Christian August Madsen (1822 - 1907) Profile

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History of the Scandinavian Mission, by Andrew Jenson (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1927), Church History Library

History of the Scandinavian Mission, by Andrew Jenson (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1927), Church History Library.

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 1, Page 21, Line 903.

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 1, Page 1, Line 9.

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959.

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 2, Page 23, Line 903.

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 2, Page 1, Line 9.

Missionary reports, 1831-1900

Missionary reports, 1831-1900, February 13, 1869.

Missionary reports, 1831-1900.

Biography of Paul Poulsen, circa 1950

Biography of Paul Poulsen, circa 1950.

On July 14 a company of emigrants known as the independent company with C. A . Madsen as Captain left for Utah. The company consisted of 41 wagons from 1 yoke to 3 yokes of oxen for each wagon. The jurney was a very hard and tiresome one[.] tthe whole family including my mother had to walk all the way 1,000 miles. Arrived in Salt Lake City Sept. 22, '62.

Transcript for Biography of Paul Poulsen, circa 1950

Church Emigration Book

Church Emigration Book.

Danes in North America

Christian Madsen to Brother Widerborg

"Christian Madsen to Brother Widerborg", Danes in North America, July 25, 1858.

Salt Lake City 25 July 1858
Dear Brother Widerborg,
We arrived happy and well on 9 July after traveling across the prairie for thirty-nine days. The company consisted of about forty men with forty-seven mules and horses. Brother H[orrace]. Eldridge was our captain, and Joseph W. Young was captain of the guard. We assume that the rest of the company, including Brother [Iver N.] Iversen, left Iowa three weeks after us and that they will arrive here early in September. I drove one wagon with four mules across the prairie. Knud Svendsen from Vendsyssel drove another. Each of these two wagons accommodated five people, and each constituted a kitchen. Ædler was our cook, Oman cooked for the second kitchen, and [Niels Christian] Poulsen for the third. The entire company consisted of thirteen wagons and five horsemen. Everyone, both people and animals, survived the ordeal. All of the Indians we met were friendly. We kept a strong watch at night and sometimes during the day. . . .
Christian A. Madsen

Transcript for Madsen, Christian to Brother Widerborg, 25 July 1858, in Frederick Hale, ed., Danes in North America, [1984]

Frederick Hale, 1984. Danes in North America.

Deseret News

Arrival of the Danish Companies

"Arrival of the Danish Companies", Deseret News, September 24, 1862.

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The independent companies of Scandinavian Saints, Captains [Christian A.] Madsen and [Ola N.] Leijenquist [Liljenquist], numbering about five hundred persons, with eighty wagons, and about six hundred head of stock, arrived form over the plains yesterday afternoon.



The immigrants are in good health, and their stock in good condition. According to the reports of Elder [John] Van Cott and Capt. Madsen, these two companies, which traveled together most of the way form the Missouri river, have had most remarkable good luck, having lost but six or seven head of cattle; and the only accident that occurred to their wagons, was the breaking of one tong in getting over the mountains near the end of the journey, indicating good management, not only on the part of the captain’s, but of the teamsters, only two or three of whom, as understood, had ever drove a team before they started on the long wearisome journey, which they have so successfully accomplished.



Capt. [Homer] Duncan’s company is expected to arrive some time to-day.

Transcript for "Arrival of the Danish Companies," Deseret News, 24 September 1862, 100

Deseret News.

Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008

CR 100 137: Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, May 1, 1858, Page 2.

Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008.

History of Sanpete and Emery counties, Utah

Lever, W. H. History of Sanpete and Emery Counties, Utah.

W. H. Lever. History of Sanpete and Emery counties, Utah.

Jens C. A. Weibye, reminiscences and journal, circa 1862 in Orson B. West typescript collection, circa 1982-1987, 281-333

Jens C. A. Weibye, reminiscences and journal, circa 1862 in Orson B. West typescript collection, circa 1982-1987, 281-333.

Transcript for Jens C. A. Weibye, reminiscences and journal, circa 1862 in Orson B. West typescript collection, circa 1982-1987, 281-333

Knud Svendsen reminiscence and journal

Knud Svendsen reminiscence and journal, December 1856.

Transcript for Knud Svendsen reminiscence and journal, 1856 December-1860 April

Knud Svendsen reminiscence and journal.

Madsen, Christian A., Letter, Gunnison [Utah]

Madsen, Christian A., Letter, Gunnison [Utah], February 13, 1869.

I assisted Elder Joseph W. Young at Florence in the outfitting business. 
July 15th he caled me as Captain of a Company of 45 Wagons for Zion with Emigrant Saints. Elder [Ola N.] Liljenquists Company and mine was put under the supervition of Elder John Van Cott, and we again had the pleasure of being under his wise and noble guidance.
During my labors at Florence, where at one time there were over 6,000 emigrants we had a laborious but pleasant time, in fitting up the Companies; and a multitude of business was performed, with a firmness highly commendable and to the manor of the Superintendent our beloved Brother Elder Joseph W Young; the arranging and organising skill by which he finished one Company after another, might almost seem magical for lookers on, considering the inconviniences he had to conquer. I shall not forget the day we had the hurricane, which lifted a whole pile of wagonboxes, throwed it over and covered Joseph W; by the providence of heaven he was not killed, but badly injured on forehead and nose, from which he however soon recovered, though suffered a great deal. 
We left Florence the 15th of July, and after a very prosperous journey, we arrived on the 22nd on September to the bosom of the Church.
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Transcript for Madsen, Christian A., Letter, Gunnison [Utah], 13 Feb. 1869, [4], in Missionary Reports, 1831-1900

Madsen, Christian A., Letter, Gunnison [Utah].

Our Pioneer Heritage

Our pioneer heritage, Vol. 4, Page 567.

Our Pioneer Heritage.

"Passing of a Pioneer," Salt Lake Herald

"Passing of a Pioneer," Salt Lake Herald, August 19, 1907.

"Passing of a Pioneer," Salt Lake Herald.

Scandinavian Jubilee Album

Scandinavian Jubilee Album.

Scandinavian Mission, Manuscript History and Historical Reports

Scandinavian Mission, Manuscript History and Historical Reports.

Weibye, Jens Christian Andersen, Reminiscences, 21-26, in Reminiscences and journals [ca. 1862]-1893, reel 1, box 1, fd. 4

Weibye, Jens Christian Andersen, Reminiscences, 21-26, in Reminiscences and journals [ca. 1862]-1893, reel 1, box 1, fd. 4.

On the 13th of July we were organized at Florence, Forty five waggons under C. A. Madsen as captain, and H[ans]. C. Hansen as sergeant of the guard.
On the 14th of July we started from Florence. I had half a waggon with brother Jens C. Christensen Poel and each of us had two oxen. We were 9 persons to the waggon (viz. I with wife and daughter, and Else Jeppesen, Jens C. C. Poel with wife and son; and Jens C. Kornum [Cornum] and wife). 
On the 15th of July we were devided into tens, and I was made captain of the first 8th waggons and continued to act as clerk and treasurer for the company.
The company numbered 264 persons, having 45 waggons, of which 5 were drawn by 12 horses, and the 40 waggons by 174 oxen. Besides this we had 2 riding – horses, 99 cows, 37 heifers, and 7 calves.
On the 25th of August died sister Thomine Thomsen (about 20 years old.) from Nidstrup Wensyssel Conference, the only death that accured between Florence and Salt Lake City, in our company. We were very lucky on this long journey of 1000 miles, as the company did not loose over 10 head of cattle. We had fine weather all the time except a couple of days soon after starting, and a couple of days at Fort Bridger.
Travelling from Florence to Salt Lake City, from July 14th to Sept. 23th 14 July 3½ mile Little papea [Papillion] Creek 16 July 19½ mile Elkhorn River 17 July 31½ mile Plat[te] Bluff 18 July 46 mile To Island in the Platt river 20 July 80 mile Loup Fork (and ferry) 22 July 81 mile over Loup Fork ferry 27 July 158 mile Wood river 30 July 211 mile Elm creek 31 July 221 mile Buffalo creek 1 August 241 mile Willow Lake 2 August 251 mile Wide dry creek 3 August 276 mile Skunk creek 4 August 298 mile Wide deep creek 5 August 316 mile Sandy bluffs west foot 6 August 330 mile Bluffs Spring 7 August 342 mile Rattlesnake Creek 8 August 360 mile sandy Bluffs east foot 9 August 379 mile Sandhill creek 10 August 403 mile Cobblehills west foot 11 August 422 mile Low Sandy Bluffs west foot 12 August 442 mile Chimney Rock [small drawing of Chimney Rock] 13 August 462 mile Schotts [Scotts] Bluffs 16 August 512 mile Fort Laramy [Laramie] [ drawing of some buildings] 19 August 544 mile Alder Clumps 27 August 629 mile Upper Platt Bridge 29 August 639 mile Mineral Spring and Lake 30 August 659 mile small creek 31 August 679 mile Devil’s Gate [drawing of Devil’s Gate (a square with a jagged “V”] 1 Sept 696 mile Sage creek 2 Sept 710 mile the two ridges 3 Sept 735 mile Ford of Sweetwater No. 5. 5 Sept 761 mile Willow creek 6 Sept 778 mile Pacific creek 7 Sept 803 mile Little Sandy 8 and 9. Sept 826 mile big Sandy 10 Sept 836 mile Green River 11 Sept 851 mile Blacks ford [Fork] 14 Sept 886 mile Fort Bridger [drawing of three buildings] 16 Sept 904 mile Summit 7,315 foot high 17 Sept 917 mile Bear river 18 Sept 940 mile Echo Canyon 19 Sept 955 mile Weber river 21 Sept 981 mile Silver creek 22 Sept 994 mile Parleys Canyon 23 Sept 1004 mile Salt Lake City
we past on the north side of Platt river all the time; we see some Indians in Omaha (the first Indians I ever saw) and now and then some between Florence and Salt Lake City, but the[y] were all friendly.
On Tuesday the 23th of September 1862 at two in the afternoon we arrived in Salt Lake City.
I had the pleasure to have some of my relatives with me, namely my sister Maren, and her husband, Jens Jensen Loth and 4 children, Jens, Ane, Anders, and Ane Marie, which all were baptized; and my sister Sidsel Cathrine and 4 children, Johanne Marie, Anders, Paul, and Christian. she and the Three firstnamed children are also baptized. Also my half sister Karens daughter Else Cathrine and her husband Niels Pedersen (Lonstrup) and her son Niels Peter; Also her sister Maren Kirstine who came here last season and is married to Niels Chr. Jensen from Tversted pr: Hjorring Danmark.
And my wifes sister Ane Magrethe Pedersen has also come along this season in C.A. Madsens company, and is also baptized.

Transcript for Weibye, Jens Christian Andersen, Reminiscences, 21-26, in Reminiscences and journals [ca. 1862]-1893, reel 1, box 1, fd. 4

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