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1847–1868

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Birth Date
28 March 1781
Death Date
19 January 1858
Gender
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Gertrude Margrethe Larsen Lund

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  • Margarethe traveled across the ocean via the ship James Nesmith, arriving in New Orleans on 23 February 1855. Emigration records indicate that she was 73 years old at the time of overseas travel. 

    The birth date listed is a christening date as taken from the parish register.

    She came on the trail with her step-son, Lars Peter Lund and his family.  

     

    She 

Jacob F. Secrist/Noah T. Guymon Company (1855)

  • Age at Departure: 74

Traveled with

  • Lars Peter Lund (Age: 52)
  • Katherine Kirstine Folkman (Age: 28)
  • Laura Christina Petra Lund (Age: 12)
  • Augusta Hansine Lund (Age: 8)

Sources

  • 2nd Company of 50 reports, 1855 May 31.
  • Parish Register of Nylarskor, Bornholm, Denmark. 
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America