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        1847–1868

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        Birth Date
        1 September 1841
        Death Date
        22 November 1930
        Gender
        Female
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        Ellen Pedersen


        Alternate Names

          Ellen Bendixsen, Ellen Jensen

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        • Ellen was traveling as a single mother with her son, Charles Christen (Carl on the ship records). They arrived in the States in 1866 via the ship Kenilworth. They were traveling under her father's surname of Pedersen, parish registers indicate that she by the surname of Bendixsen prior to emigration.

        Joseph S. Rawlins Company (1866)

        • Age at Departure: 24
        • Head of Household

        Traveled with

        • Charles Christen Pedersen (Age: 1)

        Sources

        • 1900 Utah Census.
        • "List of Passengers," Deseret News [Weekly], 3 Oct. 1866, 350-51.
        • "Mrs. Ellen Jensen Funeral Rites Held," Salt Lake Telegram, 27 November 1930.
        • Utah Death Certificates.