Mads Nielsen

  Generelle notater:

Han blev født den 18 februar 1838, døbt i kirken den 4 marts 1838, søn af gårdmand Niels Madsen Bæch og hustru Karen Jensdatter i Veddum.
(Kilde: Skelund kirkebog 1813-1839, opslag 48, Aalborg amt).

Mads inherited the family farm after his father died in 1850. He investigated the church, but wanted to check things out before he committed. So he came to Utah in July 1874 with a group of Mormon immigrants. Mads told his brother that if he wasn't back in 5 years, his brother could take over the farm. Mads had a question about polygamy. When he came to Utah, he stayed with a friend from Denmark who was a polygamist and apparently had a remarkably happy household. While they stayed in Lehi, he studied the gospel and Mads was baptized in October 1874, along with his wife and 8-year-old daughter Kate.

  Begivenheder i hans liv:

• Sailed+from+Liverpool+to+New+York: 24 June 1874 - 6 July 1874 on the Idaho, single crew steamship, with wife and 3 kids.

• Bopæl, 1860, Skelund, Hindsted, Ålborg, Danmark.

• Bopæl, 1870, Skelund, Hindsted, Ålborg, Danmark.

Mads blev gift med Mette Marie Christensdatter, datter af Christen Pedersen og Karen Margrethe Jensdatter, den 22 Sep. 1865 i Skelund, Aalborg, Danmark. (Mette Marie Christensdatter blev født den 22 Jul. 1845 i Sønder Kongerslev, Aalborg, Danmark, dåb den 24 Aug. 1845 i Sønder Kongerslev, Aalborg, Danmark og døde den 24 Maj 1905 i Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.)

  Ægteskabsnotater:

Ungkarl Mads Nielsen, søn af afdøde gårdmand Niels Madsen Bæck , født den 18 februar 1838 i Veddum og pigen Mette Marie Christensen, datter af gårdmand Christen Pedersen, født den 22 juli 1845, opholder sig hjemme.
Forlovere: Anders Sørensen og Christen Pedersen.
Viet den 22 september 1865.
(Kilde: Veddum kirkebog 1854-1882, opslag 199, Aalborg amt).