John Erik Forsgren
Alternate Names
Johan Erik Forsgren (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1816 November 7 (Born)
Death Date
On 1890 January 22 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Gävle, Gävleborg, Sweden
1816 November 7
Mother
Anna Christina Eriksdotter Hjelm
Father
Johan Olaf Forsgren (1793 - 1880)
Date Details
Occurred On 1816 November 7
Baptized
1843 July 16 (Age 26)
Married
Mary Ann Hunt
1844 January 31 – 1848 October 26 (Age 27)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 29)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Levi W. Hancock/Jefferson Hunt/James Pace/Andrew Lytle Company (1847)
1847 August 25 – October 16 (Age 30)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started Between 1847 August 25 – 26
Joined Company
Ended Between 1847 October 11 – 16
Company Arrived
Served in
California Mission
1848 (Age 31)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Deseret, United States
Location Served
California Bay
Date Details
Started On 1848
Called
End Date Not Found
Married
Sarah Belle Davis
1849 February 15 (Age 32)
Served in
Scandinavian Mission
1849 October 19 – 1852 March 4 (Age 32)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Deseret, United States
Location Served
Sweden
Date Details
Started On 1849 October 19
Departed from Home
Ended On 1852 March 4
Released
Called as President to
Scandinavian Mission
1852 March 4 – December 20 (Age 35)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Scandinavian Mission
Date Details
Started On 1852 March 4
Called
Ended On 1852 December 20
Departed from Field
Called as Captain to
John E. Forsgren Company (1853)
1853 May 21 – September 29 (Age 36)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Captain
Traveling Group
Christina Erika Forsgren (Age 33)
Date Details
Started On 1853 May 21
Joined Company
Ended On 1853 September 29
Company Arrived
Married
Harriet Frances Noon
1854 July 17 (Age 37)
Married
Mary Ann Snyder
1869 October 11 (Age 52)
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1890 January 22 (Age 73)
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John Erik Forsgren (1816 - 1890) Profile
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Person
Deseret Evening News
"Brigham City: Death of Christina Davis", Deseret Evening News, (22 February 1906), Page 9.
"Brigham City: Scandinavian Pioneer Dead", Deseret Evening News, (2 March 1908), Page 4.
Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia. 4 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901
"Forsgren, John Erik", Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia. 4 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901, 4, Page 370-371.
Mission
Scandinavian Mission Manuscript history and historical reports 1855-1920
Scandinavian Mission Manuscript history and historical reports 1855-1920, Vol. 1, 2, Page 60, 217.
Pioneer
Ancestry and descendants of Mads Christian Jensen, 1600-1960, eleven generations
Kathryn S. Jensen, "Norton, Maren Jensen Cutler, [Autobiography]", Ancestry and descendants of Mads Christian Jensen, 1600-1960, eleven generations, Page 49.
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Christian Nielsen diary
Christian Nielsen diary, February.
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Heart Throbs of the West
Heart Throbs of the West, Vol. 6, Page 16-18, 20-21.
James Pace papers, 1846-1861
James Pace papers, 1846-1861, July.
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Manuscript history of the John E. Forsgren Emigrating Company, circa 1930
Manuscript history of the John E. Forsgren Emigrating Company, circa 1930, Page 18-35.
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Scandinavian Jubilee Album
Scandinavian Jubilee Album.
Mormon Battalion
Brigham Young history documents, 1844-1866
"James H. Glines letter", Brigham Young history documents, 1844-1866, (16 September 1846), Page 44565.
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846, Page 1.
Historian's Office correspondence files, 1856-1926
"John E. Forsgren letter", Historian's Office correspondence files, 1856-1926, (1870).
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 23.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 23.
Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848
"Mormon Battalion, Volunteers", Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848.