Andrew Amundsen
Alternate Names
Andreas Amundsen (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1849 May 17 (Born)
Death Date
On 1927 March 11 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Kristiania, Norway
1849 May 17
Mother
Marie Jonasen Halverson (1816 - 1881)
Father
Ole Amundsen (1820 - 1911)
Date Details
Occurred On 1849 May 17
Baptized by A. Gardner
1862 May 20 (Age 13)
Traveled in
Peter Nebeker Company (1863)
1863 July 25 – September 25 (Age 14)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Marie Jonasen Halverson (Age 46)
Ole Amundsen (Age 42)
Marthine Matilda Amundsen (Age 12)
Petrina Amelia Amundsen (Age 10)
Martin Amundsen (Age 1)
Date Details
Started Between 1863 July 25 – 26
Joined Company
Ended On 1863 September 25
Company Arrived
Served in
Scandinavian Mission
1880 October 11 – 1881 July 15 (Age 31)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
16th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Orson Pratt
Location Served
Scandinavia
Date Details
Started On 1880 October 11
Set Apart
On 1880 October 31
Arrived in Field
On 1881 June 25
Departed from Field
Ended On 1881 July 15
Arrived at Home
Served in
Scandinavian Mission
1882 October 9 – 1884 April 28 (Age 33)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Moses Thatcher
Location Served
Norway
Date Details
Started On 1882 October 9
Set Apart
On 1882 November 3
Arrived in Field
On 1884 April 9
Departed from Field
Ended On 1884 April 28
Arrived at Home
Served in
Danish-Norwegian Mission
1908 November 17 – 1910 March 2 (Age 59)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
George Franklin Richards
Location Served
Scandinavia
Date Details
Started On 1908 November 17
Set Apart
On 1909 January 1
Arrived in Field
On 1910 February 12
Departed from Field
Ended On 1910 March 2
Released
Served in
Danish-Norwegian Mission
1913 January 7 – 1915 January 15 (Age 63)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Broke his arm January 2, 1915 and was released due to injury.
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
Heber Jeddy Grant
Location Served
Scandinavia
Date Details
Started On 1913 January 7
Set Apart
On 1913 February 1
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1915 January 15
Released
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1927 March 11 (Age 77)
Media
Andrew Amundsen (1849 - 1927) Profile
Sources
Person
Andrew Amundsen diaries 1873-1914
Andrew Amundsen diaries 1873-1914.
Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967
Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.
Mission
Index to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports
Index to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 17 November 1908, Vol. D, Page 48, Line 774.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 9 October 1882, Vol. A, Page 61, Line 2631.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 9 October 1882, Vol. B, Page 67, Line 2631.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 11 October 1880, Vol. A, Page 52, Line 2235.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 11 October 1880, Vol. B, Page 57, Line 2235.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 7 January 1913, Vol. D, Page 143, Line 20.
Scandinavian Mission Manuscript history and historical reports, 1855-1920
Scandinavian Mission Manuscript history and historical reports, 1855-1920.
Pioneer
Life of Ingwald C. and Margaret C. Thoresen, 1934
Thoresen, Ingwald Conrad, Life of Ingwald C. and Margaret C. Thoresen, 1934.
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