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        1847–1868

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        Birth Date
        12 May 1845
        Death Date
        18 February 1933
        Gender
        Male
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        Peter Anton Nielsen

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        • Son of Maren Nielsen. He wrote a descriptive reminiscence about the Atwood company's journey across the plains.

        Miner G. Atwood Company (1865)

        • Age at Departure: 20

        Traveled with

        • Maren Nielsen (Age: 47)
        • Anna Maria Nielsen (Age: 17)
        • Karen Hansena Nielsen (Age: 15)
        • Alfreda Jacobina Nielsen (Age: 10)

        Sources

        • Lund, Anthon H. Scandinavian Jubilee Album (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1900).
        • Nielsen, Peter Anthon, Reminiscence [n.d.], 1-23.
        • Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.
        • Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949.