Anders Jorgensen
Alternate Names
Andrew Johnson (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1850 May 4 (Born)
Death Date
On 1909 November 25 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Høje Tåstrup, Copenhagen, Denmark
1850 May 4
Mother
Sidse Torgersdatter (1814 - 1894)
Father
Jorgen Jorgensen (1820 - 1900)
Date Details
Occurred On 1850 May 4
Baptized by John Johnson
1860 September 16 (Age 10)
Traveled in
Joseph Horne Company (1862)
1862 July 27 – October 1 (Age 12)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Sidse Torgersdatter (Age 48)
Jorgen Jorgensen (Age 41)
Jorgan Jorgensen, Jr. (Age 17)
Niels Johnson (Age 16)
Date Details
Started On 1862 July 27
Joined Company
Ended On 1862 October 1
Company Arrived
Married
Mette Kirstine Hansen
1871 September 18 (Age 21)
Served in
Scandinavian Mission
1895 October 25 – 1897 December (Age 45)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
11th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Ovid, Bear Lake, Idaho Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Edward Stevenson
Location Served
Scandinavia
Date Details
Started On 1895 October 25
Set Apart
Ended On 1897 December
Released
Died in Ovid, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
1909 November 25 (Age 59)
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Anders Jorgensen (1850 - 1909) Profile
Sources
Mission
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 23 April 1890.
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 5 September 1895.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 6 November 1895, Vol. C, Page 17, Line 413.
Pioneer
Deseret News
"Names of Immigrants", Deseret News, (24 September 1862), Page 2.
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European Mission emigration records, Scandinavian Mission, 1852-1920
European Mission emigration records, Scandinavian Mission, 1852-1920, 1862, Item 226-303, Page 104-142.
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886, Vol. C, Page 38.