Robert F. Neslen Company (1859)

Date Unknown
- Type
- Wagon
- Category
- Independent Train
- Direction
- Westbound
- Departure
- 23 June 1859
- Departed From
- Florence, Nebraska
- Arrival
- 15 September 1859
- Captain
- Robert Francis Neslen
- Number In Company
- 378
According to the Lars Christian Peterson journal, a small portion of this company left on June 9th with handcarts and arrived in Salt Lake City two weeks prior to the main body of the company, which consisted of 380 individuals and 56 wagons. This main portion of the company began its journey June 23-26th from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha).
View Summary- "Arrival," Mountaineer, 10 Sep. 1859, 11.
- "Arrivals," Deseret News [Weekly], 17 Aug. 1859, 188.
- "Arrivals," Mountaineer , 17 Sept. 1859, 14.
- "Arrivals from the Plains," Deseret News [Weekly], 21 Sept. 1859, 228.
- "From the Plains," Deseret News [Weekly], 10 August 1859, 184.
- John Taylor and F. D. Richards, "From Our Immigration," Deseret News, 14 September 1859, 221.
- Kirkham, James, [Autobiography], in E. Kay Kirkham, George (Wm.) Kirkham: His Ancestors and Descendants to the Third Generation [1973], 66-67.
- "Lars Christian Peterson, Pioneer of Hyde Park, One of Few Remaining Pioneers Has an Interesting Journal," Logan Republican, 10 August 1915, 6.
- "Latter Day Saints' Immigration," Deseret News, 24 August 1859, 197.
- Miles, Johanne Kristine (Jane), [Reminiscences], in Carrie Mouritsen Jones and Jerald Olean Seelos, comp. and ed., The Mourits Mouritsen Family [1982], 432.
- Neslen, R. F. to Brigham Young, 6 Aug. 1859, in Deseret News [Weekly], 24 Aug. 1859, 197.
- Pedersen, Lars Christian, Autobiographical sketch [ca. 1919], 3-4.
- Petersen, Johanne Mariah, [Reminiscences], in Carrie Mouritsen Jones and Jerald Olean Seelos, comp. and ed., The Mourits Mouritsen Family [1982], 426.
- Stevenson, Edward, [Diary], Collection 1849-1922, reel 1, fd. 3, vol. 6, 75-81.
- Tietjen, Ida Frederica Kreuger, Autobiography of Ida Fredraca Kreeger Tietjen, 2. Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
Aagard, Ellen Kirstine | 21 | 28 November 1837 | 3 March 1922 |
Aagard, Niels Jensen | 24 | 15 January 1835 | 4 February 1892 |
Aagrist, Carl | 11 | About 1848 | unknown |
Andersen, Abelone | 10 | 22 December 1848 | Unknown |
Andersen, Anders Jensen | 47 | 24 April 1812 | 21 December 1884 |
Andersen, Anne | 50 | about 1809 | Unknown |
Andersen, Christen | 49 | About 1809 | Unknown |
Andersen, Christen | 38 | About 1821 | unknown |
Andersen, Christian | 14 | 6 July 1844 | 6 December 1913 |
Andersen, Christoffer | 19 | About 1840 | Unknown |
Andersen, Hannah Marie [or Annie M.] | 38 | About 1821 | unknown |
Andersen, Hans | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Andersen, Johannes Christian | 12 | 7 September 1846 | August 1863 |
Andersen, Jorgen | 7 | About 1852 | Unknown |
Andersen, Lewis Christian | 10 | 24 May 1849 | 14 July 1912 |
Andersen, Maren | 36 | About 1823 | Unknown |
Andersen, Maren | 13 | About 1846 | unknown |
Andersen, Mariane | 43 | 24 June 1815 | 15 October 1896 |
Andersen, Marie | 9 | About 1850 | Unknown |
Andersen, Mathea | 13 | About 1846 | Unknown |
Andersen, Willard Richards | 3 | 27 June 1855 | 26 September 1918 |
Anderson, Anna | 5 | 11 June 1854 | 21 December 1882 |
Anderson, Anna Marie | 23 | 1836 | Unknown |
Anderson, Anna Sorine | 21 | About 1838 | Unknown |
Anderson, Bertha Marie | 38 | About 1821 | Unknown |
Anderson, Jens | 49 | About 1810 | Unknown |
Anderson, Johanna Olson | 36 | 10 September 1822 | 18 September 1883 |
Anderson, Johannes | 36 | 18 February 1823 | 1 August 1904 |
Anderson, Olof | 1 | 25 November 1857 | 26 October 1859 |
Anderson, Trine | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Anderson, Zachariah | 25 | About 1834 | Unknown |
Andreasen, Jorgen | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Barclot, Charlotte | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Barrett, Charles | 21 | February 1839 | 10 April 1909 |
Bates, Martha | 41 | 1 December 1815 | 30 October 1892 |
Bentson, Martha [or Marken] | 26 | About 1833 | unknown |
Bond, Elizabeth | 26 | 3 June 1833 | 1 February 1913 |
Bond, James | 28 | 25 August 1830 | 11 June 1877 |
Boot, Ann | 25 | 15 June 1834 | 3 December 1897 |
Burchell, Thomas | 28 | 4 August 1830 | 18 November 1871 |
Busby, Annie Maria | 11 | 28 August 1847 | 12 May 1924 |
Busby, John James | 9 | 28 August 1849 | 22 September 1905 |
Busby, Maria | 41 | 19 April 1818 | 22 May 1906 |
Busby, Mary Elizabeth Neslin | Infant | 13 August 1859 | 22 April 1947 |
Busby, William | 38 | 1 July 1820 | 1 August 1898 |
Chapel, William | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Christensen, Anne | 17 | 20 November 1841 | 5 April 1889 |
Christensen, Inger Kirstine | 26 | 6 February 1833 | 26 May 1888 |
Christensen, Inger Marie | 17 | About 1842 | unknown |
Christensen, Jacob | 31 | 21 September 1827 | 9 March 1915 |
Christensen, Maren | 15 | About 1844 | unknown |
Christensen, Maren | 30 | About 1829 | unknown |
Christensen, Mette Marie | 27 | About 1832 | unknown |
Christensen, Sophia | 47 | 17 July 1811 | 16 October 1863 |
Christiansen, Christian | 3 | About 1856 | unknown |
Christiansen, J. C. | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Christiansen, Maren Kirstine | 29 | About 1830 | unknown |
Christoffersen, Anders Pedersen | 17 | 1 October 1841 | 20 October 1921 |
Christoffersen, Appolone Maria | 43 | 9 February 1816 | 21 October 1884 |
Christoffersen, Christian | 13 | 16 November 1845 | 30 July 1895 |
Christoffersen, Christine Amelia | 14 | 1 January 1844 | 15 August 1894 |
Christoffersen, Ida | 9 | 9 May 1850 | 30 January 1924 |
Christoffersen, Josephine Brighamine | 2 | 10 May 1856 | Unknown... |
Christoffersen, Mary Anne | 11 | 20 July 1847 | 13 August 1928 |
Christoffersen, Peter | 49 | 31 May 1810 | 20 September 1891 |
Christofferson, Peter Julius | 16 | 16 February 1843 | 3 February 1910 |
Christoffson, Martha | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Christopherson, Johanne Christophine | 40 | 3 January 1819 | 12 October 1908 |
Coolbear, Caroline | 24 | 16 March 1835 | 16 March 1911 |
Cullimore, James | 19 | 20 June 1840 | 10 October 1917 |
Cullimore, Lettice | 66 | 16 December 1792 | 24 June 1876 |
Cullimore, William | 68 | 5 January 1791 | 3 July 1870 |
Dahl, Jens Nielsen | 73 | About 1786 | 1 August 1859 |
Dastrup, Ane Marie Mathiasen | 39 | 22 January 1820 | 13 March 1880 |
Dastrup, Hans Lorentz | 45 | 13 October 1813 | 22 October 1893 |
Dastrup, Hans Lorentz, Jr. | 14 | 14 February 1845 | 13 October 1916 |
Davis, Mary | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Dehlin, Elna | 24 | 25 July 1834 | 17 October 1869 |
Dehlin, Hilda Amanda | 1 | 11 September 1857 | 18 September 1939 |
Dehlin, Paul Paulson | 29 | 4 May 1830 | 6 June 1875 |
Desaules, Adele | 12 | 21 March 1847 | 19 February 1930 |
Desaules, Henri Edouard | 26 | 27 October 1833 | 25 March 1904 |
Desaules, Marie Elisabeth | 65 | 19 June 1794 | 20 April 1863 |
Fjeldsted, Peder Andersen | 38 | April 1821 | 8 September 1859 |
Frandsen, Rasmine Florentine | 36 | About 1823 | unknown |
Frid, Kiersti | 3 | 5 May 1856 | 15 June 1879 |
Frid, Sissa | 33 | 7 June 1826 | 12 September 1882 |
Fyrando, Elsie F. | 32 | 8 December 1826 | 17 February 1909 |
Fyrando, Magnus August | 22 | 28 September 1836 | 22 November 1890 |
Gilbert, Sarah | 19 | About 1840 | unknown |
Gillman, James Henry | 48 | 28 February 1811 | 2 June 1876 |
Gravenstien, Jens Christensen | 34 | About 1825 | unknown |
Guhl, Andrea Sara | 1 | 25 January 1858 | Unknown |
Guhl, Kjerstine Bodelline Maria | 32 | 31 July 1826 | Unknown |
Guhl, Nephine Marie | 4 | 2 May 1855 | Unknown |
Guhl, Soren Peter | 37 | 19 August 1821 | 5 July 1883 |
Hague, Ole | 51 | 13 March 1808 | Unknown |
Halvorsen, Caroline Wilhelmina | 3 | 14 September 1855 | 4 February 1924 |
Halvorsen, Eliza Sofia | 10 | 25 May 1849 | 31 January 1923 |
Halvorsen, Jonas | 35 | 16 June 1824 | 22 December 1902 |
Halvorsen, Karen Henricka | 41 | 29 December 1817 | 13 January 1900 |
Halvorsen, Sarah | Infant | 1 January 1859 | 4 February 1924 |
Hansen, Anders | 14 | 7 October 1844 | 9 January 1926 |
Hansen, Ann Marie | 12 | 21 November 1846 | 2 December 1904 |
Hansen, Anne Kirstine | 34 | 3 September 1824 | 10 February 1896 |
Hansen, Emma | 2 | 29 October 1856 | Unknown |
Hansen, Frederik Larsen | 6 | 24 May 1853 | 18 November 1925 |
Hansen, Hans | 23 | 15 July 1835 | 22 July 1914 |
Hansen, Hans Jorgen | 6 | 2 February 1853 | 1 March 1889 |
Hansen, Hans Jorgen | 40 | 8 November 1818 | 6 September 1891 |
Hansen, Hans Julius | 5 | 7 June 1854 | 1909 |
Hansen, Hans Niels | 10 | 23 January 1849 | 26 March 1895 |
Hansen, Hans Rasmus | 20 | 15 August 1838 | 2 June 1911 |
Hansen, Hemming | 11 | 25 March 1848 | 5 June 1933 |
Hansen, Inger Christoffersen | 34 | 27 February 1825 | 24 October 1905 |
Hansen, Jens | 34 | 28 July 1824 | 27 June 1911 |
Hansen, Karen Marie | 4 | 4 April 1855 | 17 July 1884 |
Hansen, Kiersten | 11 | 12 December 1847 | 23 February 1927 |
Hansen, Lars | 16 | 15 September 1842 | 16 August 1911 |
Hansen, Lena Dorthea | 50 | 26 February 1809 | 25 January 1896 |
Hansen, Maren Christina | 2 | 15 March 1857 | 7 April 1910 |
Hansen, Mathilda Pedersen | 19 | 17 February 1840 | 4 September 1908 |
Hansen, Mette Marie Nielsen | 43 | 21 January 1816 | 17 December 1884 |
Hansen, Minnie | Infant | 17 December 1858 | 18 November 1955 |
Hansen, Niels Otto | 7 | 20 November 1851 | 4 December 1871 |
Hansen, Niels Peter | 9 | 31 January 1850 | 21 December 1932 |
Hansen, Parley Parker [or Peter] | Infant | 1 February 1859 | 17 January 1935 |
Hansen, Rasmus | 49 | 2 July 1809 | 29 January 1890 |
Hansen, Sidse Kirstine | 7 | 22 October 1851 | June 1862 |
Hansen, Tilda A. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Hanson, Anna Marie | 5 | 23 June 1854 | 16 September 1930 |
Hanson, Berthe | 10 | 28 February 1849 | 20 April 1927 |
Hanson, Bodile Marie | 63 | About 1796 | unknown |
Hanson, Hannah | 30 | 24 October 1828 | 27 July 1913 |
Hanson, Jens | 35 | About 1824 | unknown |
Hanson, Johanna Marie | 26 | March 1833 | unknown |
Hanson, Joseph | 5 | 4 February 1854 | 4 February 1901 |
Hanson, Martha | Infant | 6 December 1858 | 3 April 1928 |
Hanson, Matta | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Hanson, Nathan | 31 | 26 October 1827 | 10 December 1894 |
Hanson, Niels | 8 | 16 June 1851 | 29 December 1938 |
Hanson, Sarah | 7 | 6 August 1851 | 30 October 1929 |
Hanson, Stephen | 2 | 7 November 1856 | 5 April 1893 |
Harries, Henry Hugh | 30 | 22 October 1828 | 12 September 1902 |
Harries, Mary | 19 | 18 February 1840 | 8 May 1908 |
Hauge, Anna | 27 | About 1832 | Before 1880 |
Hauge, Sven | 26 | 27 October 1832 | After 1882 |
Heiselt, Neils Christian | 25 | 9 October 1833 | 30 September 1898 |
Higson, Caroline | 22 | About 1837 | unknown |
Higson, John | 22 | About 1837 | unknown |
Ink, Andreas | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Iversen, Anna Dortea | 24 | 13 May 1835 | 9 July 1928 |
Iversen, Hans Peter | 23 | 24 September 1835 | 12 December 1921 |
Jacobson, Carolina H. | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Jacobson, Niels | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Jensen, Anders | 31 | About 1828 | Unknown |
Jensen, Anders | 29 | 22 March 1830 | 10 August 1913 |
Jensen, Andrea Jorgine | 24 | 14 May 1835 | 2 December 1912 |
Jensen, Anna | 46 | About 1813 | unknown |
Jensen, Anna [or Hanne] | 31 | About 1828 | Unknown |
Jensen, Christen | 42 | About 1817 | unknown |
Jensen, Christian | 19 | About 1840 | unknown |
Jensen, Else | 33 | About 1826 | unknown |
Jensen, Else Margrethe Christensen | 54 | 22 June 1805 | 16 March 1883 |
Jensen, Josephine | 1 | About 1858 | Unknown |
Jensen, Maren | 80 | about 1779 | unknown |
Jensen, Mariane | 14 | About 1845 | unknown |
Jensen, Rasmus | 35 | 23 April 1824 | 22 October 1894 |
Jensen, Thomas Christian | 53 | 19 October 1805 | 31 May 1872 |
Jenson [or Yenson], Mattea | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Jeppesen, Christian | 41 | About 1818 | unknown |
Jeppesen, Christina | 52 | ca. 1807 | unknown |
Jeppesen, Rasmine Bertina | 6 | 3 January 1853 | 11 January 1906 |
Johansen, Marta | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Jorgensen, Ane | 25 | 2 November 1833 | 17 January 1901 |
Jorgensen, Christen C. | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Jorgensen, Mads | 32 | 7 March 1827 | 24 April 1905 |
Keaton, Ellen Marie | 33 | 25 May 1826 | 21 July 1912 |
Keaton, George Dennis | 31 | 14 June 1828 | 24 November 1889 |
Keaton, Samuel Whitney | 1 | 1 February 1858 | unknown |
Keaton, Thomas Collins | 3 | 24 May 1856 | 19 February 1947 |
Kidgell, Charles | 52 | 5 August 1806 | 23 March 1875 |
Kirkham, George | 7 | 11 March 1852 | 6 March 1923 |
Kirkham, George William | 37 | 18 March 1822 | 24 April 1896 |
Kirkham, Hyrum | 2 | 28 December 1856 | 28 October 1929 |
Kirkham, James | 9 | 28 August 1849 | 9 August 1929 |
Kirkham, Joseph | 2 | 28 December 1856 | 9 June 1943 |
Kirkham, Mary Ann | 34 | 6 July 1824 | 27 October 1881 |
Kjere, Hellene Andersdatter | 54 | 30 July 1805 | 31 October 1878 |
Klingbeck, Erastus | Infant | 7 December 1858 | unknown |
Klingbeck, Frantz Christopher | 14 | 9 February 1845 | 27 April 1897 |
Klingbeck, Frederik Verner | 8 | 29 June 1850 | unknown |
Klingbeck, Jacob Carl | 46 | 25 September 1812 | unknown |
Klingbeck, Johan Frederik | 44 | 8 June 1815 | 1 April 1885 |
Klingbeck, Karen Marie Christensen | 35 | 28 January 1824 | unknown |
Klingbeck, Karen Mortensen | 19 | July 1839 | 1 July 1861 |
Knudsen, Ellen | 14 | 11 August 1844 | 10 March 1913 |
Knudsen, Karen [or Caroline] | 21 | 2 April 1838 | 20 February 1919 |
Lanson [or Larson], Nils | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Lanson [or Larson], Yens | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Larsen, Annie | 2 | 15 August 1856 | 18 December 1940 |
Larsen, Karen Kirstine | 32 | 13 April 1827 | 27 April 1906 |
Larsen, Karen Kirstine Svendsen | 29 | 17 May 1830 | 4 February 1909 |
Larsen, Lauritz | Infant | 14 September 1858 | 7 September 1859 |
Larsen, Niels Peter | 32 | 20 April 1827 | 20 November 1911 |
Larson, Niels Andreas | 6 | 16 October 1852 | 7 July 1936 |
Larson, Sidse Marie | 9 | 15 June 1850 | 20 October 1921 |
Larson, Yens | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Lovett, Emily Elizabeth | 24 | 17 January 1835 | 14 November 1912 |
Lundgreen, Christian Johan | 43 | About 1816 | unknown |
Madsen [Mattson], Else | 60 | ca. 1799 | unknown |
Madsen, Frederikke | 36 | About 1823 | unknown |
Madsen, Pauline Augusta | 9 | 15 November 1849 | 2 June 1935 |
Madsen, Pehr Christian | 35 | About 1824 | Unknown |
Malmstrom, Jacob | 35 | 26 February 1824 | 21 February 1887 |
Malmstrom, Johannes | 6 | 3 April 1853 | 9 May 1928 |
Malmstrom, Joseph | 1 | 12 December 1857 | 19 February 1932 |
Malmstrom, Matilda | 4 | 25 March 1855 | 22 June 1934 |
Malmstrom, Sissa | 30 | 5 June 1829 | 13 January 1885 |
Mariager, Anna Helena Johanne | 18 | 23 August 1840 | 23 March 1895 |
Martin, Gwenllian | 59 | 2 March 1800 | September 1866 |
Mattson, Hamra | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
McArthur, Elizabeth | 45 | 5 December 1813 | 13 March 1876 |
McArthur, Elizabeth | 11 | 25 November 1847 | 21 September 1918 |
McArthur, James | 46 | 24 November 1812 | 21 July 1878 |
McArthur, John Dickson | 14 | 15 January 1845 | 30 August 1913 |
Mead, Harriet A. | 40 | About 1819 | unknown |
Mikkelsen [Mickleson], Jens [Yens] | 40 | ca. 1819 | unknown |
Mikkelsen, Anne Mette | 33 | About 1826 | unknown |
Mikkelsen, Laura | 12 | About 1847 | unknown |
Mikkelsen, Marie | 10 | ca. 1849 | unknown |
Mikkelsen, Micheline | 4 | About 1855 | unknown |
Mortensen, Dorthea Knudsen | 19 | 26 April 1840 | 12 November 1916 |
Mortensen, Morten Peder | 30 | 27 May 1828 | 16 June 1891 |
Mouritsen, Johanna Kristine | 6 | 29 January 1853 | 8 October 1946 |
Mouritsen, Johanna Marie | 13 | 18 June 1846 | 5 October 1937 |
Mouritsen, Lars | 33 | 17 October 1825 | 1 February 1913 |
Mouritsen, Maren | 35 | 22 April 1824 | 16 February 1904 |
Mouritsen, Martine Martha | 7 | 11 November 1851 | 11 January 1870 |
Mouritsen, Mary | 9 | 10 April 1850 | 14 July 1941 |
Mouritsen, Mourits | 10 | 28 January 1849 | 23 September 1922 |
Neilsen, Jens | 55 | 12 July 1803 | 8 April 1872 |
Neilsen, Neilson C. | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Nelson, William Woodward | 8 | 24 June 1850 | 13 May 1921 |
Neslen, Robert Francis | 26 | 10 December 1832 | 3 June 1912 |
Nielsen, Hans Jorgen | 60 | 5 August 1798 | 1 July 1878 |
Nielsen, Hansine | 28 | 28 March 1831 | 15 October 1909 |
Nielsen, Jens | 56 | 10 February 1803 | 8 April 1872 |
Nielsen, Kirsten | 39 | Unknown | Unknown |
Nielsen, Lars | 10 | 3 May 1849 | 27 January 1929 |
Nielsen, Lars | 27 | 1 January 1832 | 4 February 1863 |
Nielsen, Louise Kjerstine | 32 | 15 September 1826 | 13 May 1900 |
Nielsen, Marie Louise Jeppesson | 28 | 5 July 1830 | 15 March 1910 |
Nielsen, Mette Larsen | 42 | 28 June 1816 | 26 May 1909 |
Nielsen, Nielsina Dorthea | 12 | 25 September 1846 | 2 February 1927 |
Nielsen, Oksine Ane Maria | 1 | 15 April 1858 | 22 January 1862 |
Nielsen, Rasmus | 28 | 8 April 1831 | 17 May 1896 |
Nielsen, Soren | 60 | 12 November 1798 | 5 October 1888 |
Nielsen, Theodore Ferdinand | 1 | 20 April 1858 | 1923 |
Ogord, Ilnak | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Ogord, Neils | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Olesen, Catrena | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Oleson, Ole | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Olsen, Anna | 42 | About 1817 | Unknown |
Olsen, Anna Ellingson | 23 | 21 December 1835 | 27 December 1900 |
Olsen, Christian | 34 | 21 January 1825 | 11 February 1915 |
Olsen, Juliane Johanne | 1 | About 1858 | unknown |
Olsen, Karen Marie | 16 | About 1843 | Unknown |
Olsen, Maren Kierstine | 21 | About 1838 | unknown |
Olsen, Ole | 49 | ca. 1810 | unknown |
Olsen, Peter Jensen | 7 | About 1852 | unknown |
Olson, Ann | 56 | ca. 1803 | unknown |
Olson, Anna | Infant | 12 May 1859 | 20 August 1866 |
Olson, Anna | 39 | 19 July 1819 | 4 March 1898 |
Olson, Bengt | 2 | 7 August 1856 | 17 October 1923 |
Olson, Christian | 55 | About 1804 | unknown |
Olson, Hannah | 6 | 1 November 1852 | 7 February 1920 |
Olson, Johanna | 11 | 14 January 1848 | 29 April 1918 |
Olson, Johannes | 13 | 23 September 1845 | 3 May 1896 |
Olson, Kirsta | 9 | 3 February 1850 | 6 October 1916 |
Olson, Ola | 16 | 1 April 1843 | 9 December 1921 |
Olson, Sven | 43 | 16 April 1816 | 19 June 1883 |
Onesdon, Ellen | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Onesdon, Karen | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Orsted, Frederick Christian | 15 | ca. 1844 | unknown |
Orsted, Sophie Olivia | 18 | About 1841 | unknown |
Payne, Elizabeth | 54 | 31 March 1805 | September 1881 |
Payne, James | 56 | 30 May 1803 | 14 June 1881 |
Pedersen, Johanna Kirstine | 24 | 6 March 1835 | 13 July 1905 |
Pedersen, Marten | 31 | About 1828 | unknown |
Petersen, Anders | 38 | 4 April 1821 | 23 July 1864 |
Petersen, Anne | 45 | About 1814 | unknown |
Petersen, Anne Catrine | 7 | About 1852 | unknown |
Petersen, Caroline Nielsen | 30 | 7 January 1829 | 10 May 1910 |
Petersen, Hans Peter | 10 | About 1849 | unknown |
Petersen, Ingeborg | 55 | About 1804 | unknown |
Petersen, Lars Christian | 20 | 6 March 1839 | 24 October 1920 |
Petersen, Mette Marie Larsen | 45 | 4 December 1813 | 26 February 1891 |
Petersen, Peter Wilhelm | 8 | About 1851 | unknown |
Petersen, Sissa | 38 | ca. 1821 | unknown |
Petersen, Soren Christian | Unknown | 13 June 1821 | 3 October 1895 |
Peterson, Anna | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Peterson, Annie | 20 | About 1839 | unknown |
Peterson, Bodil | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Peterson, Dorta | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Peterson, Jens | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Peterson, Karen Maria | 25 | ca. 1834 | unknown |
Peterson, Kiersten | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Peterson, Martin | 31 | About 1828 | unknown |
Peterson, Neils | 14 | 17 March 1845 | unknown |
Peterson, Ole | 56 | About 1803 | unknown |
Poulsen, Hans | 21 | 27 September 1837 | 22 November 1895 |
Poulsen, Rasmus | 15 | 1 May 1844 | 5 November 1859 |
Rasmussen, Karen | 27 | 3 April 1832 | 10 July 1908 |
Rasmussen, Mads Peter | 23 | 9 October 1835 | 24 July 1887 |
Rasmussen, Maren Hansen | 48 | 7 December 1810 | 5 July 1859 |
Roberts, Jane Price | 11 | 24 April 1848 | 7 November 1883 |
Roberts, Mary | 33 | 13 April 1826 | 1 January 1908 |
Roberts, Owen | 41 | 21 June 1818 | 1898 |
Seymour, William | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Slade, Elizabeth | 30 | About 1829 | unknown |
Slade, John | 49 | ca. 1810 | unknown |
Smuin, Eliza | 32 | 26 December 1826 | 25 February 1899 |
Smuin, Harriet | 22 | 22 July 1836 | 7 October 1902 |
Smuin, James Blundell | 20 | 19 August 1838 | 29 January 1905 |
Sorensen, Ane Caroline Pedersen | 24 | 22 February 1835 | 25 February 1887 |
Sorensen, Anna Kirstine | 15 | 18 January 1844 | 8 January 1935 |
Sorensen, Broer [or Bror] | 51 | 14 August 1807 | 25 July 1902 |
Sorensen, Cecelia | 10 | 8 June 1849 | 25 July 1927 |
Sorensen, Christian | 36 | 5 January 1823 | 20 September 1886 |
Sorensen, Hanna | 39 | 9 June 1820 | 24 June 1909 |
Sorensen, Jens Christian | 24 | 15 May 1835 | February 1897 |
Sorensen, Joseph | Infant | 19 July 1859 | 19 January 1944 |
Sorensen, Karen Marie Jensen | 53 | 6 June 1806 | 17 July 1880 |
Sorensen, Matilda | 1 | 2 October 1857 | 28 January 1937 |
Sorensen, Niels Christian | 9 | 20 February 1850 | 26 May 1919 |
Sorensen, Oluf | 15 | 5 November 1843 | 27 July 1920 |
Sorensen, Sine | 11 | 4 September 1847 | 16 January 1874 |
Sorensen, Soren Christian | 12 | 13 January 1847 | 8 April 1894 |
Sorensen, Sorine Kjirstine | 17 | 16 January 1842 | 3 September 1927 |
Sorenson, H. | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Sorenson, Karen | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Sproat, Ann | 35 | ca. 1824 | unknown |
Sproat, Christopher | 32 | About 1827 | unknown |
Swenson [or Swanson], Peter | 23 | ca. 1836 | unknown |
Swenson [or Swanson], Rica | 24 | About 1835 | unknown |
Tamms, Elijah | 26 | About 1833 | unknown |
Thomas, Sarah J. | 25 | About 1834 | unknown |
Tietjen, Charles August | 7 | 12 March 1852 | 24 September 1936 |
Tietjen, Ernest Albert | 10 | 14 September 1848 | 22 February 1925 |
Tietjen, Frederick Ludwig | 3 | 30 July 1855 | 26 December 1945 |
Tietjen, Ida Friedericke | 33 | 8 September 1825 | 14 June 1887 |
Tietjen, Ida Henrietta | 6 | 8 April 1853 | 1 May 1906 |
Tietjen, Johann August Henrich | 44 | 9 December 1814 | 23 May 1894 |
Tietjen, Josephine Albertine | 1 | 5 April 1858 | 28 February 1934 |
Trewelha, Elizabeth | 4 | 3 October 1854 | 24 December 1903 |
Trewhela, Eleanor | 26 | 12 March 1833 | 5 April 1870 |
Truelson, Elna | 53 | 18 March 1806 | 4 September 1878 |
Tuffley, Mary Ann | 28 | About 1831 | Unknown |
Tyggeson, Maria | 28 | 7 August 1832 | 25 May 1903 |
Vaarden, Jens Christian Jensen | 41 | 13 October 1818 | 15 July 1859 |
Vaarden, Louise Jensen | 1 | About 1858 | unknown |
Vaarden, Mariane Jensen | 37 | 16 May 1822 | 17 January 1897 |
Vad, Thomas P. | 24 | About 1835 | unknown |
Waldemar, John | 21 | 12 September 1837 | 25 February 1921 |
Waldemarson, Asmund | 64 | 13 June 1795 | 18 January 1874 |
Waldemarson, Hannah | 62 | 6 April 1797 | 6 December 1870 |
Watson, Joseph Moralee | 18 | 6 July 1840 | 14 December 1895 |
White, Agnes | 17 | 13 May 1842 | 4 February 1898 |
Whitehouse, Jeremiah Law | 23 | 4 October 1835 | 27 July 1909 |
Wilcock, Christopher | 5 | 5 January 1854 | 30 September 1928 |
Wilcock, Edward | 7 | 31 January 1852 | 18 October 1933 |
Wilcock, Elizabeth | 34 | 12 December 1824 | 26 February 1867 |
Wilcock, Henry Sylvester | 3 | 15 June 1856 | 26 December 1930 |
Wilcock, William | 28 | 10 October 1830 | 5 September 1906 |
Wild, Mary | 24 | About 1835 | unknown |
Woods, Caroline Elizabeth | 21 | 20 August 1837 | 27 February 1895 |
Woods, James | 20 | 13 September 1838 | 4 May 1897 |
After joining the Church in 1852, Robert Francis Neslen left England for Utah in 1853. From 1855 to 1859, he served a mission in New Jersey and Connecticut and in England and Scotland. On April 11, 1859, he and his wife, at the head of a large company of European Saints, sailed for America aboard the William Tapscott, a triple-decked, square-rigged ship. Thirty-three days later they landed at Castle Garden, New York. From here they traveled by railroad and steamboat via New York (Albany), Illinois (Chicago and Quincy), and Missouri (Hannibal and St. Joseph) to the outfitting place at Florence in Nebraska Territory. Some of the Tapscott emigrants were placed in George Rowley's handcart company. Others who had means to purchase their own outfits and supplies were organized in Neslen's company-known as the European Independent Company.
There were 56 wagons and 380 people in this company. Most were from Scandinavia, but there were also some Swiss and Germans. They left Florence on June 26. Edward Stevenson's company left Florence the same day and as they proceeded westward, the two companies were never far apart. Before leaving, they unanimously agreed (by vote) to help one another, especially those who lost cattle during the trek. However, by July 10, when they had reached Wood River, some had forgotten their earlier promises. When some had cattle die, others refused to loan them their cattle. They claimed that their own heavily-laden wagons needed the extra pulling power of all their cattle. At a meeting it was decided that some of the freight would be removed from excessively heavy wagons. Stoves, earthenware, and china were unloaded from these wagons and buried, with the idea that the owners would someday return and retrieve their property.
On July 15 tragedy struck. While teams were getting hitched up and everyone was preparing to move out from the camp, someone tried to yoke up a wild cow. The terrified animal let out a bellow, frightening other teams and causing them to bolt. In the confusion, one man was killed, another got a broken leg, and five others were injured. The sorrowful man whose wild cow caused this disaster became so despondent at shouldering the blame that he went down to the Platte River with intentions of drowning himself. He was found sitting on the riverbank. He told them that there was not enough water to carry out his plan.
The company also faced a prairie fire and a herd of buffalo stopped the train temporarily. They met and fed several bands of Indians. When they were 40 miles west of Ash Hollow on August 17, there were reportedly only 51 wagons in the company. Neslen wrote Brigham Young from Fort Laramie on August 6 of his concerns about their supplies. They had to travel slowly because of the large size of the company and lame cattle. He hoped that their supplies would last through to Salt Lake.
At Ham's Fork, Apostles John Taylor and Franklin D. Richards met them with enough fresh cattle and food to last them for the rest of the trip. Accompanying them was Peter Hansen, who then took charge of the Scandinavian part of the train. As they neared Salt Lake and crossed Big Mountain, a terrific thunderstorm burst on them. During the storm a child became lost but found the camp at the foot of the mountain early the next morning.
The company arrived in Salt Lake City on September 15. A two-wheeled covered cart pulled by a small white ox led them into the city. The ox was bedecked with garlands of wildflowers and on the sides of the cart was written, "Hail Columbia, This Beats the Hand Carts." Large crowds met them and gave them fruits and vegetables. Neslen was credited for his ability in successfully bringing such a large company comprised of people from many countries and speaking so many different languages. There had been six deaths and three births along the trail, and the company lost 24 head of cattle.