Anne Hansdatter

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Hun blev født den 12 januar 1822. Inddøbt den 13 januar 1822. Dåben publiceret i kirken den 17 februar 1822.
Forældre: Hans Christensen og hustru Karen Rasmusdatter, husfolk i Pinen.
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(Kilde: Jerslev kirkebog 1818 - 1849, pslag 61, Hjørring amt.)

JENSEN/HANSEN FAMILY HISTORY.
PEDER JENSEN and ANE HANSEN JENSEN and son JAMES JENSEN

Peder Christian Jensen was born 24 Jan 1821 in Jerslev, Hjorring, Denmark, the son of Jens Christensen and Maren Hansen. On March 10, 1848 in Jerslev he married Ane Hansen, who was born 12 Jan 1822 in Jerslev, the daughter of Hans Christensen and Kren Rasmussen. In December 1848 they moved from Jerslev to the Parish of Serritslev, Hjorring. The Record of incoming families contains the following:

Peter Christian Jensen, 14 Dec. 1848.
Born 25 Jan. 1821, vaccinated for small pox 22 Oct. 1821 of Egert. From Jerslev.
Married in Jerslev Church 10 March this year to girl, Ane Hansen, No. 7, in general index.

All Children in Denmark were vaccinated and the official records registered this event.

In the Serritslev Parish record we find:

Peder Christian Jensen, farmer, from Sonderhavens Brick Factory. Wife, Ane Hansen. Child born: Jens Pedersen, born 17 June 1853. Christened 20 Nov. 1853. Witnesses to the christening: Ane Pedersen a farm wife from Steenstuebak, a young girl Johanne Larsen from Aaemark, a retired man Thomas Jensen from Ostermellerup in Jerslev Parish, Rasmus Hansen who owns his home and a small farm in the same place as Thomas Jensen and Jens Larsen an unmarried man from Aaemark.

In the 1855 census for Serritslev Parish, Sonderhaugens field, Borglum Harred, Hjorring Amt has:

Farmer and brick maker: Peder Christian Jensen age 35 born in Jerslev Parish.
Ane Hansen age 34 born in Jerslev Parish.
Jens Pedersen age 2 born in Serritslev Parish, son.
Karoline Chirstensen age 8 born in Sulsted Parish, Alborg Amt., foster child

The Jens Pedersen became known as James Jensen. He always said he was born 10 June 1853, but the parish records prove otherwise.

Missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints came to Hjorring, Denmark. Elder Nelse Peter Lee who settled in Farr West, Utah was one of the missionaries who helped to teach the gospel to Peder. Peder was baptized in the Vensssel Conference, Scandinavian Mission of Denmark, 15 Sept. 1860. The records don’t show that his wife, Ane, was baptized at this time. James in his later years said that if anyone wanted to know more about his family to ask the Lee’s in Farr West. (see note 1)

Shortly after Peder’s baptism, he made plans to take his family to Utah. Gustave O. Larson in his “Outline History of Utah and the Mormons” furnishes the following regarding the emigrants to Utah in the early history of the Church: “The conference (district) Presidents in the various countries were responsible for selecting the prospective emigrants. Candidates were first judged on their integrity and moral worthiness. If they were judged unworthy, they were not given assistance until such time as they repented and put there live in order.”

“Consideration was also given to the occupation of prospective emigrants. Skilled craftsmen and artisans were needed to further the colonization efforts in Utah. Masons, carpenters, tailors, weavers and blacksmiths were especially encouraged to emigrate, together with many other skilled people such as school teachers, ironworkers, bakers, engineers, etc.”

The shipping records show the following who left in the Peder Jensen party:

Ane Jensen Dam age 39
Jens Jensen age 8 (James Jensen)
Caroline Berthelsen age 14 (Karoline Christensen)
Peder Christen Jensen age 40
Jens Nielsen age 24
All born in Jutland, Denmark and from the Vensyssel Conference.

They went to Hamburg, Germany where they boarded a ship which took them through the English Channel and into the vast Atlantic Ocean. During the long voyage, the seas were very rough and the ship was tossed around for six long weeks and two days. James said that some days the wind pushed them back five miles and the next day they might make a mile extra. There were good days when the breezes carried the forward.

This was an exciting adventure for James and Caroline in spite of the problems. Andrew Jenson in his Church Chronology page 67 gives the following account of their voyage: “Tues. Apr. 15, 1862. The Ship Franklin sailed from Hamburg, Germany with 413 Scandinavian Saints, under the direction of Christian A. Madsen. The company arrived in New York Harbor May 29th and at Florence, (Nebraska Territory) June 9th. Between forty and fifty children died of measles on board ship.”

James tells us about the measles epidemic: “About fifty children died and were buried at sea from the measles. A sheet was sewn around the dead and weights added to carry the bodies to the ocean floor. During the epidemic a selection was made of three capable women to cook for the sick. Ane (Hansen) Jensen was one of these three and was placed in charge. She saw to it that James and Caroline received the same good food and care that the sick received. They remained well throughout the entire journey.”

May 29th these Scandinavian Saints sailed into New York harbor and for the first time looked upon their new homeland---America! Tired and discouraged but with faith in their hearts they took their few belongings and stepped onto American soil. These faithful Saints endured much hardship during the long voyage, but with faith in their new religion and the security of being on terra firma once more, they offered thanks and prayed for the strength to continue their journey. They were quarantined at Castle Garden for a few days, then with the beacon of Zion beckoning they headed west by rail.

The Civil War was in full swing and during the train trip to Saint Louis, Missouri it was necessary to stop the train many times to make sure the tracks were safe to travel over. They were afraid they might be torn up, but after thoroughly checking at each stop they finally arrived safely in St. Louis. Here they transferred to a boat and sailed up the Mississippi River to Florence, Nebraska Territory, arriving June 9, 1862. While here young James celebrated his 9th birthday. They stayed in Florence about five weeks while they gathered the supplies necessary for the journey to Salt Lake City. These were all paid for before leaving Denmark. The Jensen outfit consisted of a new Shkutter Wagon, two yoke of Oxen, two cows, a small stove, a sack of sugar, a sack of bacon, flour and other edibles. Peder and Ane left Denmark with a large crock of butter, Ane’s looms, material she had woven and a few other treasures. (The crock is now in the possession of a great-granddaughter, Phyllis Jensen Butler. 1975 it was given her by Julia Jensen Rose, a daughter of James.)

The Jensens became a part of the first independently owned and outfitted company to cross the plains. Andrew Jensen in his chronology of the Church p. 68 makes this statement “Tues. Sept 23 1862. The independent companies of Scandinavian Saints, under the direction of Captain A. Madsen and Ola N. Liljenquist, which had left Florence July 14th with about five hundred immigrants and eighty wagons arrived in Great Salt Lake City.”

Ola N. Liljenquist and his company sailed a week later from Hamburg that the Christian A. Madsen group. These groups met at Florence.

To see the American Indians for the first time, caused some anxiety for Peder and Ane, but the children found it exciting to see them. James said they didn’t have any problem with them. Sometimes the Indians came to their camp, but they would give them some food and they would leave. It was a long hard trip and at times it seemed it would never end. There were many happy experiences for the young folks. They were seeing a new land with Buffalo, Antelope, Deer, Bear and many other animals. Each day was filled with new adventure. The mountains were awesome to behold. The trip from Florence took over two months.

After arriving in Salt Lake City, Peder didn’t waste much time in taking his family south to Pleasant Grove, then on to Mt. Pleasant. Ane used the hand woven cloth she brought with her to buy a four-room home with two acres and also another 30 acres. As soon as they were settled, Ane set up three looms and hired two girls to help her weave more cloth. This mother was not only industrious, but kind. She became acquainted with four needy families and took ten acres of her land which joined Mount Pleasant City and divided it equally among them so they might have homes. In 1864, two years after arriving in this country, Ane died. This was indead a hard blow for the family and especially for the young folks. We have been unable to determine what happened to Caroline and don’t recall James talking about her.

Sometime later Peder married a woman from Fort Ephraim by the name of Kristine and moved to this area. They bought a nice four-room white rock house across the road from the Latter-day Saint chapel where they lived for over a year.

During this period many malicious lies were being circulated about the Mormons. There were quite a few Josephites living in Ephraim and they complained that the Mormons were misusing them. With so many supposed crimes already laid to the Mormons, the Government was only too willing to put their restraining hand upon them. A company of soldiers were sent to protect the Josephites by the United States Government. Kristina was attracted to the soldiers. This resulted in her divorce from Peder. He gave her the home and five acres of land. The Josephites were moving to Goshen preparatory to returning to Omaha or points east. Peder and James went with them, thought they didn’t join this sect. At Goshen forty-four wagons were assembled by them and for James another exciting adventure commenced.

James rode a pony and had the responsibility to drive the cows. He received about fifty dollars for doing this job. The work wasn’t too unpleasant because there was usually two or three girls willing to help. They went as far as Omaha. At that time it was a town of about twenty-five adobe huts and business shacks. As a means of earning part of his keep, James Peddled apples from a basket carried by hand. There were many emigrants coming and going through Omaha which provide a ready market for James. They stayed in Omaha only a month or two then crossed the Mississippi river to Christian City, Iowa. This was another short stay followed by a return to Omaha, then onto Fremont, Nebraska Territory. Here James attended school for about four months which was the only formal schooling he had. He continued to educate himself and was an able reader and writer. He was quick with numbers and kept well posted on the happenings of the times. Peder engaged in brick making wherever they went. After a year in Fremont, they returned to Omaha for almost a year. During this time Peder took out his citizenship papers which are dated 4 April 1868. About this time James heard a missionary talk in Omaha who had been in Denmark. It impressed his so much he made up his mind to return to Utah. He told his father that he wanted to return with the next company that came through from Denmark. Peder said, “If you are determined to go, I will go with you.” They soon joined a group who traveled by train as far as Fort Benton in Wyoming. This was the terminus of the railroad at the time. Wagons had been sent by the Church to take them to Salt Lake City.

A Brother Larsen was in charge of the group. James and Peder were assignee to a wagon. Among those in their wagon were two girls whose families lived in Omaha, one was Swedish and one Danish. They kept James busy translating for them as well as for others. Peder was proud of his son and told Brother Larsen, James has always been a good boy and has always gone wherever he wanted him to go and now he was following his son.

President Brigham Young had made a contract to do grading on 90 miles of the roadbed from Echo to Promatory with the Union Pacific in May 1868. Later that same month at a mass meeting in Salt Lake City a resolution was passed in favor of assisting the Union Pacific Railroad through the territory of Utah. Many men were needed to accomplish this. History records that “the sturdy Utah men and boys flocked with pick and spade and wheel-barrow and cart to open grade from the Wasatch to the Promised Land.” The work was well on its way when James and Peder arrived. They needed work so the railroad was a welcome opportunity for them. They went right to Weber Canyon where they worked under a sub-contractor by the name of Shurtliff. James, now fifteen years old, started by carrying water, then hauled dirt and rock in wheelbarrows. He helped with other tasks too. He said it was surprising how fast these willing workers could build that grade with the meager equipment they had.

Soon a new song was being sung by the workmen along the route:

At the head of great echo, the railways begun,
The Mormons are cutting and grading like fun.
They say they’ll stick to it until it’s complete
When friends and relations they’re longing to meet.

Chorus:
Hurrah! Hurrah! The railroads begun,
Three cheers for our contractor, his name’s Brigham Young.
Hurrah! Hurrah! We’re honest and true
And if we stick to it, it’s bound to go through.

Now there’s Mr. Rhead he’s a gentleman too---
He knows very well what the Mormons can do.
He knows they will earn every cent of their pay
And are just the right boys to contract a railway.

Chorus:

James joined in the singing. In later years as a grandfather, his grandchildren loved to sit on his knees while he sang this song and beat out the rhythm with his feet.

The railroad was nearing completion into Ogden by Christmas time and most of the workers were no longer needed. James and Peder moved to Lynn ( now Five Points, Ogden) and went to work for the Central Pacific until May 10, 1869 when the two railroads were joined and the Golden Spike driven at Promotory, Utah. This was a happy day for Utah and for the nation. The citizens of Utah expressed their joy in celebrating.

With the railroad completed, James found it hard to find all the work he wished. He helped his father make brick, but he was anxious to get ahead. He went to the flourmill to see if they could use him but help wasn’t needed. Being smaller than many men and still quite young, he felt was the reason why they didn’t need him. He decided to go there every evening after working with his father all day and help without pay as a handy man. He learned to do almost anything that needed doing in this way. One day one of the regular employees took sick and help was need in his place. James was right there and knew the job better than anyone, so naturally he was hired. He proved to be such an energetic, capable worker that he was asked to be night supervisor. One night while making the rounds and checking the machinery, there was a sudden terrific dust explosion. It knocked James unconscious. He was found later still unconscious and bleeding. There were no broken bones and he mended well. He continued to help his father at the brickyard which was located near Old Mound Fort during the daytime. He and Peder established one of the early brickyards in Weber County.


KAREN SOPHIE

Karen Sophie was born 3 June 1852 in Stensby, Praesto, Denmark to Peder Hansen and Eva Cathrine Henningsen, the 10th child in a family of eleven children. The Kallehave, Praesto, Denmark Parish record shows her birth as Karen Sophie Pedersen. She was Christened 1 Aug. 1852. The witnesses at her christening were, girl Trine Jacobsdattter… of Stensby, Hans Hansen of Stensby Skov, Jens Jensen of Stensby and Lars Jensen of Vestenbok. Sophia took the surname of her father after coming to America.

Sophia was born in a small home built of a type of burnt adobe and plastered on the outside. To the right is a sketch of it drawn by Sophia’s brother Hans. The roof was thatched with rye straw. The windows each had shutters. These were not so much to keep storms out as they were to keep the fresh air out, a thing the native Danes disliked greatly. In the winter they would congregate in one room and close every door and window, then fill their big pipes with strong tobacco and smoke away. The atmosphere became so thick it was stifling, especially for a stranger coming from outside. The home was heated with an old four-corner stove. Peder and his children went to the woods some two miles distant twice a week to gather limbs and twigs to keep the “home fires burning”. They tied these into bundles and drug them home. They also used peat or turf to burn. In order to get the peat to burn a little more lively a small pair of bellows were used. Someone would sit by the stove, then pump the bellows and blow. About the only one who got any good from it was the pumper and in doing this the house become full of smoke. The house was built on a small plot of ground on top of a small raised or little hill, not to far from the shipping lanes of the seas.

Peder Hansen was a weaver by trade. His shop took up part of the home and here he eked out a meager existence on the small pittance he made selling his fine linens to the wealthy people. Hans his second son said “The occupation of a weaver, and that by had was a very poor way to make a livelihood for so many mouths to feed and bodies to clothe. There was never a time that I can remember that I had all I wanted to eat, and barely enough clothes to cover or small underfed bodies, let alone keep us warm in the severe winters that we at times had.”

Sophia said, “she thought if the time ever came when she could have all she wanted to eat, she would be happy.” She prayed that she might have this blessing and the time came when she dad all she wanted and more.

To make a bad condition even worse, Denmark, was at war with Germany in the years of 1848, 1849 and 1850. The things needed most were very expensive resulting in a great deal of poverty and hardships especially those like the Pedersens who belonged to the poorer class. Hans said he always remembered those awful cold and bleak days when all a hungry growing lad had would be a crust of black rye bread and a cup of so called coffee made of roasted barley.

Hans said, “I complained to my mother of the lowly circumstances in which I was born, and said very often that the Lord did not do right by me to be born in this poverty. Mother would always say, ‘Blessed are the poor for they shall inherit the earth.’”

Sophia told her Granddaughter’s Norma and Margaret Jensen about the food which they had in their home in Denmark. For breakfast a big kettle of milk was set in the center of the table. Pans of cereal made from barley or other grains were set at each place with usually a little butter on. Each member of the family took a spoonful of cereal from their dish and dipped it into the common kettle of milk. A piece of salted herring was added to this. At noon a lunch of dark rye bread with grease on it and a piece of cheese was served . Sometimes the wealthy people gave them a loaf of white bread which was such a treat they ate it like cake is eaten today. At supper time the cold cereal left from breakfast was usually served again with a large pan of milk.

Peder and Eva often had to make a mixture of bark, rye, barley and potatoes to make their bread with.

When the sea-lanes were frozen over during the winter, Peder would walk out on them, cut a hole in the ice and spear ells. He brought them home in a box fastened to his back and dumped them on the clay floor of the kitchen. Sophia and her sister’s helped their mother to clean them with hay, sand and water while they continued to wiggle.

In the summer and fall Sophia liked to go into the woods to pick berries and nuts when she didn’t have to work. After the fields were harvested she and members of her family were allowed to go into them to gather the rye and barley heads that had been missed. These were taken home where they were shelled out to grind into flour.

Each member of the family had their own spoon. Sophia worked for one family that had a piece of leather around the table with a place for each person to put their spoon in because they never washed them.

When Hans was eight years old, his father obtained a job for him herding sheep on a big farm. The herd consisted of twenty-five ewes and four rams. One of these rams was so friendly, he used him as a riding horse. His heavy warm pelt would keep him warm while astride him specially if he laid down on him.

One day three of the Pedersen children were in the woods gathering sticks when a hard snowstorm came up and they were nearly snowed under. Fortunately they found shelter in an old rock chest and ate the few crusts of bread they carried with them in their pockets. The rock was constructed of large stones, two on the sides and a huge one which weighted over five tons on top for a cover. They huddled under the big stone waiting for the storm to pass. They knew the few sticks they had found were badly needed in this stormy weather to keep the children warm. They themselves were almost frozen to the bone and about to despair for their lives. Hans told his sisters, “I wish the big stone would fall on us and crush us so we could die and go to the Lord in Heaven. We would have no more grief and our parents would have three less mouths to feed.” They had heard their mother say, “so many mouths to feed.” Ane Marie said, “Shame on you, Hans, to talk like that, who do you think would carry wood home if we died under this rock?”

Peder and Eva Cathrine were worried for the safety of their children so Peder began searching for them in the fast falling snowstorm. He was fortunate in finding them and when the storm lessened he led through the waist high snows to their home. They didn’t return until dark. When Eva Cathrine heard that her son had wished that the big rock would fall on her children, she began to cry. This showed them that it didn’t matter how many children there were, and that each of them were important and deeply loved.

One of Sophia’s first jobs was milking 13 cows three times a day. After she finished she would carry the milk in two large buckets fastened to a yoke that went across her shoulders. Everyone would say, “Here come two buckets with a little girl.” The cows sometimes extended a kick as Sophia tried to milk them, but she always finished her job. She herded these animals near the ocean where the big ships went by and delighted in waving to the passengers and seamen. Sometimes she had to walk home in thunderstorms which was very frightening to her. Even in later years as a grandmother, she dreaded them and if alone would crawl under a bed for safety. She earned about $6 a month in American money for taking care of the cows.

When Sophia was seven years of age she entered school. She walked three quarters of a mile to it. In the winter as she trudged through the snow, her wooden shoes filled with snow and she would have to stop to clean them out. One of her teachers by the name of Arensen, was mean to her. He would pinch her face until it bled or hit her with a book. In spite of this she graduated at the age of fourteen years. She learned dressmaking or tailoring.

In her next employment she was an apprentice dressmaker. It was the custom to apprentice for a certain period of time to become thoroughly competent in a trade. For the first three months of her apprenticeship he wasn’t given any wages, but did receive some the last three. This training took her into the homes of people with money. She observed the way they lived and the fine foods served in these homes. She longed to have better things for herself and family. One day when she left work, she met an old man who needed help. She gave him about the sum of a quarter in American money. He told her she would never want because of her kindness to him. The children learned to help their father with the weaving. Hans was particularly adept at this and Peder wanted him to take over his trade in time, but Hans had a lifetime dream to become a sailor. Hans said, “I could not convince my father that I would be able to take care of my self both morally and spiritually as he was a very devout and upright Christian man and would not tolerate any wrong doing or lightmindedness in any of us children. He always did this with kindness, but never the less with firmness that we knew he meant just what he said.” Hans eventually took it upon himself to become a sailor and withstood the temptations of the world.

Hans said, “My father was of a very religious temperament and held me to the teachings of the Lutheran Church. Every Sunday he would read from the Church’s text and from the Gospels and we children had to set and listen while he read to us.”

“On Christmas Eve after we had eaten our simple meal which was our whole Christmas repast, Father would have us sing Christmas Hymns and then he would tell of the child Jesus who was born in Bethlehem and how the wise men had visited the child in the manger and the angels had sung “Peace on earth and good will toward men.” Christmas morning we had to salute each other with good morning and a Merry Christmas, then wish them much joy and health and then we all went to church, a good walk of four miles.”

Peder and Eva Cathrine (Henningsen) Hansen were the parents of the following children:
Ole 12 Sept. 1831
Maren 7 Nov. 1832 died 6 April 1841 (who died when about 9 years of age)
Ane Marie 17 Jan. 1835
Bodil 31 Dec. 1836
Ane Elizabeth 17 April 1839
Hans Jorgen 11 Feb 1841
Maren 5 Feb 1843
Ane Margrete 20 April 1845
Ellen Kirsten 13 Dec 1847 (who died when she was 20 years of age)
Karen Sophie 3 June 1852
Vilhelmine 20 Aug 1855

All but three of the girls eventually came to Utah.

Peder Hansen died 22 July 1865 in Stensby, Praesto, Denmark from the effects of breathing lint into his lungs from his weaving. The heavy tobacco smoke probably didn’t help either. He was quite ill for about the last two years of his life. Hans had come home from the seas earlier to see his father during his illness and was home for his passing so the entire family were together at this time.

To help his family out, Hans purchased the little home from his mother, but let her and the family live there as long as they needed it.

One night Ane Margrete had a dream in which she saw two men come to their home with a strange book. They told her she should be baptized in the true church and showed her the water where this should be done. She saw her father who was then dead come and take hold of her hand to show her the way. He took her to a beautiful house but told her he could not go in because he was not baptized. The two missionaries showed her what she should do.

Not too long after this the girls were returning from school in a blizzard. They saw two young men digging a cave in the snow so they could get out of the terrible cold. The girls told their mother about them and she had the girls return and bring these young men to their home. These Elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints taught the family the gospel and all but two of the girls joined the church. The records of the Vordingborg Branch of the Scandinavian Mission shows the following baptisms:

Ane Margrete Jensen (now married) b. Stensby 20-4-45, Living at (Skyttemahen?)
Baptized 6-12-1867 by S. L. Iversen, Confirmed 14-12-1867 by J. P. Hansen
Bodil Petersen b. Stensby 30-12-1836, Living at Stensby
Baptized 14-12-1867 by J. P. Hansen, Confirmed 14-12-1867 by J. P. Hansen
Hans Jorgen Petersen b. Stensby 11-2-1841, Living at Stensby
Baptized 28-12-1867 by J. P. Hansen, Confirmed 28-12-1867 by J. P. Hansen
Karen Sophia Petersen b. 3-6-1852, Stensby, Living at Stensby
Baptized 28-12-1867, Confirmed 28-12-1867
Eva Katrinne Henning Datter b. Langebak, 10-6-1810, Living at Stensby
Baptized 2-2-1868 by J. P. Hansen, Confirmed 2-2-1868

These baptisms were performed in the sea during the middle of the night because of hatred and persecution. Sophia said the sea was frozen over with a foot of ice which made it necessary to cut a hole through before they were baptized.

Margrete didn’t stay active in the church because of her husband and she never came to America. Earlier the missionaries had talked with Peder and had left tracts, but he wouldn’t listen to them.

After they became members of the Church Hans sailed the seas for another year and a half as head Stearman. During this time he determined to take his mother and sisters to Utah. When his Captain and wife learned of his desire, they offered him the position of Captain of their ship because they were about ready to retire and Hans had proven to be a good man. Hans had always dreamed of being in charge of a ship but his love of the gospel was even stronger. When his boat docked in Copenhagen the spring of 1869, he bid adieu to his Captain, his wife, the Bricksens and the crew. He returned to his home in Stensby where he sold the home for about 400 kroner (approximately $100) together with all the family possessions which they must leave behind. He sent his mother and sisters, Sophia and Vilhelmina to Copenhagen to prepare for their long journey, then on July 11, 1869 early in the morning he and Bodil with her son, Peter, stood in the doorway of the home where they were born, had played and had their little arguments and suffered many privations common to big families in those days in Denmark and sang a song that had become familiar with all the Saints of foreign lands. The meaning follows: “Farewell, farewell to the land of my birth. I bid farewell you land where first I saw the light.”

Bodil, Hans and Peter traveled to Cophenhagen and went direct to the Bolles Hotel where they met Sophia, Vilhelmina and their mother. This was the meeting place for Saints immigrating to Utah. Hans paid for and received a contract or ticket which would take them all the way to Utah. It cost each of them 300 kroner or about $75 in American money. The contract had to be shown when they boarded the ship.

The shipping records of the Copenhagen conference provides the following information:

“Ship ‘Minnesota’ left Liverpool for N.Y July 15, 1869 landed Aug. 8, 1869.”
Pedersen, Hans J. 28 Stensby , a sailor
“ Karen S. 16 “
“ Vilhelmine 11 “
“ Eva K. 57 Langebak
“ Bodel 35 Stensby
Christoffersen, Peder 5 “

The Church Chronology by Andrew Jenson, pg. 81: “Thurs. July 15, 1869. The Steamship Minnesota sailed from Liverpool, England, with 598 Saints, mostly from Scandinavia under the direction of O.C. Olsen. The Company arrived at N.Y. July 28th and at Taylor’s Switch near Ogden, August 6th.”

The Bolles Hotel was a regular melting pot with all the emigrants. Everything was in an uproar with people talking, some happy and others weeping. Some were milling through the crowds begging and praying for money so that they might go to Zion. One J.P. Hansen got Hans sympathy. He let him have 100 kroner so he could come along. When the boat was ready the emigrants marched out of the Hotel and down the street to the dock. It was quite a sight to behold so many carrying their possessions as they hurried to find a place on the boat. Everyone carried their individual utensils consisting of a tin cup, tin plate, tin knife, tin fork and tin spoon. Hans also carried two small casks, one of butter and one of anchovies besides his other possessions. Eva Cathrine and girls all carried a full portion of food, and their personal treasures.

They were ushered aboard a small steamship. This was a new experience for Hans who had spent the past ten years on sailing vessels. Many scenes were touching at the dock such as a young mother giving three small girls a last farewell embrace as she turned them over to a young woman to take to Zion. She held them to her breast until the last possible moment.

The ship carried a deep layer of sand in the bottom. This is where the emigrants spread they’re bedding. Hans found a suitable place for his mother, sisters and nephew, then hollowed out a hole in the sand so they could sleep comfortably as possible. This would keep them from rolling when they were in rough waters. All their possessions were placed next to them in the hollows for safekeeping. Others seeing what Hans did, followed his example because the trip to Hull, England would be a rough one.

When all was in readiness to cast off, the gangplank was hauled in and the propellers began to labor as the boat began to move into the harbor something tugged at the hearts of the emigrants as they stood on the deck and looked upon the multitude who had gathered to say farewell and as they watched the land of their birth fad from sight. They joined in singing: “When shall we see each other again, who is a brother and who is a friend.” Followed by: “Farewell, farewell the land of my birth I now bid thee farewell.”

It was dark before they come down to Helsingfor, but it was summer time and the weather was pleasant to most who stayed on deck and sang mostly the songs of Zion until nearly morning. As dawn began to break they were getting into deeper water and this caused the boat to roll more. Some of the waves broke right over the ship and the passengers began to go below. Some of the braver lingered on deck to their sorrow. A young girl lost her fine featherbed to the seas as well as getting a good soaking. By evening they entered the Skagerrak and the ships barometer indicated there was a storm brewing. They had a stiff headwind and the waves become as high as mountains. Those who were below began having trouble with seasickness. The Captain gave orders to seek shelter in the lee of the Skagen until the storm subsided.

Due to Hans’s experience with the sea, he was kept busy helping to keep everyone safe and comfortable. He found his mother and sisters alright but seasick. He said, “I have seen how dirty the Russians are and how filthy the Turks love to be, but this scene climaxed anything I have ever looked upon and this my own people. I didn’t think mortals could live in so much filth. They were just plain terrible dirty. Everybody was seasick and had vomited over everything. They would vomit and lay right down in it and never so much as flinch.” It was a hardship on Eva Cathrine who had always been so trim and neat both in body and I her home. Most were just too sick to care.

Because the ship was rolling so hard, the ballast had shifted which mixed things up. Two big farmer boys rolled right into Eva Cathrine’s bed and onto her nice feather bed which she valued so highly. To say she was angry is putting it lightly. Her eyes were like balls of fire but there wasn’t a thing she could do. When she saw Hans she complained bitterly.

By morning the Storm had subsided and they were on their way once more. Hans prepared sandwiches of rye bread, butter and anchovies from his trunk to take to his family. They just stuck up their noses and refused to even look at them. The thought of food made them sick. They just wanted to die. Hans tried to clean them up which was quite hard to do under the circumstances.

It took two more days and nights to arrive at Hull, England. Here the tide raises and lowers several feet in a time elapse of a few hours and if a ship doesn’t get into the harbor before the tide goes out it has to stay out in the ocean until the next tide rises so the Captain had the ship steaming at a good rate to take advantage of the high tide. When they docked the emigrants bundled up their bedding, tied on their tin ware and other treasures in preparation for disembarking. Hans was also carrying a small alcohol stove and a small supply of spirits to heat water, warm milk or cook coffee or tea. This came in handy many times during the long trip.

It was evening before they left the ship and marched to the railroad station in the quaint city of Hull. Here they were given some black coffee and English cakes. After finishing this nice repast they boarded the train to go to Liverpool. The car they were in was one which had several compartments and was entered from the side. There were two benches or long seats that went across the car. The passengers sat facing each other while traveling. Ten people occupied each compartment.

The trip from Hull to Liverpool was an overnight trip. As morning dawned the emigrants prepared to leave the train as soon as it stopped. The ship Minnesota was laying waiting for them and was ready to sail as soon as all were on board. It took quite sometime because there were several hundred passengers to make sure their tickets were in order and to get their luggage aboard. The captain and Elder Olsen waited at the head of the gangplank and everyone had to show their contracts to the Captain so he could take his portion for the voyage. By the time everyone was on board and settled it was noontime and the call came for their lunch. There was a grand rush because everyone was hungry after their trip. The food was plain, but enough to keep the passengers in good traveling condition. It was served from large pots which were big enough to scald a pig in. As soon as the meal was over, the ship began to move out of Liverpool harbor through St. George’s Channel and to the Atlantic Ocean. The first night out a brisk wind came up causing the sea to be come high and at time the waves washed right over the deck. There wasn’t much sleep because of it, the noise and restlessness of the emigrants.

The accommodations on the Minnesota were better than the ship they were on from Copenhagen. Under the deck was built a great number of berths mad from rough-hewn lumber. These were of different sizes, some for one person and others for two or three people. Here Eva Cathrine and family found berths. All their treasures as well as bedding were placed in these. With suitable bedding they were quite comfortable. When the ship began rolling on the waves, their belongings began pounding from one side to another until the noise was almost unbearable. All was darkness because there wasn’t any light in the room. Cuspidors were furnished for each berth and these were freely used when the passengers became seasick. As the ship rolled these often went flying through the air. Eva Cathrine had a lower berth with one of her daughters and a well loaded cuspidor landed right on top of her one night. Hans said she jawed everybody between Copenhagen and Salt Lake City and wished a hundred times she was back in her dear old home with all her poverty.

The tables were made of the same rough hewn lumber as the berths. They were nailed to the studdings of the ship. Breakfast consisted of Black Coffee and Wheat rolls. The coffee was sweetened with molasses or brown sugar which went against the pride of a Dane because they like good coffee with regular sugar. At noon they were given a soup made of rice and potatoes seasoned with pepper which was called “sour soup”. They usually received a good portion of meat for mid-day and part was saved to go with their supper which consisted of tea and cakes. The food was about the same from day to day, although once they were given sweet soup and fish. On Sundays plum pudding was added to the menu.

Several days of hard winds with high seas were experienced. Many of the emigrants were getting used to the ships motion and soon as they began to feel better there was a lot of growling and discontentment. This was mostly because they didn’t understand one another due to the various nationalities. Hans could speak all three Scandinavian languages as well as German and English. Most of the people were from one of these countries. The steward gave Hans full charge over the tables because of his skill in languages. He set up some rules and made a practice of being at the tables to solve any problems. This helped conditions to be more pleasant.

One evening when all were amusing themselves on deck, Bodil and J.P. Hansen provided some entertainment by being married by one of the Elders from Zion. Her mother and family were unhappy that a public display was made of this holy ordinance. Eva Cathrine took a dislike to her new son-in-law. Bodil had lost her husband in the war between Germany and Denmark in 1865.

As they were nearing New York, Eva Cathrine again put on her war-paint because of her new son-in-law. He had a terrible appetite for sweets of all kinds and had been snooping around Eva’s things. He found a jar of preserves she had held onto faithfully all the way from her home. She was saving them to have a good fill on after they were on the train from New York, but J.P. Hansen had beaten her to them and they were all gone. He was never forgiven for this as long as she lived.

When Hans went to his berth that night Bodil was married, he found it full of people --- Bodil, her new husband and her son, Peter Christoffersen. Bodil had taken it upon herself to move Hans to another berth without telling him. He found a place were he was satisfied.

Hans also found someone special on board ship. He first saw her at the Bolles Hotel, then again on board ship. Before they landed in New York City he was engaged to Ane Marie Madsen. She became a part of their group and bunked with Sophia who had been a willing conspirator in fostering this romance.

After Twelve days at sea they landed at New York Harbor July 28, 1869 where they were all taken to Castle Garden for quarantine for several days. They had to board themselves and furnish their own bedding while here. When they were released they went immediately to the train that would carry them the last part of their journey. Twins were born on the train. All helped the poor mother who seemed to get along well under the circumstances. At Chicago they transferred to another train. They were here only long enough to make the transfer because a mob was yelling about the Mormons and someone shot a gun, but fortunately no one was hurt.

The emigrants carried some food with them and at various stops along the way they supplemented this with fresh supplies as they were able.

In Omaha they laid over for a day and a night. They slept in box cars. While they were here they had visits from men who were strangers to them who told all kinds of false stories about the Mormons. They said the young girls would be taken by Mormon Priests and Bishops to become second, third or fourth wives. The men would be nothing more than slaves to the ruling Hierarchy and if any of them had found a pretty sweetheart from among the company they would be taken from them by some “Mormon Buck” when they arrived in Salt Lake City. They encouraged the young girls to escape and assured them they would be taken care of. Women where scarce in the mid-west and west at this time, so these men wanted them for themselves. They also tried to steel the personal belongings of the emigrants. These men were finally ordered to leave.

Between Omaha and Taylor’s switch near Ogden, they saw several bands of Indians and great bands of buffalo from the train. This was a novelty to these foreigners. The Rocky Mountains were an impressive sight to them as they had looked forward so long to being in their Zion in the “Tops of the Mountains”.

As they neared Ogden Measles broke out among the children. They couldn’t be taken off the train because there wasn’t anyplace to put them. It was difficult to care for them properly on the train, but all was done that could be. One child died enroute and was buried as soon as they arrived in Ogden at Taylor’s Switch on August 7, 1869.

Bodily, her new husband and son decide to stay in Ogden, but the rest of the family wanted to go on. The railroad wasn’t built to Salt Lake City yet, so they made camp for three days and nights under the stars by the Weber River. They had to wait here until transportation came from Salt Lake City. The weather was warm which helped to avert additional suffering. Wagons especially prepared for transporting emigrants and drawn by horses instead of oxen which had brought so many pioneers to Utah, arrived to take them on their way. Sophia and Hans decided to get off and walk across the sandridge. They saw some steers which they thought were bulls. They didn’t know what to do so looked the other way and walked by them. At Layton the wagons stopped and waited for them. It was August 11, 1869 when they arrived in Salt Lake City and were unloaded in the tithing yard. There was no one to meet them and they wondered about this Zion they had traveled so far to behold. They had left good homes with soft beds and good food, though meager, and thus far they had found none of these. The song came to mind, “Think not when to Zion you arrive, that your troubles are over, etc.” They made their beds on the ground again. The next morning a white-haired elderly man came with a big basket of green corn and another one filled with cucumbers. They were thrown on the ground for them for their first meal in Zion. Many began to grumble at the welcome given and longed for the sour soup they had been given on board ship.

A little nine-year-old girl who was dying from measles touched Hans’s heart. He went to the man who had brought the food and told him of her illness. He asked him to come and heal her. This gentleman asked if all were latter-day Saints and when this was affirmed, he had the emigrants form a circle around the sick. He laid his hands upon her head and blessed her that God would give her strength. He promised that before that sun went down she would live. This blessing was granted and by nightfall she walked in the streets of Salt Lake City. Zion became less formidable.

They were kept in Salt Lake for several days until transportation could be arranged to take them to their various destinations. Hans decide he wanted to settle in Provo because he heard there was a fresh water lake nearby. The wagons finally arrived and took them to Provo where they were again left in an open lot without acquaintances to call upon. They were indeed strangers in a strange land this night of August 20, 1869. Hans was about to start looking for a place for his mother, sisters and sweetheart when a lady came along and saluted them in Danish. Sister Lina Paulsen had come from the same town in Denmark as Han’s sweetheart, Ane Marie Madsen. Their families were acquainted in the old country. It was such happiness to find one friend, but their first night in Provo was spent on the ground under God’s Heaven, Sister Paulsen brought them their first meal that evening, Buttermilk soup which was a treat for these Danish emigrants. They were visited by several other people during the evening and received invitations to visit in the Saints homes. They were especially insistent that the young girls come because they could help in the homes and might eventually become second or third wives in the family.

Sister Paulsen made arrangements for them to move into the loft of her home the next day. Hans took his mother, sweetheart and sisters there. All the furniture they owned or had was a little trunk and their bedding but they made themselves comparatively comfortable. Everybody was poor and it didn’t matter whose table you were at, whether it was the Bishop, the Mayor, the councilor or the common worker, the table menu consisted of the same food, namely bread, a few green cucumbers, salt, a few ears of corn and a glass of water. It was rearity to find meat, butter or milk on anyone’s table. They were always welcome to share this simple repast. Everybody was equal and this meant much to these people who had come from across the ocean where separation of classes was so important.

One day a Dane named Peter Madsen visited Eva Cathrine and family bringing them a nice catch of fish. Sister Lina Paulsen gave them some potatoes from her garden and the Bishop of the ward sent over some buttermilk. A gravy or soup was made from this. Things began to brighten up for them and they realized they had landed among true friends who had the spirit of the gospel. Han found work in Provo.

The long journey had been almost too much for Sophia for she became quite ill and was sometime in regaining her health. When she was better she went to work in the home of Peter Madsen. She helped tend the children of his four wives. They were all good to her. They had an Indian girl living in the home who Sophia became acquainted with. One day she was helping Sophia do the washing and tried to push Sophia into the river then poured a tub full of water on her. The Indian girl ran away and didn’t return until morning. She eventually returned to her tribe.

At October Conference in Salt Lake City, Hans took Ane Marie Madsen there and they were married in the Endowment House 11 Oct. 1869. When they returned to Provo, Eva Cathrine had their wedding supper ready for them. It consisted of wheat coffee, no sugar or cream and a sweet loaf or cake she had baked. The quarters in Lina Paulsen’s home was too small now so Hans with his bride, mother and sister moved to another family’s home who had more room. Hans borrowed a bed where his mother and sister slept. He and Ane Marie slept on the floor. They laid the trunk on its side to serve as a combination table and cupboard or pantry. When the meal was over the molasses, bread, three or four tin knives, tin spoons and tin cups were placed inside the trunk until the next meal.

Eva Cathrine became dissatisfied with living with Hans and Ane Marie, so she took Vilhelmine and went to Ogden where Bodil lived. She obtained work in the Peder C. Jensen home.

Sophia became homesick for her mother and sisters so left the Peter Madsen home the next April and took the train to Ogden to see her family. She didn’t know where to go, but saw a little white house which looked like it belonged to Danish people. She went there and was so happy to find the people knew her sister, Bodil and family. They directed her to Mound Fort where they lived. Bodil directed Sophia to where her mother was working.

At the Peder C. Jensen home Sophia became acquainted with young James Jensen. They found a mutual attraction for one another and on the 4th of July 1870 they were married at Mound Fort. They went to live in Lynn (now five points) near Ogden, Utah.

James and Peder were caring for the brickyard and helping there. They lived right at the yard so James took his new bride there to live. Sophia’s sister Vilhelmina and her mother were already there. Eva Cathrine slept in the shack used for cooking and the others slept under the stars.

James thought he could do better if they moved south, so with Sophia, Eva Cathrine, Vilhelmina and Peder they moved to Pleasant Grove. Conditions were not much improved for them. They lived in a dugout, just a room dug in the side of the hill with a covering over the opening. James and Peder engaged in brickmaking here and Sophia gave birth to her first child, Annie Sophia on April 6, 1872. This was a cold damp place to care for a tiny new baby so they moved to Alpine City where James was born Sept. 4, 1872. After his birth Peder and James with his family moved back to Lynn, Utah. Vilhelmina stayed in the Provo area and married Peter Johnson. Eva Cathrine came back with them and married a man by the name of Mr. J. .? He didn’t live very long. They had a place were the State Industrial School now stands. Eva Cathrine owned some cows which she milked. She eventually left Ogden. She was in Idaho for awhile, but near the end of her days when she became ill, she had her son, Hans, come to get her. She died at his home in Lakeview, Utah County, Utah Dec. 13, 1897 and is buried in the Zobell lot in the Provo City Cemetery. Hans and his brother, Ole, who came over later on, all adopted the surname “Zobell” which they took from an early ancestor of theirs.

Bodil died May 31, 1874 following an accident while she was milking the cows. One of the cows kicked her in the stomach causing her to lose an unborn child prematurely and taking her own life. They were still living at Mound Fort. Bodil is buried in the Ogden City Cemetery in the same plot as Peder C. Jensen.

James and Peder continued to work together until his father’s death March 4, 1874 at Lynn. James purchased a lot in the Ogden City Cemetery for his burial. James said his father was disfellowshiped at one time because of drunkenness.

Following Peder’s death and sometime in 1874, James moved his family to Harrisville, Utah. He ventured into selling merchandise from a store wagon to the surrounding communities. Later he went south to Sevier and Sanpete Counties where he traded drygoods for eggs and grain as cash was not to be had. He would bury the eggs in the grain to keep them from breaking and to keep them as fresh as possible until he returned to Ogden. He traded these for more merchandise from the David H. Perry Company in Ogden. He drove a Bain Wagon with a span of mules.

Eliza (Parrot) Rhees, who came to Utah with a company of the Handcart Pioneers, told Henry L. Jensen a son of James, that she remembered James coming from Harrisville in his portable store to Pleasant View and that the first store bought hats were from this store.

While living in Harrisville, Julia was born Feb. 17, 1875 and Eva Cathrine (Catherine?) on Oct. 6, 1877. The family then moved to Farr West for a short while, then to the beautiful community of Pleasant view that snuggles at the bas of Ben Lomand Peak. The following is one of the early descriptions of this town and is taken from “Pocket Magazine” Vol. 1, No. 1, published in Ogden and founded by F. Will Ellis and is dated may 1897.





PLEASANT VIEW

Dear Judge: 3-25-1897

A ride on the motor or a drive northward from Ogden of 8 miles brings you to Pleasant View, a suburban town of the “Junction City” which is all and more than implied by its name, as its is beautifully and commandingly seated on the flank of the Wasatch mountains, from which it overlooks an empire of orchards and fruitful fields that reach to the water’s edge of Great Salt Lake- a stupendous and superb sheen to the west, which is shrouded in mystic romance. Whilst the mountain on whose side it rests, climbs upward from the town’s back door to such a height that it invites and eternally entertains snow.

Pleasant View and vicinity are famed for their fruits and because the product of vine and tree mature considerably sooner that they do a few miles further north. Reason for this partiality of nature is voiced in the fact that the community’s location at the center of a half crescent circling to the northwest shields the place from the north winds, the sun the while warming the fruit into premature ripening. This of course would not be so were the soil not exceedingly rich and rendered pregnant with proper tilling and irrigating. Pleasant View while a tiny town is and important fruit and grain center as well as shipping point. It is only a long step from the Utah Northern Railroad and that step can be saved if you with by boarding the motor which passes through pleasant View goes straight to the depot at the renowned Utah Hot Springs two miles distant- miraculous pools of water to whose divine gifts thousands owe restored health- especially those rheumatically or pulmonarily inclined.

Such are the enticing environments of Pleasant View. Walk with me now through its pretty precincts. You will find its inhabitants as congenial as its clime, as generous as its orchards and as progressive as Time.

No more products are grown on a given acreage anywhere in the state than here, and one firm alone ships more Utah products to the markets of the world than any competitor in the state. A pair of items give inkling of the magnitude of a single house’s shipments: in good seasons, from 30 to 40 car loads of peaches and pears; from 40 to 50 car loads of Onions, while potatoes, mixed vegetables and various varieties of fruits furnished correspondingly large shipments.

The Chief Products are peaches, pears, prunes, apples, apricots and all kinds of berries and produce. And their peaches attain a size and flavor unmatched by like pacific coast products, and in fact no peaches grown in the world are more deliciously flavored is the verdict of disinterested authorities. The fact too, should be riveted in mind that Pleasant View is 48 hours nearer Eastern markets that Washington or Oregon fruit districts hence can put fresher products into the market. Potatoes grow on an average her of from 200 to 600 sacks per acre, lucern from 5 to 8 tons per acre, and cereals per average acre thus: wheat 25 to 50 bushels; barley 50 to 80 bushels and oats 50 to 80 bushels. Sugar beets have been grown with gratifying results.”

The prices of land in and around Pleasant View range from $25 and acre for grazing lands to $250 per acre for first class fruit lands.

The first name given to Pleasant View was “String Town”, but the inhabitants called it “Hot Springs District”. In 1882 the Hot Springs District of North Ogden was renamed Pleasant View and became a separate ward.

In the early part of 1878 when James brought his family to Pleasant View they first lived on the old William Godfrey place in an adobe home that was then owned by Willard Cragun. James set up a store in the home with Edward W. Wade as a partner. It was located almost south of 3450 N. 1000 W. today (1975). Sophia took care of the store along with raising her little family and caring for the home. James continued to make trips with his store wagon.

This adobe home was built in about 1873. James and family occupied the back two rooms as living quarters. There was a basement in the building. The distributing branch post office serving the town of Pleasant View was also located her and James was the first postmaster. The mail was obtained from the nearest port office at the Utah Hot Springs officially called Tyner at that time, located on the Oregon Shore Line Railroad. The first to carry mail from Tyner to the Jensen Store were William M. Wade, June Wad and Ephraim L Jensen. The last was James son. At the store the mail was sorted in to pigeon holes for each family. This service was offered to each family for 50 cents a year. Annie Jensen, James daughter, and Florence Wade substituted in carrying the mail.

This store was known as the Jensen-Wade Store. Bishop Edward W. Wade soon went to work for the Utah Power and Light Company so the partnership was dissolved. Bishop Wade said they kept the records so well that it only took twenty minutes to settle their accounts.

One day James and Willard Cragun went to Ogden with a load of grain. On the way home they were held up by two masked men. They thought James had the money, but then they couldn’t find it on him they left. It so happened that Willard was carrying all the money. James and Willard were quite sure who the culprits were and so it wasn’t long until they were apprehended.

Ephraim Levi was born 6 Feb. 1880 in North Ogden and Susan May 11 Dec. 1882 and Henry Lewis 1 Jan. 1886 while living in the store. Pleasant View was considered part of North Ogden until 1882.

Florence (Wade) Johns tells of an incident while James Jensen had the store: “When I used to be in the store owned by Jensen and Wade, Aunt Bessie Bennett Helm brought her letters for me to read and answer from her husband in the penitentiary for Polygamy. She was married in England and came to Zion for the Gospel’s sake. Aunt Bessie had no children that survived infancy but she loved the children of the other wife and worked hard to help them in every way she could. I would write just what she told me to write about the children and how good they had been. Often she would cry and wipe her eyes on her apron and then end the sentence with a laugh, and ‘Oh, dear, I’m thankful it is as it is.”

Selling of produce and buying of supplies was carried on largely at the Jensen-Wade Store in Pleasant View.

The following incident which James became involved in is from “The Journal of Mormon Cragun: “Father was in nearly 20 feet (in digging a drain). When father first saw the bank giving away and sprang upon the dirt back of him when one frozen bank crushed him into the other bank and completely covered him, breaking his collarbone and three ribs. George Shackelton who was helping him (who had never been know to run) walked down home nearly half a mile and told mother who was in bed with me, then a baby only a few days old. He said, ‘It’s all up with Wilford, he’s been buried in the drain.’ Mother jumped out of bed, ran down to Uncle Willard Cragun, who with James Jensen got on their horses and raced up to the scene and found Mr. Wilson, another helper, who had dug down close to fathers head. He was digging with his fingers which were bleeding to try to get father’s head uncovered. James Jensen told me years later that after he reached the scene he spoke to father under the ground and all he could hear him say was, “Hurry”. They finally dug the great chunks of frozen dirt away and got him out and took him to the doctor. The doctor said “Wilford will never dig another drain, nor have any more children.” However he had just as many children afterwards and dug just as many drains.

On James Jensen’s deathbed, Willard Cragun’s daughters, Grace, Bessie, Martha, and Lydia visited him and with tears in his eyes said, “Willard Cragun has been one of the best friends and neighbors that I’ve ever had.”

James did so well with the store, he was able to purchase fifteen acres of land on the North side of the main east-west highway, about a block form his store. The land was owned by Hyrum and Jannetta Brown of Eden and Oct 31, 1887 they signed an indenture to James Jensen for $135 for this property. Some contend that James paid $800 for this, but the official record shows the above price. The Browns had received the land through a patent from the government.

Soon after purchasing the Brown property they built a red brick one room home with an attic and root cellar. This home still stands and is used for storage at the present time (1975). It was in this home that Joseph Moroni was born Aug. 27, 1888, the eighth child. There wasn’t any indoor plumbing or electricity at that time. A spring on the property probably furnished all the water at this time. Later a well was dug about 75 feet below this home. It may not have been dug until the second brick home was built about a hundred feet south.

This was indeed crowded quarters for a family of ten. At night besides the beds in the attic, they made them on the floor of the main room and in the mornings these had to be taken up and stored during the daytime. James was not one to put up with these conditions and not long after Joseph was born he commenced to build a larger red brick home south of this one. The foundation was poured for four large rooms and a pantry, but only the kitchen and dinning room were finished when they moved into it. Florence was born here Mar. 1891 and only lived one month, then Vera completed the family on Jan. 11, 1894.

The Jensens hadn’t been in the home too long when they were awakened one night by a fire at the store. This was in 1893. The older children remembered watching the terrible fire destroy the store. The frame building went up in smoke so fat that there was no time to save anything. Later it was found that someone had broken into the store and deliberately spilled a big can of oil all over the floor then set fire to it. The loss in merchandise was estimated at between $1800 and $2000 which was a great loss at that time. James decided against investing further in the mercantile business and turned all his energy to farming.

In 1886 or 1887 James took Wiley G. Cragun in as a partner in the fruit and produce business in connection with the store. Wiley was a school teacher. They divided their interests eventually with Wiley taking his brother Wilson as a partner and James began to ship independently. James was very successful in this venture. He bought a good part of the fruit that was raised in Pleasant View and surrounding town. He planted a large orchard and had several acres in garden vegetables. His children were his main help in the fields.

James was one of the earliest successful individual fruit shippers. Willard Cragun, Thomas Budge, Elijah Shaw, Farmer T. Sanford, Wilford W. Cragun, C.W. Rhees and others produced much fruit in those early years also. Through the space of years the Jensens, Craguns and Rhees families with some others have led the way in perpetuating the local fruit industry.

F. Will Ellis in the “Pocket Magazine” earlier mentioned has this to say about James Jensen:

“The pioneer fruit and produce shipper of Pleasant View has been thus engaged for 17 years, and the high quality of products he has invariably sent to the markets of the nation and his inflexible integrity and liberality of dealing, have don a little to enhance the renown of Pleasant View as a great fruit center, and to intrench its business men in the confidence of the commercial world abroad. His is indeed, an old established trade, now having many customers he started with 17 years ago. His shipments reach eastward to Omaha and Chicago, to Idaho and Montana on the north, but the greater bulk finds an eager market in Colorado, Utah fruit being mostly in demand where best known. Mr. Jensen works along conservative lines, his average daily shipment in season seldom exceeding 6,000 pound. But potatoes are shipped in carload lots. He is extensively engaged in market gardening, shipping to all neighbor-states, peas, beans, lettuce, radishes and all the appetizing table vegetables. And considerable of his vegetables are raised by himself, he having 7 acres in an excellent state of preservation till shipped. His home place of fifteen acres has never failed to yield a crop; it is splendidly cultivated, and he owns an independent water right which is fed by the mountain streams and which is as sure as the sun in its service. His orchard boasts 500 sturdy and profitable trees of all varieties, and grapes and berries also luxuriate on his place. He pioneered in merchandizing her, founding a store 19 years ago. He was the first postmaster and graced the office for five years. Has also been a school trustee and road supervisor, in both of which stations he admirably acquitted himself.

“Mr. Jensen cast his lot with Utah 36 years since and has crossed the plains three times. In short, he is a man that fruit and produce dealers will find the soul of honor to deal with, and as a public spirited and esteemed citizen he is in Pleasant View’s proud front rank.”

As the boys grew up, they left the farm to make their own way in the world. James or Jim as he was known went to St. Anthony, Idaho and set up a photography studio. Eventually Ephraim joined him in this venture, but later went into the bicycle business in Boise, Idaho. Henry stayed in Pleasant View, but acquired a farm of his own. When Joseph finished business school, his father talked him into staying on the farm with him. In 1920 James sold his son Joseph his place where he had built his first two brick homes, then built a new red Fire-brick home across the road which run north the mountain and is now 1100 West. This was a lovely home with living room, dinning room, large kitchen, bathroom and two bedrooms with a full basement. The living room had a fireplace with bookcases on either side and the dinning room had beautiful china closets along one wall. There was also a large closed in back porch were the refrigerator was kept. It wasn’t electric, but the iceman came every week and block ice was bought from him for it. The house was lighted by electricity and had a coal furnace. James and Sophia were so happy to have this lovely modern home.

James shipped produce via Wells Fargo east for Ogallala, Nebraska and Minneapolis, Minnesota. For Butte, Montana they shipped Pacific Express Company. One year late in the season a buyer from Minneapolis wanted a carload of peaches. They were all gone in Brigham City so he came to James and his boys. They told him they were too ripe to ship, but he wanted them so much he was willing to take a chance on them. He deposited money in the Ogden State Bank for them to claim when the peaches were shipped. The order was filled and when they arrived in Minneapolis, the buyer wired saying they were the finest carload of peaches they had ever had. This proved that the peaches didn’t need to be so green for shipping long distance.

James and boys shipped all varieties of fruits vegetables. They raised peas, beans carrots, radishes, turnips lettuce and corn. Corn always had to be gone over thoroughly because there were more worms in it than today with modern chemicals to discourage them. George Hunt of Plain City raised asparagus, rhubarb, spinach and cucumbers, which they purchased from his. James also raised considerable fruit, but bought additional from around North Ogden and Pleasant View. Hyrum Roylance and Newman Barker were some of their suppliers for fruit.

They shipped fruit to some Chinese in Evanston, Wyoming who always paid for everything at the end of the season. Dawson and Burdett of Evenston also bought from them. The Middlesworth Commission Company in Colorado bought from them as did a company in Canon City, Colorado. Middlesworth would take all they could send them and always paid them off. Only once did they lose money on fruit and this was after they began selling to truckers. A trucker who had purchased a load refused to pay them so they took him to court. He was fined, but James and his son, Joseph never received anything.

Because of the extensive shipping which they did, a Mr. Brown who was in the box business in Ogden would send a carload of boxes out on the old street car tracks late at night when the regular street car called “The Old Dummy” wasn’t running. These were unloaded about where Joseph now lives (1975). Sometimes Eph went into Ogden by wagon to get boxes and after he went to ST. Anthony others had this to do until the advent of the automobile. Then Joe drove into Ogden for the boxes in a truck they purchased.

One day James and his son, Henry, were taking a load of prunes to the Hot Springs Depot to ship. This is where all shipments by train were sent from. James daughter, Eva, and her baby were to arrive on the train from Idaho for a visit with her parents. James went into the station to meet Eva and the baby. He helped them into the wagon and as James was getting in he pulled up on the reins taking them off the brake but failed to notice that the bridle had slipped off one of the horses. As he pulled on the reins, the one horse bolted causing them to both take off like bullets from a gun. James shot out in the other direction because of not being completely in the wagon and landed about 25 feet from where the wagon had stood. As the team bolted, they sheared off a large tying post, then crossed a stream of Hot Springs water. They went on up over the railroad tracks and made a circle which headed them towards Willard. Henry saw the reins down on the wagon tongue so he crawled down as far as he could, reaching down to the tongue he grabbed the reins. They were now approaching the Livery Barns. Henry pulled on the reins and the horse whose bridle was loose slipped on the damp grass and fell. The wagon kept going until it was partly over the horse before he could halt the other horse. Men rushed up from the Hot Springs Hotel and from the Livery Barns. They helped Eva and the baby down. They were badly frightened by the experience but unharmed. James came limping up through the shortest route to the wagon even though he had a broken ankle. This was in October and James was still using crutches at Christmas time. In spite of this accident, James loved his horses and always took great pride in having a good team.

James was always honest in all of his dealings. The fruit baskets always had to be well filled and the produce must be of the same quality from the bottom of the basket to the top. He was a good business man who was trusted and looked to for advise. His son, Joe, said the only security his father gave when borrowing money from the Utah National Bank, Ogden State Bank or First Security Bank was his word. His children took after him in this respect and in their love of accomplishment.

One day James bought a new harness for his team from Rheads. They came out to take it back because he wasn’t able at the time to make his payment. James told them they could take two horses for the harness so they did. James proceeded to brake more horses but was allowed to use these two until he had others ready to use. He broke horses for other people also.

After retiring from the general merchandise business and up to the time of his death, James engaged in the growing and shipping of fruits and produce. An item appeared in the Ogden Standard Examiner under the Column “50 years ago” as follows: “Jensen and Wade of Pleasant View have shipped nine carloads of two-rowed barley to the Milwaukee, Wisconsin market. The Company is paying $1.15 per hundred weight. Much of the product comes from the Ogden Valley District.”

James loved to talk to people who came to buy from him. Many people returned again and again, year after year, not only because they could depend on the quality of the fruit and produce, but because of the friendly reception James gave them. They were like part of his big family. He was interested in them and he had the gift of making them feel that they were very special to him.

As long as Joe remembers, through the many years he and his father worked together, his father rarely did the actual work on the farm. He supervised those who worked for him, and took care of the customers who bought fruit and produce. He also managed the finances. Even after Joe’s marriage his father took care of all the money they made farming and if Joe needed some he had to ask for it.

James did much in a civic way. He was secretary of both the Little Missouri and Alder Creek Water companies until his health failed him. He served as one of the early school board trusties. At this time each town was a separate unit. Other trusties at the time were Thomas Budge and Herbert Rhees. They hired the teachers, bought supplies and hired the janitors.

James took great pride in improving the community. He served as road supervisor for years. He was also one of the directors of the North Ogden Cemetery Assoc. While director the reservoir was installed to supply water. The lateral pipes were put between the graves. This made a big improvement in the appearance of the grounds.

The present Jensen-Ferrin Lane now 1100 west was originally put in by James Jensen and Amos Maycock as an access road to higher lands. It was later deeded to the county in about 1910 or 1912.

For many years, James, was the one who was called on to haul the casket when there was a death in Pleasant View. He had a fine pair of iron gray horse and for such special occasions he placed black tassels on either side of the face harness. Seats were placed along the side of the Ludlow wagon for the pallbearers. The casket was placed in the wagon on a raised platform and a sheet put over the top.

Florence (Wade) Johns says, “There were no mortuaries in the early days so the coffin and box were made by father, a carpenter. The boxes were wider at the shoulders and narrowed down for the feet. Coffin sides were cut by a saw a dozen or more times a little below where the shoulders come. Then that part was steamed and bent and nailed to the bottom piece which was shaped somewhat like a body from the shoulders down. I’ve watched the trimming of the white cloth and lace and pillows used many times.”

“As soon as the death was know, there were women who always made clothes for the corpse and others were there who helped make clothes for the family…They also ‘laid out’ the corpse…Later the Relief Society had Temple clothes on hand that lightened the work.”

James was a willing helper whenever there was sickness and death. He spent many nights in a room with a corpse keeping cloths over the face and the eyes wet with vinegar as was the custom. Even after the hears became popular some folks requested James transport their loved ones by wagon to the cemetery for burial. There was never any charge made for this. Later for the convenience of the bereaved, he would purchase the casket for them from Linquists.

Early while he was in the store business, he was usually in charge of the refreshment stand for the Fourth of July Celebrations. Often the stand would carry a sign, “Ice Cold Lemonade, sold by Jensen and Stirred up by Wade.”

About 1916, James and his two sons, Henry and Joseph, bought a ranch at Robertson, Wyoming, just 12 miles south of Ft. Bridger. Across the fence and to the south of the ranch was the remains of Ft. Supply. It was here that the supplies for Johnson’s Amy were burned to detain them and if possible keep them from reaching Utah. At the time Jensen took over the ranch there were charred remnants of these supplies. The best preserved was the piles of Charred grain. The ranch was a good investment but the winters were so hard, they sold it after a year. Henry took his wife there to live after their marriage.

Peter Christoffersen, Sophia’s nephew spent quite a bit of time with the Jensen family. He told them they were the only real parents he had ever had. One day he returned to their home after working for the railroad in Portnuf Canyon in Idaho. Small pox had broken out among the men and all work on the railroad was shut down. Peter wouldn’t come close to the house until James brought him a full change of clothing in order to protect the family, in case he carried any germs. He buried his clothes and put on the ones James brought him. He owned a large greyhound dog named, Brave. This dog was loved by the whole family. It liked to go hunting and if Peter wasn’t around, Brave hunted by himself. Often it brought a rabbit home and laid it at the door of the house.

One day Peter talked James into going hunting with him upon the hills above Pleasant View. He hoped to find a deer and thought James would be a great help. They were just east of Edward Wades place, and above where the Highline Canal now runs as they approached a hollow a rabbit jumped out and ran down into the hollow. Peter took aim and shot it. James ran down to get the rabbit and as he went to pick it up a gun fired and Peter cried out “Jim I’ve shot myself”. James raced to Peter’s side and found him badly wounded. Peter had been reloading his gun and as he sat it down on the rock it slipped shooting him through the lower abdomen. James didn’t waste any time going for help. Willard Cragun already had his team hitched up so they drove up on the hill as far as they could and then went to where Peter lay. They carried him to the wagon. Peter lived until they got almost to where the church stands at Mrs. Mary Barkers. They took him home where they found Brave who had already alerted Sophia that something was wrong by scratching on the door. The Jensen home wasn’t large enough for the viewing so they took him to the home of Simeon Cragun. He died Jan. 9, 1884 at the age of 19 years and is buried in the Ogden City Cemetery in the same lot as him mother. James had a hearse come out from Ogden to transport the body because of the distance involved. Brave whined and cried for days for his master. This faithful animal lived with the Jensens until he took sick and died. James loved dogs and usually had one or two following close at his heals.

James drank tea and chewed tobacco until about the time his son Henry, was called to serve as a missionary in England. Henry asked his father how he could preach the word of wisdom when his own father didn’t live it. James replied, “You go out and preach the word of wisdom and we will take care of our part at home.” He quit the things that were contrary to his membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and never took them up again. To compensate for the tobacco he chewed a full five sticks of gum. When he visited his son Joe’s to use the telephone, the wad of gum was so large he had to place it on a piece of paper so he could talk. The only tea he used was what he called “Mormon Tea” which consisted of warm water with cream and sugar or half milk and half water. James served as head of the pleasant View Ward Finance Committee for a while. Even after he was released he was called back to help on special financial problems. Whenever there was money needed for the church he gave willingly and cheerfully. He never failed to see that his Ward Teaching was done. He took Sophia to the temple together with his children that could go and were endowed and sealed for time and all eternity.

In his early years, James was so busy making a living that he rarely took time for recreation. In his later years as the cares of making a living diminished, he began to find great enjoyment in baseball games and went as often as he could. He liked to accompany Sophia to Ogden to do her shopping. They made it a practice to have dinner at the Palace Café and many hours were spent around the potbellied stove in the back room of Driver’s Drug Store talking over everything from politics to farming with whom ever came in. He usually bought a sack of horehound candy or big white mints or old fashioned licorice which he loved to share with his grandchildren.

James and Sophia never forgot their grandchildren at Christmas and often on birthdays. Prior to Christmas they would shop for weeks selecting gifts. Joe and his family remember Christmas morn seeing James cross 1100 west with a pack of gifts. He had to bend low to climb under the fence. There was always talk of putting a gate in, but it was never done. Then he made his way along the little foot path that went through the alfalfa field many times laden with new snow to Joe’s house where the children were as excited about the surprises he carried as if he were “Old St. Nick” himself.

James was never one to complain. If the weather was extremely hot or bitter cold, it was alright with him. If he had feelings against anyone, no one ever knew about it. If he didn’t feel as well as he might, he kept it to himself. Until the last year or so his life, he enjoyed very good health. Even then, with cancer gradually taking his life, he refused to give up. He insisted on being in the fields helping oversee the harvesting and seeing that customers were well taken care of. He and Sophia made a couple trips to California for special medical care to remove the cancer. They stayed for several months. For a few months he felt better, but the cancer continued its deadly course. James continued to make his way laboriously under the barbed wire fence and along the footpath to his son’s home until the last few weeks of his life. The last couple weeks he was confined to his bed. April 23, 1934 he requested that his grand daughter, Audrey Jensen, play her guitar and sing for him, “That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine.” At 6:00 a.m. the next morning with his wife and family members with him in his home he passed quietly away Tuesday April 24, 1934.



The Ogden Standard Examiner of April, 1934 carried the following notice of his passing:

DEATH SUMMONS PLEASANT VIEW ORCHARD OWNER, JAMES JENSEN

James Jensen aged 80 , prominent farmer and orchardist died at the family home in Pleasant View this morning at six o’clock.

Mr. Jensen was born in Hjorslev, Denmark, Jun 10, 1853, a son of Peter C. Jensen and Annie Hansen. As L.D.S. converts he and his parents left their native land for America in April 1862 and joined a party crossing the plains with wagons arriving in Salt Lake in the fall of the same year.

ON NEW RAILWAY

At the age of 15, he worked in Weber Canyon on the building of the Union Pacific Railway. He was married to Sophia Hansen in 1870 at Five Points. They lived at Mound Fort for a time and then Mr. Jensen made trips into various parts of the state, selling dry goods and merchandise and established a store in a house on the old Willard Cragun farm in Pleasant View. After retiring from the merchandise business he engaged in the growing and shipping of fruits and it was said, was the first to ship a carload out of the state.

Mr. Jensen took an active part in the civic and religious life of his community and served as high priest in the L.D.S. Ogden Stake and also on the ward finance committee. He was president of the North Ogden Cemetery Association and president of the Alder irrigation company for a number of years.

Surviving, the widow and the following sons and daughters; Mrs. W. J. Fields, Ogden, James Jensen, long Beach, Mrs. Ashman Rose, Pleasant View, Mrs. George Sanders, Pleasant View, E. L. Jensen, Boise, Idaho, Mrs. H.E. Chamberlain, Ogden, Henry L. Jensen, Joseph M. Jensen and Mrs. R.C. Hickenlooper, all of Pleasant View, 52 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at two o’clock in Pleasant View chapel with Counselor R.G. Rhees, presiding. Friends may call at the home Wednesday afternoon and evening and Thursday until time of the services. Interment in the North Ogden Cemetery under the direction of Lindquist and sons.

Norma Jensen, a granddaughter pays this tribute: “Here was a man who was not content to drift with the tide. He looked upward and overcame many things that he might have a better life here and hereafter.”

After coming to the U.S.A. Sophia was never heard to say she wanted to return to Denmark even for a visit although she had sisters still living there. She was happy here and enjoyed the advantages which the sacrifice she made had brought to her. She was a meticulous housekeeper and particular about herself. She liked nice clothes with a piece of jewelry to add a special touch. Her hair was always done attractively and she never went anyplace without seeing that her face was powdered properly. She was an excellent cook and always kept something good in her cupboards to share with those who called to visit. Joe was especially fond of her Hot Cross buns. She loved to garden and loved having beautiful flowers around her home. The summer months always found her spending a part of her day in her garden. She also was a good knitter, and seamstress. She loved the shopping excursions to Ogden and enjoyed buying gifts for others. She had one fault that all who knew her well were aware of. She liked to share every little ache and pain with anyone who would listen, and she always seemed to find something wrong physically although her active and busy life contradicted this to a certain extent. She became ill about two months prior to her death which occurred at 11:50 a.m. May 23, 1935 at her home in Pleasant View. The Ogden Standard Examiner for May 1935 gives the following:







PIONEER DIES AT AGE OF 82, SOPHIA H. JENSEN

Mrs. Sophie Hansen Jensen, 82, widow of James Jensen and a Weber County pioneer, died at the family home in Pleasant View Thursday. She was the daughter of Peter and Eva Catherine Henning Hansen.

Mrs. Jensen was born on the island of Sjaelland, near the city of Copenhagen, Denmark, June 3, 1852. She joined the L.D.S. church at the age of 16 in December 1868 and one year later came to America. Accompanied by her mother and a brother, Hans, and two sisters she arrived in Ogden August 6, 1869 and went immediately to Provo, then to Pleasant Grove and Harrisville and to Pleasant View ten years later, where she had lived since. She was married to James Jensen, July 4, 1870 in Five Points. Her husband died a year ago in Pleasant View. She was an active member of the Pleasant View L.D.S. Relief Society.

She is survived by the following sons and daughters: Mrs. H.E. Chamberlain, Mrs. R.C. Hickenlooper, Ogden, James Jensen Jr., Long Beach, Calif., Mrs. Ashman Rose, Mrs. George Sanders, Joseph M. Jensen and Bishop H.L. Jensen, all of Pleasant View, E.L. Jensen, Boise, Idaho. There are 52 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at two o’clock in the L.D.S. Pleasant View ward chapel under direction of Counselor Paul B. Cragun. Friends may call at the residence in Pleasant View Saturday and also Sunday until time of services.

Interment will take place in North Ogden Cemetery by the side of her husband under direction of Lindquist & Sons.



Funeral services for Mrs. Sophia Hansen Jensen, widow of James Jensen were held Sunday afternoon in the L.D.S. Pleasant View ward chapel with counselor Paul B. Cragun officiating. Invocation was offered by Roy Williams and benediction was pronounced by Samuel Ferrin. The speakers were Rufus Rhees, Frederick Barker, Dr. Joseph R. Morell, Reuben G. Rhees and Mr. Cragun. Vocal solos were given by Afton Budge, Paul Cragun and Ray Hickenlooper. A duet was sung by Geo. Chamberlain and Wilford Barker. Pallbearers were grandsons and the flowers were taken in charge by granddaughters. Interment was made in North Ogden cemetery. The grave was dedicated by William M. Wade.

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An additional note: James Jensen sent fare to J.P. Jacobsen March 1, 1882 to come to America. He was supposed to be a relative of Sophia’s.

NOTE: In a telephone conversation with Mrs. Lila Garlic, Floor Lady, at the Ogden, Utah Deseret Industries Store, 21 April, 1964, Phyllis (Jensen) Butler recorded the following: “Before Lila’s Marriage she went with her folks to Pleasant View to buy peaches from James Jensen. While there they hung their purses in a tree near the bottom of the orchard while they picked the peaches they wanted. When they went to get the purse, a large Blow Snake was coiled up at the base of the tree. They went to get James and told him what was wrong. He said, “Shush! Don’t let the other pickers know that I have the snake here or they will all quit. I keep the snake up in the rocks during the day and let it come down at night to kill the mice.” He scared it away and they were able to get their purses.

James began reminiscing with them and told them about an old man in Farr West who taught the gospel to him and his parents. The old man was Lila’s grandfather, Nelse Peter Lee. He was born in Denmark and was called on a mission while still living in Denmark. He and his companion, probably an American, called at the Peder Christian Jensen home. James said Nelse was just a young man and always carried pennies in his pocket. Every evening when the missionaries came, James would climb on Nelse’s lap and stay there for the evening. He was about seven years old at the time. Nelse usually rewarded him with one of the pennies.



March 7, 1975

Through the sacrifice which these pioneer ancestors made in becoming members of the Church at the time when much persecution and trial was heaped upon them and through their migration to Utah from the land of their birth, great blessings are being experienced by their numerous posterity. Most of the descendants are active members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. James and Sophia sent one son on a mission. Peder and Eva Cathrine’s son, Hans returned to Denmark on a mission, five grandchildren of James and Sophia filled missions and to date there are over 30 great-grand-children who have filled missions or are in the mission field at the present time.

One grandson was the instrument in God’s hands of preparing a series of missionary discussions which resulted in thousands of people coming into the church, which we know to be his true kingdom on earth. Those who are active in the church can testify of the great blessings which they enjoy because of being a part of the Church.

Now, I Phyllis (Jensen) Butler, a daughter of Joseph Moroni Jensen and Ethel Jane Chamberlain, as the compiler of this history would like to close with my thanks to my Great-grandparents and Grandparents for the fine heritage I have because of their conviction that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was important enough to them to leave their homeland to worship in a land ordained of God for this purpose. I am thankful to them for giving me my Dad who loved the gospel and upheld it’s principles and set an example for us children to follow together with the good mother he chose for us who upheld him in all his righteous endeavors.

The greatest blessing in life is to have a righteous posterity and righteous progenitors. It is my greatest desire that my descendants will give me this blessing. I am thankful for them and for a companion who loves to serve the Lord. I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the only church upon the earth, which hold all the keys to eternal salvation. I know that Joseph Smith was a true prophet of our Father in Heaven and that our present leader, President Spencer W. Kimball is also a Prophet of God. My membership in the church is most precious to me and I am deeply thankful for the opportunity to serve and especially for my work in gathering a record of my family and seeing to the temple ordinances for those whom I can do this for. I am richly rewarded in the knowledge I have gained of my family and the many wonderful experiences this has brought to my family and I. I am deeply thankful for the greater appreciation I have gained for my heritage through my work and am so thankful to all who have helped or who have touched my life for good. I pray that the Lord will bless all who I have these ties to that we will all live so that we may enjoy this relationship eternally.

Phyllis (Jensen) Butler
March 7, 1975
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Bibliography
Interview of James and Sophia Jensen conducted by Norma and Margaret Jensen
Life story of James and Sophia Jensen written by Henry L. Jensen
Log of Hans J. Zobell, written in Danish and translated by Albert L. Zobell in 1933, mimeographed by Elgarda Zobell Ashliman
A Type Study of Community Backgrounds for Education of Pleasant View, Weber County, Utah by Earl Budge Cragun, Vol. I, Vol. II
Pleasant View, Weber County, Utah L.D.S. Ward Records
Jerslev, Hjorring, Denmark, parish records
Serritslev, Hjorring, Denmark parish records
Kallehave, Praesto, Denmark, parish records
Census records
Shipping records of the Vensyssel Conference, Denmark
Shipping records of the Copenhagen Conference, Denmark
Andrew Jensons, Church Chronology
Personal knowledge
Joseph M. Jensen
Certificates of death and citizenship
Land records
Ogden Standard-Examiner
Interview with Mrs. Chester O. (Lila) Garlick of Farr West, Utah

The Life Summary of Anne
When Anne Hansdatter was born on 12 January 1822, in Jerslev, Hjørring, Denmark, her father, Hans Christensen, was 40 and her mother, Karen Rasmusdatter, was 41. She married Peder Christian Jensen on 10 March 1848, in Jerslev, Hjørring, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1862 and lived in Jerslev, Børglum, Hjørring, Denmark in 1834 and Serritslev, Hjørring, Denmark in 1855. She died in 1864, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States, at the age of 42.

  Begivenheder i hendes liv:

• Bopæl, 1834, Jerslev, Børglum, Hjørring, Danmark.

• Bopæl: Sønderhaugen Mark, 1855, Serritslev, Hjørring, Denmark.

• Udvandring, 14 Jul. 1862.

• Indvandring, 23 Sep. 1862, Deseret, United States.

Anne blev gift med Peder Christian Jensen den 10 Mar. 1848 i Jerslev, Hjørring, Denmark. (Peder Christian Jensen blev født den 24 Jan. 1821 i Jerslev, Hjørring, Danmark, dåb den 25 Jan. 1821 i Jerslev, Hjørring, Danmark, døde den 6 Mar. 1874 i Lynn, Weber, Utah, USA og blev begravet i Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA.)

  Ægteskabsnotater:

Den 29 januar 1848 meldte sig til ægteskab, karlen Peder Christian Jensen, 27 år, døbt i Jerslev kirke den 25 januar 1821. Vaccineret af Eggert den 28 oktober 1822, konfirmeret år 1835, tjener hos gårdmand Jens Christian Jensen i Klattrup og ugifte Ane Hansdatter, 26 år, døbt i Jerslev kirke den 13 januar 1822. Vaccineret af Eggert den 21 april 1825. Tjener hos sin broder husmand Rasmus Hansen i Østermellerup Hede. Viet i Jerslev kirke den 10 marts 1848.
Forlovere: husmand Rasmus Hansen af Østermellerup hede og aftægtsmand Thomas Jensen Dam på Østermellerup mark.
(Kilde: Jerslev kirkebog 1834 - 1862, opslag 152, Hjørring amt.)