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        Pioneer Database

        1847–1868

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        Image taken in 1885

        Birth Date
        7 October 1824
        Death Date
        23 September 1900
        Gender
        Male
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        Christian Christiansen

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        • Captain of company. Evidence that he came in 1857 is also confirmed in information found in Church financial records. He is returning from a mission to the Eastern States in 1857. 

        Christian Christiansen Company (1857)

        • Age at Departure: 32
        • Company Captain

        John E. Forsgren Company (1853)

        • Age at Departure: 28
        • Head of Household

        Traveled with

        • Christine Marie Hedweg Christiansen (Age: 28)
        • John Erick Christiansen (Age: 1)

        Sources

        • A Biographical Sketch of James Jensen by J. M. Tanner (1911), 23-40.
        • C. C. A. Christensen, "By Handcart to Utah: The Account of C. C. A. Christensen," translated by Richard L. Jensen, Nebraska History 66 (1985): 332-48.
        • "Death of a Pioneer," <i>The Manti Messenger</i>, September 29, 1900, p 1. 
        • Dorius, C. C. N., Autobiography of Carl Christian Nicoli Dorius, 19-21. (Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.)
        • Dorius, Johan F. F., [Journal], in "Church Emigration Book."
        • Find a Grave (Website)
        • Gottfredson, Peter, Autobiographical sketch [n.d.], 11-12.
        • Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 6. 
        • John Frantzen reminiscence and journal, 1889-1892, 29-39.
        • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 13 September 1857, 25.
        • Liljenquist, Ola Nilsson, Reminiscences. (Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.)
        • Manuscript history of the John E. Forsgren Emigrating Company, circa 1930, 18-35.
        • Richards, S. W. and Briant Stringam, 18 Aug. 1857, in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, reel 35, box 25, fd. 23.
        • Saints By Sea: Latter-Day Saint Immigration to America
        • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
        • Wright, Caroline (Karen Marie) Olsen, Reminiscences, in Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude , 4 vols. ([Salt Lake City]: International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1998), 4:3474.