Jens Peter Jensen

  Generelle notater:

Han blev født den 17 april 1846, døbt i kirken den 26 april 1846, søn af bødker og indsidder Jens Gottfredsen og hustru Karen Jensdatter af Bundgaard Kjær.
Faddere: pigerne Ane Marie Andersdatter og Ane Andersdatter, begge af Pandrup, ungkarl Thomas Andersen og Peder Laursen, Niels Nielsen af Meilholm.
(Kilde: Jetsmark kirkebog 1844 - 1852, opslag 11, Hjørring amt).

PETER GOTTFREDSON

Few pioneers have left their descendants as much in his own writing as Peter Gottfredson. He wrote the history of his father, Jens, which would up detailing the differences he had with his second wife which led to that divorce.

He is the author of Indian Depredations of Utah, a historical reference still in print and studied by scholars.

He lost his mother in Illinois after the family emigrated from Denmark. His father remarried before they set out for Utah. That marriage resulted in Plattina, who died in Genoa, Nebraska. He and his siblings scrounged for food for his stepmother and his siblings while his father returned to Omaha to find work. The family, reunited, set out again the next year, only to run into a company of Johnson's Army. They hit it off and traveled together for safety and convenience until the small troop needed to hurry on.

His parents gave their consent for Peter to travel with the military unit to wrangle their spare horses. The unit kept their word and they found Peter waiting for them at the next fort.

The Richfield Reaper Newspaper
02-22-1924
Obituary:
Noted Veteran of Indian War Dies Here Tuesday
Funeral Will be Held Sunday in Stake Tabernacle for Peter Gottfredson

Peter Gottfredson, 88, well known Indian war veterans and last of the officers of the Black Hawk Indian War Veterans organization of Utah, passed away at his home here at 10 o'clock Tuesday night. Mr. Gottfredsons health had not been normal all winter but he became seriously ill only a week before his death.

Funeral services will be held at 12 o'clock noon Sunday in the Sevier stake tabernacle.

Peter Gottfredson was born in Sonderby, Denmark, April 17, 1846. In an autobiography, he gives an interesting sketch of his childhood in Denmark and of his journey across the Atlantic with his family and other immigrants who made the trip under leadership of Knud Peterson, later president of the Sanpete stake. The Atlantic trip was a rough voyage in a sailing vessel which was driven by winds back to the coast of Ireland when about one third of the trip was made. Twice during the journey the vessel was on fire and at one time sprang a leak. The immigrants arrived in New York February 16, 1856 and the Gottfredson family went from there to Alton, Illinois, where the mother died in July 1856. Shortly after her death the family went to St. Louis, Mo, where the father was again married. From there they went to Florence, Neb., in the spring of 1857 and a little later went with a handcart company to Omaha, from there making the trip by ox team to Salt Lake where they arrived in September 1858.

As a young man, Peter Gottfredson served in the Black Hawk Indian wars and in later years recorded many interesting experiences of Indian troubles in his book, "Indian Depredations in Utah." It was largely through his efforts that many Indian war veterans in this state received pensions from the U. S. government for service. When the Black Hawk Indian war veterans organized he was made state adjutant, and held this position until the organization with its few surviving veterans was changed to the Sons and Daughters of Pioneers and Indian War veterans.

Mr. Gottfredson was active in many pioneer enterprises of San Pete and Sevier counties. He was a county commissioner in Sevier when the court house was built. While he resided at Sigurd he was justice of the peace being regularly employed at that time as station agent for the D.& R. G. railroad. He surveyed canals canal in Sevier county and was among the workers on the railroad when it was built in this part of the state. He was for years a successful farmer, sheepman and blacksmith.

Always a faithful member of the L.D.S. church. Mr. Gottfredson served for 20 years as bishop of the Sigurd-Vermilion ward.
His marriage to Amelia Gledhill took place April 22, 1872 in the endowment house in Salt Lake. After her death in March 1893 he was married July 18, 1893 to Alice Keeler Hatch in the Manti temple.

He was the father of 12 children of whom the following survive: Edward Gottfredson of Springville, W.H. Gottfredson of Los Angeles, Arthur Gottfredson of West Los Angeles, Mrs. Carrie Shaw of Centerfield, Wilford Gottfredson of Moore, Idaho, Mrs. Adell Jensen of Richfield, Mrs. Vida Bradfield of Salt Lake, Mrs. Loell Sorensen of Koosharem, Mrs. Lenore Dennison of Manti and Dr. D.B. Gottfredson of Richfield. Surviving also are 45 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, one brother Jacob Gottfredson of Richfield, two sisters, Mrs. George Payne of Aurora and Mrs. Caroline Peterson of Leadore, Idaho.

The Life Summary of Peter
When Peter Gottfredson was born on 17 April 1846, in Sønderby, Jetsmark, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Jens Gottfredsen, was 36 and his mother, Karen Jensdatter, was 33. He married Amelia Gledhill on 22 April 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Vilsted, Slet, Ålborg, Denmark for about 24 years. He died on 20 February 1934, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Sigurd Cemetery, Sigurd, Sevier, Utah, United States.

  Begivenheder i hans liv:

• Religion: Baptized-The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1856.

• Indvandring, 20 Sep. 1858, Utah, United States.

• Religion: Endowed-The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 22 Apr. 1872.

• Folketælling, Jun. 1888, Vermillion, Sevier, Utah, United States.

• Religion: Sealed to parents-The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 25 Okt. 1888, Manti Utah Temple, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.