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1847–1868

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Birth Date
4 April 1835
Death Date
24 December 1898
Gender
Female
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Kjersten Svendsen


Alternate Names

    Kjersten Sorensen

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  • Her birth date is confirmed by temple records, and her death date is confirmed by the Death Register.  Both dates are also confirmed by the inscription on her gravestone.

    Note that the Temple records show her given name as "Kerstine," the death records show it as "Kirsten, and her gravestone and Family Tree show her name as "Kjersten."

    She is listed as Karen Marie Svendsen on the ship, John Bright in 1858. She is the wife of Lars. 

     

Iver N. Iversen Company (1858)

  • Age at Departure: 22

Traveled with

  • Lars Svendsen (Age: 31)

Sources

  • 1880 Utah Census.
  • "A Company of Saints," Deseret News [Weekly], 8 Sep. 1858, 118.
  • Endowments of the living, 1851-1884.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Sanpete County, Utah Death Register, 1898-1905.
  • Scandinavian Mission, Historical Reports 1852–1877