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        1847–1868

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        Birth Date
        13 November 1819
        Death Date
        Between 1880 and 1900
        Gender
        Male
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        Jens Larsen

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        • Family tradition states that his wife came to America first with some of her children, and he followed later. The family reunited in Nebraska and came on to Utah together. The obituary of his step-daughter, Nicoline, indicates that the family lived in Omaha for "several years" before crossing the plains in 1857. However, it also indicates that they traveled in the John Brown Company. To the best of our knowledge, there was no John Brown Company that year, but there was one in 1859. It is uncertain whether the obituary has the name of the Company or the date of travel wrong.

        Company Unknown (1857)

        • Age at Departure: 37
        • Head of Household

        Traveled with

        • Birthe Sophie Jensen Ericksen Larsen (Age: 50)
        • Nicoline Ericksen (Age: 14)
        • Ane Kirstine Larsen (Age: 13)
        • Adam Gottlieb Jens Christian Larsen (Age: 10)

        Sources

        • 1880 Idaho Census
        • "Woman Pioneer of 1857 Is Dead; Ill Five Years," Salt Lake Tribune, 3 March 1933, 6.