Jacob Bentsen Rolfsen
Birth Date
On 1828 March 22 (Born)
Death Date
On 1883 October 21 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
1
Pioneer
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Born in Risor, Aust-Agder, Norway
1828 March 22
Mother
Gjertrud Marie Wrolsdatter (1799 - 1888)
Father
Bent Rolfsen
Date Details
Occurred On 1828 March 22
Married
Margretha Christene Kjelsen
1852 May 14 (Age 24)
Baptized by N P Poulson
1857 January (Age 28)
Traveled in
Samuel A. Woolley Company (1861)
1861 July 12 – September 22 (Age 33)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Nicolena Rolfsen (Age 8)
Bent Rolfsen (Age 6)
Gertrude Maria Rolfsen (Age 4)
Margretha Christene Kjelsen (Age 32)
Niels Rolfsen (Age 2)
Date Details
Started On 1861 July 12
Joined Company
Ended On 1861 September 22
Company Arrived
Served in
Scandinavian Mission
1877 June 4 – 1879 July 16 (Age 49)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
66th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Daniel Hanmer Wells
Location Served
Europe, Scandinavia
Date Details
Started On 1877 June 4
Set Apart
Ended On 1879 July 16
Released
Died in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States
1883 October 21 (Age 55)
Media
Jacob Rolfsen (1828 - 1883) Profile
Sources
Person
1880 Utah Census
1880 Utah Census.
Genealogy and family pioneer history
Genealogy and family pioneer history. 1869.
Norway, Baptisms, 1634-1927
Norway, Baptisms, 1634-1927.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 4 June 1877, Vol. A, Page 39, Line 1654.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 4 June 1877, Vol. B, Page 42, Line 1654.
Pioneer
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 22 September 1861, Page 6.