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1847–1868

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Birth Date
1 November 1819
Death Date
4 January 1901
Gender
Female
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Margaret Catherine Kofoed


Alternate Names

    Margaret Catherine Hansen Riis

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  • Margaret and her daughters likely came to Utah 1857, the year Margaret was listed in the Perpetual Emigrating Fund. The family sailed to America in 1857 on the ship Westmoreland.

    The first documentation to place them in Utah are church records in November of 1862.

Christian Christiansen Company (1857)

  • Age at Departure: 37
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Carolina Dorthea Kofoed (Age: 9)
  • Thora Marie Kofoed (Age: 5)

Sources

  • Denmark, Baptisms, 1618-1923.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America