Burial:
Date: 25 Mar 1895
Place: Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
Individual Note:
After listening to the Mormon Elders for some time, Anna Helena was baptized on November 2, 1857, and confirmed by Elder Madson. This caused so much trouble that later when she was leaving and going out the door, her father called to her saying, "Anna, I’d rather see you dead than see you leave this way."
When Anna was nineteen and had completed her schooling enough so she could become a teacher herself. She left and stayed with a family by the name of Christensen on their farm known as the Nile Green.
It was the custom as well as the advice of the Elders, that when it became possible for one of the children to leave for America, the oldest should go to prepare a place for the rest of the family. But in this instance the custom seemed to have been overruled, and the second child Anna was chosen for this work. On the immigration sheets in church records she was listed as Lena Mariager.
In April, 1859, Anna left without her family for America to seek a new home for her mother and other members of the family. She departed Liverpool, England on April 11, 1859, on the sailing ship ‘William Tapscott’ arriving at New York City six weeks later.
http://www.ldsep.org/denmark/hj/hjorring/57ahmari.htm
Database: :1236894 Individual: I3085 Link:
Name: Alan Lerwick Email: alerwick@aol.com
Note: her full name was - Anna Helena Johanna Mariger
Christening:
Date: 20 Oct 1833
Place: Nyby, Bregninge (Sunds), Svendborg, Denmark
Burial:
Date: 10 Dec 1901
Place: Preston, Franklin, Idaho
Baptism LDS Note: Source: Says pre-1970 as of Nov 2000.
Endowment Note: Source: Says pre-1970 as of Nov 2000.
Individual Note:
NOTE: FHL Ancestral File (AFN:1PCN-FL)
Birthplace was on the Island of Tassinge, another parish in the same county with the same name was on the Island of AERO; baptized and married in Denmark before emigrating; Some records say surname of "Jenson or Anderson"
NOTE: In the Preston Ward Records covering early to 1906 there isn't a sign of her.
CENSUS: 1900 Oneida co, Idaho
FHL#1,240,234, SD 47, ED 95, Sheet 1-B, page 213, Dwelling 12
listed as Caroline Hansen, mother-in-law, with daughter Sarah C., her husband Willard (or Wilford) Fjelstad, and seven children. Claimed married 44 years with 8 of 9 children still living.
NOTE: in 1902 she would have lived in the Preston 4th Ward as her son in law performed the first confirmationn in the new ward on 1 June. See Important Historical Events of the Preston Fourth Ward by Pres. Hyrum D.l Jensen; FHL #237,808 Item #1. He was also a member of the first Ward Teacher's Quorum. Daughter Sarah was first president of Ward Relief Society serving 1902-1910.
Aetna ward records of her children call her Caroline.
AF AFN:1V10-DMW calls her Karen (Caroline) Jensen Andersen Also gives birthplace as Tarsing, Denmark.
BURIAL: Preston City Cemetery; SW section, block one, lot two (just SW of the central war memorial near a Fjelstead stone surrounded by family)
NOTE: Is this a relative (from IGI)
Anders Jensen SVOP
Sex:
M
Event(s):
Birth:
4 Oct 1828
Irowse Or France, Bregmuge, Svendborg, Denmark
Parents:
Relatives:
Karen JENSEN
BIOGRAPHY: By an unknown author, published in a Hansen Family newsletter in the 60s or 70s.
A Short Biography of KAREN JENSEN HANSEN
Karen Jensen Hansen was the daughter of Jens Anderson and Maren Henningsen, born 23 Sept. 1833 at Bregninge Saendby Denmark. She grew up to be a beautiful young lady with a mind of her own. When she heard the L.D.S. missionaries she believed and accepted. However, her family disapproved, which was the cause of her giving up her home and eventually her country for the gospel.
In the meantime there was a young man, Niels Hansen, whom she met, who had joined the Church in 1851, and had filled two missions in his homeland, and was released in the fall of 1855. Therefore, he and Karen were married 12 Nov. 1855, and set sail 12 Dec. that year for America.
They spent eleven weeks on the ocean, landed in New York and went up to St. Louis, Mo. Later they crossed the plains and reached Salt Lake City 26 Sept. 1856.
Things were not easy for the young wife though she never murmured and was made very happy at the birth of her first child, Mary Christine, born 16 July 1857 at Brigham. A son, Niels Young, born 1 Feb. 1860 in Salt Lake City. The third, Sarah, born 17 Dec. 1860 at Brigham. By 1862 they were located in Logan, where the rest of the family were born - Ezra Alvin 14 April 1862, Hyrum Peter 30 May 1865, Emma Elizabeth 13 Sept. 1867, Kathrine Amelia 6 Dec. 1.869, James 19 Mar. 1872, Mary Ann 8 July 1874 - a fine family, all receiving temple marriage except one whose work was done by proxy.
Grandfather Niels Hansen entertained many Church authorities in their home as he was always active in the Church. Their sons worked in the logging camp for the building material for the building of the Logan Temple. Ezra, at age sixteen was foreman of one company. When the boys would come home tired and weary, Grandma would let them sleep in, while she would go and take care of the many horses. Her love for her children was great, shown in much self-sacrifice. As years went by, they had great opportunity to return her love and kindness.
In the later years of her life, she lived with her daughters and the following are excerpts from letters from her grandchildren:
"Grandma was a painful victim of arthritis, and was unable to be in any position except sitting in her wheel chair or laying in her bed. She could use her arms and hands to a limited extent, which permitted her to feed herself. It was my father's task to carry her to and fro from bed to chair. Let me insert here that no man ever performed a task of this nature more carefully and pleasantly than did my father all the necessary years."
"To establish the character of this fine woman: All we children would fight to take our turn to take the food prepared by my mother, to Grandma. She loved all of us, and it was mutual. I never heard her make a complaint, or make any statement that could be interpreted as a complaint. She taught us many good and truthful acts to perform in our daily lives. I feel she is worthy of the Celestial Kingdom."
"We children all loved Grandma, and thought it a great favor to be permitted to carry her meals to her. Dad also loved her dearly, so she must have been a wonderful mother-in-law. I remember how pretty she was and the wonderful stories she would tell us."
"We all loved our sweet Grandmother. She was with us many years, and I always remember her in her chair. She would play with me for hours. As I think of her I think of her great loving heart. She never acted upset with us, so she would have to have a most understanding heart. We took turns sleeping with her, and she would have wonderful old country fairy tales to tell us. She did a lot of reading, and had to put on glasses to read, but we children hated to have her pretty blue eyes covered. She was a very pretty Grandma.
"She passed away at our home the 3rd of December 1901 - a happy release."
"I am a granddaughter that was about five years old when Grandma passed away, and had not heard much about her, only how wonderful she was, and how good my father was to her, and how much he loved her. Of course all the little human things we heard. I often think of the story Mother used to tell, of how one day Grandmother was out picking bits of wool from the fence, when an Indian grabbed her and started to run with her in his arms. He said, 'You be my squaw.' Grandmother was too scared to cry but some white men came along, and the Indian became frightened and dropped her. Then the dear woman cried for days. I really remember her very well, for I was at the age to need someone to tend me while she lived with us. She was so good to me, and told me so many stories. We all loved her."
"She had many heartaches, no doubt for her loved ones that she left for her testimony of the gospel. One brother, it was reported, joined the Church, but died before he reached Utah.
"She has now a great posterity, that have. in their power to increase her joy by living worthy lives, and seeking after their ancestors, to make a happy family where there will be no parting."
Karen Jensen is shown to have used Caroline as a given name, at times.
Also known as Caroline Anderson. Karen was born when the patronymic method of naming was being discontinued. It appears that Karen used "Jensen" but at least one of her brothers used "Andersen." Descendants of the family by the name of Andersen still occupy the old ancestral home on the Island of Taasinge. A birth certificate for Ezra A. Hansen gives his mother's name as Carolina
Andersen. Above certificate in possession of Carol Hansen Wood. Alternate baptism date shown 25 Feb 1852. SP: 26 Sep 1955 SL
This individual has the following other parents in the Ancestral File:
Jens /ANDERSEN/ (AFN:9HVH-GH) and Maren /HENNINGSEN/ (AFN:1PCN-K9)