
- Birth Date
- 3 March 1848
- Death Date
- 7 December 1878
- Gender
- Male
Christen Christensen Klem
His step-father "Niels Christensen Mortensen," traveled to the United States ahead him and his mother and siblings. However, they reunited with him for the journey across the plains. He was listed as "Christen Christensen (aged 14)," in the company manifest and as "Christen Christiansen" in the Mormon Migration ship manifest. He was listed as "Christine," in the ship manifest on Ancestry.com.
William B. Preston Company (1864)
- Age at Departure: 16
Traveled with
Sources
- 1850 Census of Hammelev, Randers, Denmark.
- “Captain William B. Preston Company (first ox train), manifest, 1864.” Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts, 1862-1868.
- Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941
- Find a Grave (Website)
- New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
- Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.