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1847–1868

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Birth Date
5 December 1842
Death Date
12 May 1866
Gender
Female

Birthe Nielsen

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  • In the 1860 Utah census "Bertha Nelson" was living in the household of Benjamin Brown (Ancestry has her incorrectly indexed as "Bertha Helson."  She later married Benjamin Brown's son Homer.  On Find A Grave she is "Berthe Neilsen Brown."

James G. Willie Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 13

Sources

  • 1860 Utah Census, Salt Lake County.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
  • Josiah Rogerson, "Captain J. G. Willie's Or, the Fourth Handcart Company of 1856 [No. 1]," Salt Lake Herald, 15 December 1907, 5.
  • Josiah Rogerson, "Strong Men, Brave Women and Sturdy Children Crossed the Wilderness Afoot," Salt Lake Tribune, 4 January 1914.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 9 November 1856, 27.