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1847–1868

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Birth Date
18 September 1815
Death Date
22 December 1897
Gender
Female

Karen Marie Nielsen Andersen

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  • The company she traveled with was noted in local church financial records. In the Deseret News roster her given name is listed as "Caron". According to Family Search she married an Anders Mortensen and her children are listed as both Andersen and Mortensen.

John Riggs Murdock Company (1862)

  • Age at Departure: 46

Sources

  • European Mission emigration records, Scandinavian Mission, 1852-1920.
  • Joseph W. Young, "Report of the Immigration," Deseret News, 17 September 1862, 93.
  • "Karen Marie Saunders," Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Sep. 1933, 18.
  • "Obituary", The Utah Journal , 28 Dec. 1897, 1.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger C, p. 787.
  • Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.