• Karen was the daughter of Martine Dorthea Simonsen Jensen and Jens Carlsen. She crossed the ocean with her mother and siblings by way of the ship B.S. Kimball. Her mother was listed on the Deseret News roster as traveling with her family. Karen's married surname, as recorded on her death certificate, was "Christoffersen."

Miner G. Atwood Company (1865)

• Age at Departure: 18

Sources

• "Captain Minor G. Attwood's Company," Deseret News [Weekly], 20 Sep. 1865, 402-3.
• Utah Death Certificates.