on the 6th; it numbered one hundred and ninety-eight souls, thirty-one wagons, one hundred and twenty-two oxen, and twenty-eight cows.
      Sorensen, Isaac, [Journal], Utah Historical Quarterly, 1956, 52- 53.
      We bade farewell to uncles, cousins, aunts, friends, many of them, who seemed to feel very sorry for us, but we felt sorry for them who might, if they would, have believed our testimony and rejoiced in the glorious go spel, and been happy in leaving all for the same. We were happy in leaving the fatherland and traveling over seas, railroads, plains, rocky mountains, sandy hills in all kinds of weather, braving the danger of Indian at tacks, buffalo herds and much else in a wild wilderness. We had great faith in the Lord and his prophets. . .
      We soon were on a train speeding west, and arrived in Iowa City seven or eight days after leaving Philadelphia, and were very busy picking out our outfits for crossing the plains. These outfits seemed wonderful to us, for many of us had never seen an ox before. The scenes to be witnessed the first few days are difficult to portray. You had to be there to appreciate them. It was indeed comical as well as pitiful. Driving oxen must, like everything else, be learned, and mastering the art took time. So metimes the oxen would be piled up on top of each other in spite of the efforts of men on each side of them, for many of them had never been worked. However, we got along in a sure way. We left the yokes on until we reached Florence three weeks later. No one was hurt. There we found a handcart company and traveled with them most of the way to Utah, often camping with them for the night. We soon learned to yoke and drive our oxen and I was picking up English expressions. After 9 or 10 weeks we arrived i n Salt Lake City on September 15.
      I was sick part of the way across the plains. I had chills and fever . In the hottest August days I lay in the wagon under the cover with a feather bed over me and would still shake. We saw many buffalo herds and so metimes killed a buffalo for meat. We were fortunate in having no stampedes. Other companies had them. We suffered no accidents, but we lost a number of oxen from poison alkali. Our best ox died and we had to buy a yoke of young oxen. Also we bought a cow that gave us milk.
      Across Wyoming we often passed long freight wagon trains with ten yoke of oxen to a wagon. These were carrying provisions for the army on the way to Utah. Naturally we wondered what would happen to our people in Utah, and how we would figure in the outcome. But since we had braved much , but more because of our faith, we went on.
      Richards, S. W. and Briant Stringam, 18 Aug. 1857, in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, reel 35, box 25, fd. 23
      Dear Creek Station Augt 18th 1857
      At the upper crossing of the platte, Elders [Matthias] Cowley, [Christian ] Christensen [Christiansen], and [James P.] Parkes with their companie s of Handcarts and Wagons were camped and staid last night. We conversed with Elders Cowley and Parkes, and found that they were moving along very comfortably, and teams had been doing well. These last named Companys of Hand carts were depending upon the station at Devils Gate for their entire breadstuff to last them from that point into the Valley. They were about 380 persons, & Elder parks judged they would require about 600 lb per day.

      1860 CENSUS: United States Federal Census about Caroline Michelson - Ancestry.com
      Name: Caroline Michelson
      Age in 1860: 45 Birth Year: abt 1815 Denmark
      Home in 1860: Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory
      Post Office: Spanish Fork
      Value of real estate: View image
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Jas Michelson 52
      Caroline Michelson 45
      Caroline M Michelson 14
      Andrew Michelson 12
      Yerick Michelson 9
      Cena Michelson 4

      1870 CENSUS:
      Name: Yans Mickelson
      Birth Year: abt 1808 Age in 1870: 62 Birthplace: Denmark
      Home in 1870: Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory
      Post Office: Spanish Fork
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Yans Mickelson 62
      Karn Mickelson 55
      Erick Mickelson 18
      Nelsena Mickelson 14
      Hans Mickelson 17
      Hannah Sorrensen 14

      1880 CENSUS: Spanish Fork, Utah - image 49 Ancestry.com (Cannot be our s - ages way too young) 16 Jun 1880
      425 495 Mickelson Jens W M 42
      Karen W F 37 wife
      Catherine Ann 34 wife - all born D enmark
      SEARCHED page by page in Sp. Fork and Payson. Not there.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Denmark, Church Records, 1484-1941; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-33530-40607-77.