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1847–1868

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Birth Date
22 April 1824
Death Date
16 February 1904
Gender
Female
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Maren Mouritsen


Alternate Names

    Maren Sorensen

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  • The family sailed to America in 1859 on the ship William Tapscott.  The family consisted of: father, Lars, mother: Maren, and children: Johanna Marie,  Johanne, Maren, Martine and Mauritz. 

    The ship manifest shows their surname as "Mauritzen."

Robert F. Neslen Company (1859)

  • Age at Departure: 35

Traveled with

  • Lars Mouritsen (Age: 33)
  • Johanna Marie Mouritsen (Age: 13)
  • Mourits Mouritsen (Age: 10)
  • Mary Mouritsen (Age: 9)
  • Martine Martha Mouritsen (Age: 7)
  • Johanna Kristine Mouritsen (Age: 6)

Sources

  • 1870 Utah Census.
  • 1900 Utah Census.
  • Denmark, Baptisms, 1618-1923.
  • "Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916."
  • European Mission emigration records, Scandinavian Mission, 1852-1920.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Miles, Johanne Kristine (Jane), [Reminiscences], in Carrie Mouritsen Jones and Jerald Olean Seelos, comp. and ed., The Mourits Mouritsen Family [1982], 432.
  • New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891.
  • Parish Register of Vrejlev, Hjorring, Denmark.
  • Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.