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1847–1868

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Birth Date
10 March 1826
Death Date
29 August 1912
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Christian Jensen

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  • Jens Christian Jensen, his infant son who was born on Aug. 16, 1854, died at Iowa City campground on June 30, 1856. Christian traveled in the Hodgetts company with his wife, Karen Jensen. His birth date and death date are confirmed by the dates listed on his death certificate.

William B. Hodgetts Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 30
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Karen Jensen Jensen (Age: 38)

Sources

  • 1900 Utah Census.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 15 December 1856,  5.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 15 December 1856, 6.
  • Lever, W. H. History of Sanpete and Emery Counties, Utah: With Sketches of Cities, Towns, and Villages; Chronology of Important Events; Records of Indian Wars; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens (Salt Lake City: Tribune Job Printing Co, 1898), 316
  • Peder Madsen diary, 1856 April-September translated by Don H. Smith, 19-29.
  • W. B. Hodgetts Company report, 1856.