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1847–1868

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Birth Date
21 February 1853
Death Date
6 May 1935
Gender
Female
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Karen Sofia Nelson


Alternate Names

    Karen Sofia Nielsen

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  • The Nelson family sailed to America in 1857 on the ship Westmoreland.

    In some sources her surname is spelled "Nilson" or "Nelson."

    The obituary of her mother states that she came to Utah in the 1857 Mathias Cowley Company. 

    Karen's death Idaho certificate shows her name as "Sofia Nelson Ralphs," and her gravestone in Utah shows her name as "K Sofia N."

     

Matthias Cowley Company (1857)

  • Age at Departure: 4

Traveled with

  • Ingeborg Sophia Nelson (Age: 41)
  • Nels Hans Nelson (Age: 41)
  • Maren Kirstine Nielsen (Age: 9)
  • Hans Peter Nelson (Age: 8)

Sources

  • "Brigham City Notes," Inter-Mountain Republican, 3 Oct. 1908, 3.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America