Date Unknown
- Birth Date
- 9 April 1810
- Death Date
- 29 June 1898
- Gender
- Male
Jens Gottfredson
In 1857, the Gottfredson family only traveled about a hundred miles with the Christiansen company before halting near Genoa while the rest of the company proceeded. They returned to Florence and traveled to Utah in 1858 in the Iversen company.
The family came on the ship, John J. Boyd in 1857 with busband, Jens, wife, Karen Marie and children: Jens Peter, Hans Jens, Mette Christine, Joseph Smith, and Platine Plattina.
Christian Christiansen Company (1857)
- Age at Departure: 47
- Head of Household
Traveled with
Iver N. Iversen Company (1858)
- Age at Departure: 48
- Head of Household
Traveled with
Sources
- 1880 Utah Census.
- "A Company of Saints," Deseret News [Weekly], 8 Sep. 1858, 118.
- Cowley, Jerry, e-mail communication, 4 Aug. 2003
- Denmark, Baptisms, 1618-1923.
- "Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916."
- Find a Grave (Website)
- Genealogy and Family Pioneer History. Mount Pleasant Historical Association
- Gottfredson, Peter, Autobiographical sketch [n.d.], 11-12.
- Gottfredson, Peter, Autobiographical sketch [n.d.], 12-13.
- Parish Register of Jetsmark, Hjorring, Denmark.
- Utah Death Certificates.