Burial:
Date: 17 Mar 1941
Place: Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah
Individual Note:
Spanish Fork Cemetery burial plot number 01.34 .11
Burial:
Date: 21 Apr 1938
Place: Logan, Cache, Utah
Burial:
Date: 21 Mar 1930
Place: Logan, Cache, Utah
Burial:
Date: 10 Aug 1955
Place: Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah
Christening:
Date: 15 Dec 1854
Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Burial:
Date: 20 Jan 1934
Place: Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah
Burial:
Date: 27 May 1937
Place: Logan, Cache, Utah
Burial:
Date: 16 Jul 1954
Place: Logan, Cache, Utah
Burial:
Date: 17 Mar 1943
Place: Logan, Cache, Utah
Christening:
Date: 14 Mar 1865
Place: Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah
Burial:
Date: 6 May 1935
Place: Bluffdale, Salt Lake, Utah
Individual Note:
SOURCE: "The Bureau," by Geneva Frost Gilbert, unpublished 4 page manuscript, [1990]. Story refers to an old family bureau hand carved by Hans Jørgensen and now in the LDS Church Museum in Salt Lake City. "Hans Jørgensen and Dorthea Christensdatter (Andersen) Jørgensen, my grandparents, arrived in Salt Lake City, October 1, 1853. They lived in Salt Lake City for about three years, then moved to Brigham City, where my mother, Hansine Rebecca Jørgensen, was born March 6, 1865. Her mother, Dorthea, was making preparations to go to the Temple. "In looking over the temple clothing, she was lacking a piece of clothing and went to a neighbor to borrow it. She left the clothes on the table and her children asleep. A candle was left lighted in the window. A tragedy A breeze came up and blew the curtain onto the candle and onto the straw-roofed home. The house was all in flames. She had been away but a very short time when the shout, 'Fire' was heard. Dorthea soon discovered that the fire was in her house. By working quickly, they saved the children, who were unhurt. All else was burned to the ground. My mother, Hansine Rebecca, was a little over a month old "The family moved to Logan, Utah, on April 18, 1865. My Grandfather, Hans, and some of his sons, were carpenters and cabinet makers, besides being farmers and gardeners. They built a home in Logan. "I was born April 14, 1904. As long as I can remember this Bureau was part of the furniture in our home. My Grandmother, Dorthea Jørgensen, died October 3, 1902. I assume that was when Mother received this piece of handmade furniture, built before any power tools. The Bureau was made approximately 1868, 122 years ago. "Hans Jørgensen and Dorthea lived in Salt Lake about three years where he worked hauling rocks from the mountains to build the foundation for the Salt Lake Temple. [Then appears a list of their children and birthdates] "Hans Jørgensen died 19 March 1878 in Logan, Cache, Utah. His home in Benson, Utah was the exact spot where Cache Valley Cheese Company now stands. "I am thrilled to have known all of Mother's brothers and sisters and very many cousins. A wonderful family." "Hans Jørgensen was born 29 November 1795 in Bedersley, Odense, Danmark. He married Maren Kirstine Pedersen, born 27 January 1794, in Sverup, Molle, Odense, Danmark, 3 May 1823. [Does that mean she was born there, married there, or both?--ed.] [Then appears a list of their children and birthdates] "Hans & Maren's first son, Jens Jørgensen (or James Hansen) joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 25 August 1851. He baptized his father, Hans Jørgensen 15 December 1851, about fifty-six years and a butcher by trade. His mother, Maren Kirstine, was baptized on the same date. On December 10, 1852 they left their native land to join the saints in Utah. They were three months on a sailing vessel through rough waters. She died March 1853 and was buried on a small island before reaching New Orléans. Hans Jørgensen went on to Council Bluffs, Iowa. There he met my grandmother, Dorthea Christensdatter (Andersen) who was there with her mother, Anna Maria Anderson [likely a typo by Geneva that should read Andersen--ed.], and two sisters. Hans and Dorthea were married by a campfire at Council Bluffs, Iowa 4 July 1853. He was 58 years old and she was 26 years old. They soon left for Salt Lake City, a very hard trip. "James Hansen came to Utah on October 5, 1854. He wife died on the [after that the copy I received is cut off--ed.] "Jens Jørgensen or James Hansen, first son of Hans Jørgensen and Maren Kirstine Pedersen, settled in Spanish Fork, Utah. I remember driving down there in Benjamin for a family reunion or two. James was a real missionary and a wonderful father and manager for his large family of fourteen wives. Pictures are in the book. There are 37 children listed - 2 wives had no children. "Quote 'At the settling of the estate of the deceased and dividing up of the property between the numerous members of the family, there was not one objection or disagreement. It was all done harmoniously in keeping with the teachings and example set by a great but humble citizen and Latter-day Saint. signed Sarah P. Hansen Swensen, Died 28 June 1897 Spanish Fork, Utah." Some web sites with information related to the Danish ancestors: 1. http://heritage.uen.org/cgi-bin/websql/query.hts?type=3&tid=51342 1853-1857: Immigration/Emigration to Utah-Ships and Companies 1853 The interests of the Perpetual Emigrating Fund were cared for under Apostle Richard's agency, so much so that up to January, 1852, 1,410 pounds of sterling had been donated, and in the two ships which sailed January 10, 1852, two hundred and fifty-one persons were sent out requiring above 1,000 pounds more than had been donated, which extra outlay was supplied in the meantime by Apostle Richards. This was the first operation with the Perpetual Emigrating Fund, and it required much careful thought and wise deliberation to adopt plans that would carry this branch of the emigration properly through to the Valley. It was also the first time arrangements had been made before leaving Liverpool. Never before had such a journey been undertaken by so large a number of people with such limited resources. Sailed Port Ship Leader People Landed Jan 16, 1853 Liverpool Forest Monarch J. E. Forsgren 297 New Orléans ....etc. Departure Date Captain People Arrival Keokuk, Iowa May 21 John E. Forsgren 294 Sep 30 ....etc. During the year 1853, several companies of non-English speaking Saints passed through Liverpool. The first one from the Scandinavian Mission numbered two hundred and ninety seven souls and was reshipped at Liverpool on board the Forest Monarch January 16th, under the direction of Willard Snow, then president of the Scandinavian Mission. Donations to the Perpetual Emigrating Fund having been commenced in Scandinavia, particularly in Danmark, the sum of 136 pds. 15s 6d was appropriated during Elder Willard Snow's presidency, for the assistance of a number of those who sailed on the Forest Monarch. The next company from the continent was seventeen persons from the German Mission, who sailed from Liverpool in August and September 1853. These were the first Latter-day Saints emigrating to Zion from any of those countries. From the 9th Epistle, April 13, 1853: "Brethren, come home as fast aspossible, bringing your poor, your silver, your gold, and everything that will beautify and ennoble Zion, and establish the House of the Lord, not forgetting the seeds of all choice trees, and fruits, and grains, and useful productions of all the earth, and labor saving machinery; keeping yourselves unspotted from the world by the way side." 2. http://heritage.uen.org/cgi-bin/websql/query.hts?type=3&tid=123&post=0 1848-68, Mormon Emigrants (General Information) While this historic resource study stresses the work of the pioneers of 1846-1847 it should be remembered that up to 70,000 [latest estimates: 60,000]other Mormons made much the same trek through the time of the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869. This study of trail documents reveals that the basic experience (as described above) of all immigrating Mormons was similar. A brief account of the post-1847 Mormon immigration follows. This subsequent period of immigration can be conveniently divided into four groups and time periods, with two minor sub-topics. Wagon emigrants: 1848-1860 (canal, lake, and riverboats) Handcart emigrants: 1856-1860 (The Brigham Young Express Company, 1856-1857) Church ox team emigrants: 1860-1868 "Rail and trail" emigrants: 1856-1868 PIONEER EMIGRATION TO UTAH Andrew Jenson's Tabulation of Mormon Emigration,1847-1869 (Numbers are not exact, but best estimate)- - - - - - - - - - COMPANIES - - - - - - - - Last Year Total Wagon Handcart Freight PEF Arrival 1847 2,000 9 2 Oct 1848 4,000 3 (divisions of single company) 19 Oct 1849 3,000 6 28 Oct1850 5,000 10 1 14 Oct 1851 5,000 5 6 1 5 Oct 1852 10,000 23 1 16 Oct 1853 2,603 12 1 17 Oct1854 3,167 8 24 Oct 1855 4,684 8 (1) 2 29 Oct 1856(1) 3,756 5 5 1 5 15 Dec 1857(2) 1,994 5 2 1 2 26 Sep 1858 179 3 6 Oct 1859 809 4 1 1 1 16 Sep 1860(3) 1,409 6 2 3 1 5 Oct 1861(4) 1,959 13 (5 Church) many 27 Sep 1862(5) 3,599 13 (7 Church) many 29 Oct 1863 3,646 12(10 Church) many 15 Oct 1864(6) 2,697 9 (6 Church) (1) 2 Nov 1865 1,301 3 29 Nov 1866 3,333 10 22 Oct 1867 660 1 (Terminus: N. Platte, Neb.) 5 Oct 1868 3,232 10 (Term: Laramie-5, Benton-5) 25 Sep Total: 68,028 Forest Monarch Ship: 977 tons: 149' x 31' x 23' Built: 1851 by Pierre Valin at Québec, Canada Mormon emigrants from Danmark, Sweden, and Norway--the first large Scandinavian company--assembled at Liverpool and on New Year's Day 1853 boarded the Canadian-built packet ship Forest Monarch . However, storms and contrary winds kept the vessel anchored in the River Mersey for more than two weeks. During that time three children died, two babies were born, three passengers were converted and baptized, and some emigrants were injured when a nearby craft broke loose from her moorings and drifted into the Forest Monarch. Finally on 16 January 1853 the Scandinavians sailed out of the estuary and were on their way to America. There were now 297 Saints among the passengers. Elder John E. Forsgren presided over the company. Two years earlier he had opened the Scandinavian Mission with Apostle Erastus Snow. Forsgren's shipboard counselors were Elders Christian Christiansen and J. H. Christensen. During the voyage the weather was generally pleasant, although the ship was becalmed for several days. Provisions were poor, and fresh water was exhausted before reaching port. Four deaths were recorded, and three children were born during the crossing. After a fifty-nine day passage the ship arrived at New Orléans on 16 March, but several days earlier at the mouth of the Mississippi five more emigrants died. This British square-rigger was skippered by Captain Edmund Brewer and hailed out of Liverpool. The Forest Monarch was carver-built with three masts, one deck, a round stern, a standing bowsprit, and a figurehead of a man. Her owners had been Pierre Valin of Québec, her builder, and de Novo at Liverpool. The vessel was not listed in Lloyd's Register after 1854. --- The Forest Monarch reportedly shipwrecked in 1859, off the Northern California Coast.