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1847–1868

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Birth Date
11 November 1849
Death Date
30 October 1914
Gender
Male

Simon Christian Simonsen

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  • His name is listed as "Simon Christian Nielsen" on the emigration report. He came with his step-father Christian Peter Nielsen and mother, Else Kristine, and a brother and a sister. He was born Simeon Christian Jensen. 

John Taylor Company (1860)

  • Age at Departure: 10

Traveled with

  • Elsie Christina Nielsen (Age: 45)
  • Christian Peter Nielsen (Age: 34)
  • Juliane Marie Nielsen (Age: 15)
  • Margrethe Semine Simonsen (Age: 14)
  • Jens Christian Simonsen (Age: 11)

Sources

  • 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.
  • Parish Register of Skaeve, Hjorring, Denmark.