Christian Jorgensen Mortensen
Birth Date
On 1860 January 2 (Born)
Death Date
On 1937 December 27 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Em, Børglum, Hjørring, Denmark
1860 January 2
Mother
Mette Marie Hansen Mortensen (1830 - 1905)
Father
Jens Frederick Mortensen (1833 - 1885)
Date Details
Occurred On 1860 January 2
Traveled in
John Riggs Murdock Company (1862)
1862 July 24 – September 27 (Age 2)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1862 July 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1862 September 27
Company Arrived
Baptized by
Jens Frederick Mortensen
1868 July 1 (Age 8)
Served in
Scandinavian Mission
1889 April 7 – October (Age 29)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Missionary Activity Notes
He was banished from Denmark and reassigned to the British Mission.
Priesthood Quorum When Called
36th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salina, Sevier, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Lorenzo Snow
Location Served
Aalborg Conference
Date Details
Started On 1889 April 7
Set Apart
On 1889 April 30
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1889 October
Released
Served in
British Mission
1889 October – 1891 May 13 (Age 29)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
36th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Scandinavian Mission
Location Served
Nottingham Conference
Date Details
Started On 1889 October
Called
Ended On 1891 May 13
Released
Images
Nottingham Conference
Died in Salina, Sevier, Utah, United States
1937 December 27 (Age 77)
Media
Christian Jorgenson Mortensen (1860 - 1937) Profile
Nottingham Conference
Sources
Person
Parish Register of Emb, Hjorring, Denmark
Parish Register of Emb, Hjorring, Denmark.
Mission
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 26 April 1889.
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, Page 4, 8.
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 8 January 1889.
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, 7 April 1889, Vol. B, Page 107, Line 78.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 7 April 1889, Vol. A, Page 99, Line 78.
Scandinavian Mission history, 1855-1920, Church History Library
Scandinavian Mission history, 1855-1920, Church History Library.
Pioneer
Deseret News
Joseph W. Young, "Report of the Immigration", Deseret News, (17 September 1862), Page 5.
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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 492.