Fred C. Anderson Company (1868)
- Type
- Wagon
- Category
- Church Train
- Direction
- Westbound
- Departure
- 1868
- Departed From
- New York, New York
- Arrival
- 24 October 1868
- Captain
- Frederick Christian Anderson
- Number In Company
- 66
The Anderson company has the distinction of being the last emigrant company to cross the plains during the years of Mormon overland travel. Most of the members of this company sailed on the Emerald Isle. They were detained at Ward's Island hospital in New York because of sickness. Anderson was returning from a 3-year mission to Scandinavia and England. The health of the company gradually improved after leaving New York on October 4. They traveled by train from New York to Green River, Wyoming, arriving on October 13. From there they met Church teams and 11 wagons that transported them to Salt Lake. The small company that left New York with 61 people arrived in Salt Lake on October 24. Five died in the company between Chicago and Salt Lake.
- "Called," Deseret Evening News, 26 October 1868, 2.
- "Correspondence," Deseret Evening News, 19 October 1868, 2.
- F. C. Andersen, "Correspondence," Deseret News, 21 October 1868, 293.
- "Got Home," Deseret Evening News, 28 August 1868, 3.
- "Got In," Deseret Evening News, 24 October 1868, 3.
- Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 24 October 1868.
- "Last Immigrant Train," Semi-Weekly Telegraph, 29 October 1868, 2.
- "Last Train In," Deseret Evening News, 25 September 1868, 3.
- "More Emigrants," Deseret Evening News, 6 October 1868, 3.
- "More Immigrants," Semi-Weekly Telegraph, 1 October 1868, 3.
- "More Immigrants,” Semi-Weekly Telegraph, 8 October 1868, 3.
- "Telegram," Deseret Evening News, 23 October 1868, 3.
- "The Immigration," Salt Lake Semi-Weekly Telegraph, 19 October 1868, 3.
- "The Immigration," Semi-Weekly Telegraph, 17 August 1868, 3.
- "The Immigration," Semi-Weekly Telegraph, 19 October 1868, 3.
Andersen, Jens Peter | 11 | 8 December 1856 | October 1868 |
Andersen, Karen Marie | 16 | 31 January 1851 | 13 December 1922 |
Anderson, Anna C. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Anderson, Caroline | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Anderson, Frederick Christian | 27 | 16 January 1840 | 10 June 1908 |
Bingham, Jeremiah Myron | 20 | 6 June 1847 | 14 January 1898 |
Bird, Ann | 13 | 13 August 1854 | 23 December 1938 |
Bird, Ann | 44 | 21 January 1823 | 7 December 1896 |
Bird, Hyrum | 7 | 7 June 1860 | 4 April 1926 |
Bird, Mary Maria | 8 | 21 January 1859 | 27 August 1933 |
Block, Johanna Margrethe | 43 | 16 March 1824 | 29 September 1905 |
Block, Niels Christen Jensen | 14 | 4 October 1853 | 21 November 1923 |
Block, Niels Christian Jensen | 45 | 27 January 1822 | 24 December 1884 |
Block, Nielsine Birgitte Jensen | 7 | 11 February 1861 | 22 February 1926 |
Carlson, John | 20 | About 1847 | Unknown |
Christensen, Bergetta | 29 | ca. 1838 | Unknown |
Gibbs, George Francis | 21 | 23 October 1846 | 10 March 1924 |
Hansen, Bodil | 42 | About 1825 | Unknown |
Hansen, Jens | 4 | ca. 1864 | Unknown |
Hansen, Peder | 40 | About 1828 | Unknown |
Jensen, Karen | 16 | About 1852 | 13 October 1868 |
Jensen, Margaret | 16 | About 1852 | 9 October 1868 |
Johansen, Jens N. | 6 | About 1861 | Unknown |
Johansen, Karen | 45 | About 1823 | Unknown |
Johansen, Lars | 9 | About 1858 | 11 October 1868 |
Johansen, Soren | 2 | ca. 1865 | Unknown |
Kramer, Pernilla Olasdatter | 40 | 12 February 1827 | 9 March 1895 |
Leo, Joseph H. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Ludvigsen, Emilius T. | 20 | ca. 1847 | Unknown |
Nebel, Ane E. | 30 | 28 June 1837 | September 1909 |
Nebel, Johan Peter | 34 | 4 July 1833 | 1 February 1931 |
Nebel, Karen Marie | 5 | About 1862 | 5 Oct 1925 |
Nelson, Andrew | 15 | 24 January 1852 | 22 January 1908 |
Nielsen, Ellen | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Nielsen, Hannah Andersson | 46 | 21 October 1821 | 21 January 1903 |
Nilsson, Anders | 15 | 24 January 1852 | 22 January 1908 |
Olsen, Dorthea | 46 | ca. 1821 | Unknown |
Price, Rhoda | 24 | 13 April 1843 | 10 April 1888 |
Price, William C. | 34 | 2 April 1833 | 4 October 1925 |
Rasmussen, German | 30 | 21 September 1837 | 13 December 1919 |
Rasmussen, Hans | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Rasmussen, Ingar | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Rasmussen, Lars | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Rasmussen, Sidse M. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Rasmussen, Wilhelmine Charlotte Johanna | 25 | 15 November 1842 | 8 January 1898 |
Sander, Anna | 3 | About 1864 | Unknown |
Sander, Christoffer | 33 | ca. 1834 | Unknown |
Sander, Nicholin Marie | 37 | About 1831 | Unknown |
Shair, Johanna | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Sorensen, Sophia | 15 | 13 May 1852 | October 1868 |
Startup, Harriet Selina | 15 | 16 February 1852 | 20 January 1940 |
Startup, William Dawe | 21 | 8 September 1846 | 30 January 1878 |
Swenson, Pernilla | 29 | About 1838 | Unknown |
Thorsted, Dorsine | 1 | 14 February 1866 | 24 October 1868 |
Thorsted, Jens Boesen | 20 | 23 December 1847 | 22 October 1868 |
Tolbo, Niels Adolph | 20 | About 1848 | Unknown |
Wasden, Anne Sophia | 20 | 15 July 1847 | 23 July 1870 |
Widerborg, Charles | 53 | 11 May 1814 | 12 March 1869 |
Widerborg, Maria | 63 | 25 March 1804 | Unknown |
Wilkie, Alice Naomi | 13 | 6 November 1854 | 1 November 1923 |
Wilkie, Ann | 40 | 29 August 1827 | 10 March 1906 |
Wilkie, Eliza Rebecca | 16 | 31 December 1851 | 16 July 1907 |
Wilkie, Lydia Jane | 8 | 4 November 1859 | 12 September 1914 |
Wilkie, Mary Ann | 10 | 23 August 1857 | 1938 |
Wilkie, Samuel | 44 | 29 December 1823 | 3 September 1904 |
Wilkie, Sara Mellinda | 5 | 4 October 1862 | 18 March 1937 |