Niels Morten Peterson
Alternate Names
Niels Mortensen
Birth Date
On 1819 November 12 (Born)
Death Date
On 1903 January 14 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Albæk, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark
1819 November 12
Mother
Kiersten Christensen
Father
Morten Pedersen
Married
Mette Kirstine Jensen Peterson
1850 February 22 (Age 30)
Baptized by A P Fielnstat
1858 October 21 (Age 38)
Traveled in
Christian A. Madsen Company
1862 July 14 – September 23 (Age 42)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
On 1862 July 14
Joined Company
On 1862 September 23
Company Arrived
Served in
Scandinavian Mission
1876 May 19 – 1878 July 18 (Age 56)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Richfield, Sevier, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
John Taylor
Set Apart By
John Taylor
Date Details
On 1876 May 19
Set Apart
On 1878 July 18
Arrived at Home
Died in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States
1903 January 14 (Age 83)
Media
Niels Morten Petersen (1819 - 1903)
Niels Morten Peterson (1819 - 1903) Profile
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Person
1870 Utah Census
1870 Utah Census.
1880 Utah Census
1880 Utah Census.
1900 Utah Census
1900 Utah Census.
Parish Register of Albaek, Hjorring, Denmark
Parish Register of Albaek, Hjorring, Denmark.
United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926
United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926.
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966
Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966.
Mission
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 19 May 1876, Vol. 2, Page 36, Line 1407.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 19 May 1876, Vol. 1, Page 33, Line 1407.
Pioneer
European Mission emigration records, Scandinavian Mission, 1852-1920
European Mission emigration records, Scandinavian Mission, 1852-1920.
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
Ogden Standard-Examiner
"Niels Morton Peterson Dead", Ogden Standard-Examiner, (17 January 1903).
Salt Lake Herald
"Another Pioneer Dies", Salt Lake Herald, (19 January 1903), Page 3.
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