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1847–1868

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Birth Date
27 July 1854
Death Date
5 March 1921
Gender
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Josephine Brighamine Kofoed

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  • Name in the Journal History and on the emigration report is "Josephine Brighamine Kofod".  Surname on death certificate is her married name of Lindsey. 

    As with most of the Kofoed children, she is listed on the report as traveling with a family different from her own, in this case Christian and Ane Jensen (although her mother Cecilie also traveled with the Jensen's).

    The family came on the ship, Westmoreland in 1857. The family consisted of: father, Hans, mother, Cecelia and children: Anna Elisina, Christian Anthon, Else Kirstine, Hans Peter, Jenss Hans, Johanna Margreta, Josephina Brigh, Mesellia Christina and Wilhelmina Fredrick. 

John Taylor Company (1860)

  • Age at Departure: 5

Traveled with

  • Ane Nielsen Jensen (Age: 55)
  • Hans Ancher Kofoed (Age: 47)
  • Christian Jensen (Age: 46)
  • Cecilie Kofoed (Age: 45)
  • Ane Marie Hannah Wilhelmsen (Age: 29)
  • Wilhelmina Frederikke Kofoed (Age: 9)
  • Minnie Wilhelmsen (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • 1870 Idaho Census.
  • 1880 Idaho Census.
  • 1930 Census of Idaho
  • Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007.
  • Idaho Deaths and Burials, 1907-1965
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1860, 61.
  • "List of the Iowa Wagon Company" in Emigration List for Spring, 1860. Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1856-1862, 43-46.