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Hans Peter Jorgensen (1852 1937) & Ane Marie Kirstine Olsen (1863 1920) Hans Peter Jorgensen Birth: 11 September 1856 Svendborg, Denmark Death: 03 Mar 1937 Mt Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah Burial: 6 Mar 1936 Mt Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah MARRIEDL 28 November 1894 Manti, Sanpete, Utah Ane Marie Kirstine Olsen Birth: 31 Jan 1863 Aalborg, Denmark Death: 1 Oct, 1920 Mt Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah Burial: Oct 1920 Mt Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah First settled in Fountain, Green (1894 abt 1900) About 1900 relocated to Mount Pleasant CHILDREN Pearl Emilie Jorgensen Birth 24 MAY 1896 Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah Arthur Lorenzo Jorgensen Birth 17 Mar 1899 Fountain Green, Sanpete, UT Holger Wilford Jorgensen Birth 18 October 1901 Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah Luella Marie Jorgensen Birth 24 March 1904 Mt Pleasant Sanpete Utah J Alfred Jorgensen Birth 4 November 1906 Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah

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Hans Peter Jorgensen (1852 – 1937) &

Ane Marie Kirstine Olsen (1863 – 1920)

Hans Peter Jorgensen

Birth: 11 September 1856 Svendborg, Denmark

Death: 03 Mar 1937 Mt Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah

Burial: 6 Mar 1936 Mt Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah

MARRIEDL 28 November 1894 Manti, Sanpete, Utah

Ane Marie Kirstine Olsen

Birth: 31 Jan 1863 Aalborg, Denmark

Death: 1 Oct, 1920 Mt Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah

Burial: Oct 1920 Mt Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah

First settled in Fountain, Green (1894 – abt 1900)

About 1900 relocated to Mount Pleasant

CHILDREN

Pearl Emilie Jorgensen Birth 24 MAY 1896 Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah

Arthur Lorenzo Jorgensen Birth 17 Mar 1899 Fountain Green, Sanpete, UT

Holger Wilford Jorgensen Birth 18 October 1901 Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah

Luella Marie Jorgensen Birth 24 March 1904 Mt Pleasant Sanpete Utah

J Alfred Jorgensen Birth 4 November 1906 Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah

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Hans Peter Jorgensen’s Father, Mother & Sister emigrated from Denmark during 1873:

Father, Neils Christian Jorgensen (1833 -1911) and Mother, Kjeistina Erickson Jorgensen (1821 – 1894) and

Sister Petrea.

EMIGRATION: Hans Peter Jorgensen Hans Peter Jorgensen (1856-1936) at the age of 16, emigrated during 1872

from Denmark with two brother, Lars Christian and Eric Christian,

Lars Christian Jorgensen (1853-1892) settled at Emery, Emery Co., Utah

Eric Christian Jorgensen (1860-1910) settled at Colonial Diaz, Chihuahua, Mexico

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Liverpool to New York on the Minnesota (4

Sep 1872 - 16 Sep 1872)

PASSENGER LIST

Jorgensen, Hans Peter ;

Jorgensen, Erik Christen ;

Jorgensen, Lars Christen

Ship Name “Minnesota”

Departure 4 Sep 1872 from Liverpool

Arrival 16 Sep 1872 at New York

Source BMR, Book #1041, pp. 232-252 (FHL #025,692); Customs #1013 (FHL #175,721); SMR, 1872 (FHL #025,696)

Source: BMR, p. 245; SMR, p. 47; Aalborg Conference. Database: Mormon Immigration Index (1840-1890)

http://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/Search/showDetails/db:MM_MII/t:account/id:911/keywords:Hans+Peter+J

orgensen

A Compilation of General Voyage Notes ". . . On Friday, Aug. 30, 1872, at 1 o'clock p.m., a company of 260 emigrating Saints sailed from

Copenhagen, per steamer 'Cato,' accompanied by the following returning missionaries: Peter O. Thomassen,

Christian Madsen, Arne C. Grue and Mons Andersen. On the 2nd of Sept. this company arrived at Hull,

England, where the emigrants were served supper at Mr. Lazarus' hotel, and the following day they took [a]

train to Liverpool, arriving there on the 3rd at 11 a.m. The sisters were at once conveyed by omnibus to the

steamer 'Minnesota,' while the brethren assisted in the handling of the baggage. At 9 p.m. all went on board,

and the following day.

(Wednesday, Sept. 4th) the ship “Minnesota” sailed from Liverpool, with 602 Saints, Elder George W.

Wilkins having charge of the company. No deaths occurred at sea, but the company was increased by the arrival

of two babies. On the Sept 16th, 1872 the steamer anchored near Castle Garden, New York, and the next day

(Sept. 17th ) the emigrants went ashore. On the 18th they boarded the train and traveled via Pittsburg,

Chicago, Omaha, etc., to Salt Lake City, Utah. One child died on the train and was buried in Chicago.

Halfway between Ogden and Salt Lake City the company was met by President Brigham Young, Elder Daniel

H. Wells and other leading men, who immediately went through the cars, bidding their brethren and sisters from

afar a hearty welcome to Zion. On their arrival in Salt Lake City, Sept. 26, 1872

, the emigrants were taken to the Music Hall, where a sumptuous dinner was awaiting them. In course of the

two following days the company was dissolved, friends and relatives taking the newcomers to temporary

homes. . . ." HSM pp.212-13

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http://rsc.byu.edu/archived/legacy-sacrifice-missionaries-scandinavia-1872-94/i-j

While waiting for his parents to arrive, Hans lived in Huntsville, Weber County, then Richfield, Sevier

County, and finally Fountain Green, Sanpete County. Hans parents (Neils Christian Jorgensen &

Kjeistina Erickson Jorgensen) arrived during July 1873.

He married Celia Christensen in 1880. However, this marriage ended in divorce. Hans remained in

Fountain Green after the divorce. Hans was granted citizenship on 22 September 1883. In Fountain

Green, he served as president of the YMMIA. He also served in the Thirty-seventh Quorum of the

Seventy

Hans accepted a mission call to Scandinavia in 1892. He was set apart for the mission by John Henry

Smith. He arrived in Copenhagen on 6 June 1892 and was assigned to labor in the Århus Conference and

later in the Copenhagen Conference. Returning during 1894

Returning Missionary Jorgensen, Hans Peter http://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/Search/showDetails/db:MM_Europe/t:account/id:1221/keywords:Jorgensen

Glasgow to New York on the Ethiopia (Departed: 26 Jul 1894) Glasgow to New York on the Ethiopia (26 Jul 1894)

British Mission Manuscript History

Voyage Entry Another company of emigrating Saints (44

souls) left Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19,

[1894], accompanied by the following Elders,

who had performed missionary labors in

Scandinavia: Amel Burnett Jensen of

Richfield, Hans Peter Jorgensen of Fountain

Green, John W. Dehlin of Mt. Pleasant, James

Andersen and John Johnson of Logan, and

Ludvig S. Hansen of Salt Lake City.” [HSM,

337]

“Thursday, July 26, 1894. The ship ‘Ethiopia’ sailed from Glasgow, with 66 Saints on board, bound for

Utah. The company consisted of 54 emigrating Saints (10 from the British, 43 from the Scandinavian and

1 from the Swiss and German Mission), 1 returning visitor and 11 returning Elders, namely, Peter S.

Condie, Gustave A. Iversen, Andreas Johansen, Carl M. Lavensen, August Malmquist, Emil [Amel] E.

Jensen, Hans P. Jorgensen, John W. Dehlin, James Anderson, John Johnson, and Ludvig S. Hansen.

returning visitor was James E. Talmage. (Orig. Doc.)” [BMMH, 1894].

No passenger list for emigrating saints (emigrating LDS members)

==============================================================================

EMIGRATION OF Ane Marie Kirstine Olsen (1863 -1920)

NO DOCUMENTATION, BUT: It is very possible that Hans Peter Jorgensen meet his future wife Ane

Marie Kirstine Olsen while serving a mission during 1892-94 in Denmark. It is very possible the Olsen

family accompanied him back to Utah during July 1894. (43 Scandinavian LDS Member accompanied

the returning missionaries).

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M5XH-SQY

– NO PASSENGER LIST) Refer to 1910 Census below: Anna Marie Jergensen Immigration Year 1894

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Ane Marie Kirstine Olsen (1863 -1920)

PARENTS

Janus or James Olsen (1836-1885) Birth: 29 March 1836

Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark

Death: 22 August 1885

Norresundby, Aalborg, Denmark

Marriage: 10 or 16 December 1862

Norresundby, Aalborg, Denmark

Larsine Sorensen (1839-1913)

Birth: 4 September 1839

Norresundby, Aalborg, Denmark

Death: 8 October 1913

Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah

12 Children (6 Children died before age 4. one at age 10, one at age 14

and one at age 70 died in Denmark).

Mother PLUS 2 daughters and 1 son emigrated from Demark to Utah, USA

Ane Marie Kirstine Olsen (1863 Aalborg -1920 Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah) Age 57,

Albert Edvard Olsen (1864 Aalborg -1878 Aalborg ) Age 14

Jacobine Henrietta Olsen (1865 Aalborg -1940 Aalborg ) Age 70

Olsen (1868 Aalborg -1868 Aalborg) Age <1

Emilie Velhelmine Caroline Olsen (1869 Aalborg -1876 Aalborg) Age 10

Olsen (1872 Aalborg -1872 Aalborg) Age <1

Christian Olsen (1873 Aalborg -1876 Aalborg) Age 3

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Olsen (1875 Aalborg -1875) Age <1

Christian Emil Olsen (1876 Aalborg -1942 San Francisco, California ) Age 66

Emilie Elsine Olsen (1877-78 Aalborg -1958 Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah) Age 81

Soren Henrick Olsen (1879 Aalborg -1880) Age 1

Alfred Olsen (1880-1880 Aalborg) Age <1

Anna Marie Kristine Olsen Jorgensen (1863 – 1920), emigrated from Denmark during 1894 with her

Mother, Larsine Sorensen Olsen (1839 – 1913), and sister, Emilie Elsine (1877-1958) and brother

Christian Emil Olsen (1876 – 1942).

Hans Peter Jorgensen & Ane Marie Kristine Olsen were MARRIED 28 November 1894)

The family first settle at Fountain Green, Utah

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8PW-VBM

Mother, Larsine Sorensen, lived with Hans Perter, Ane Marie Kirstine and their family lived in Fountain

Green & Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah

Ancestral File: afn: 2P3Z-RR https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/M756-TSJ

Her sister Emilie Elsine Olsen meet James Christopher Fechser of Mount Pleasant, Utah and they were

married on 19 December 1900 at Manti, Sanpete, Utah. They lived at Mt. Pleasant, Utah. Ancestral File:

afn: 2P3Z-PF https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/M756-T9J

Her brother, Kristian Emil Olsen (1876 – 1942), apparently went on to San Francisco, California

He was registered for the WWI Draft in San Francisco during 1917-18 and lived there until his death

17 June 1942.

Birth/ christening https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XYLZ-R4D

World War I Draft https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZVB-ZRW

Ancestral File: afn: 2P40-NC https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/M756-TZV

Mount Pleasant to Fountain Green about 15 Miles

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Mount Pleasant City, Utah http://sanpete.com/pages/mtpleasant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_Utah From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mount Pleasant is a city in Sanpete County, Utah, in the United States. Mt.

Pleasant is known for its 19th-century main street buildings, for being home to

Wasatch Academy, and for being the largest city in the northern half of the

county.

History

After taking lumber out of Pleasant Creek Canyon in late 1851, a band of

Mormon colonists from Manti led by Madison D. Hambleton returned in the

spring of 1852 to establish the Hambleton Settlement near the present site of

Mt. Pleasant. During the Walkara (Walker) Indian War, the small group of

settlers relocated to Spring Town (Spring City) and later to Manti for

protection. The old settlement was burned down by local Native Americans, so

when a large colonizing party from Ephraim and Manti returned to the area in

1859, a new, permanent townsite was laid out in its present location—one

hundred miles south of Salt Lake City and twenty-two miles northeast of Manti.

Among the founding settlers were Mormon converts from Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, and the eastern

United States. By 1880, at which time Mt. Pleasant was the county's largest city, with a population of 2,000,

more than 72 percent of its married adults were foreign born. This ethnic diversity had an important impact on

village life during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. For decades, five languages were commonly

spoken in town, creating confusing and sometimes amusing communication problems.

The settlement and development of Mt. Pleasant followed the typical pattern for Mormon towns of the period.

A square-shaped townsite was surveyed (eventually containing about 100 city blocks), lots were drawn, and the

land was distributed among the population. Under the direction of James Russell Ivie (1802–1866), a fort of

adobe walls and log cabins was built. Pleasant Creek ran through the fort and farming was done outside of its

walls. Around the time that Ivie was killed in the Ute Black Hawk War, by Indians who had declined to

participate in the settlement of the earlier Wakara War, the town had acquired its present name. By the time the

final peace treaty with the Indians was signed in Bishop Seeley's house on Main Street in 1872, bringing to an

end to this conflict, many settlers had already erected homesteads outside of the fort. Although the townsite is

large in scale, the density is relatively low due to the original layout allowing for only four lots per block.

Mormon influence was felt in all religious, political, economic, educational, and social aspects of life in early

Mt. Pleasant. Self-sufficiency was a virtue and home-grown and home-manufactured food, clothing, and

furnishings were far more available than rarely found imported items. Some of the first industries included

tanning, shoemaking, blacksmithing, basket making, and freighting. Eventual modernization brought such

improvements as the Deseret Telegraph in 1869, The Pyramid Newspaper in 1890 and a telephone system in

1891.

Sawmills and flour mills were built, irrigation systems were dug, and a municipal government was created to

oversee public laws and improvements. The city was incorporated in 1868, a year after the first co-operative

store was founded, starting what became a burgeoning commercial district. Upon the arrival of the Rio Grande

Western Railway in 1890, both the local population and the city's prosperity increased dramatically. By 1900

Mt. Pleasant had grown to nearly 3,000 persons, the largest size reached by any city in Sanpete County to that

time, and the city had earned one of its nicknames, "Hub City."

The town's newfound wealth became immediately apparent in a building boom which saw the replacement of

small, wood-frame commercial buildings with much more impressive, architect-designed stone and brick

structures such as the 1888 Sanpete County Co-op, the Gentile store which competed with the ZCMI the

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Mormon store.. The resulting Main Street district is today so architecturally distinctive that the two-block-long

area has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Equally striking were the Victorian churches,

schools, and residences which replaced the simpler adobe and log buildings of the pioneer period.

Mt. Pleasant has long been considered the most diverse city in the county, in part because of the liberal

Mormons and the Protestant groups which challenged the dominant Mormon population in the late nineteenth

century. Liberal Hall, built on Main Street in 1875, and Wasatch Academy, Utah's oldest surviving private

boarding school, established by Presbyterians in the same year, remain as visible and functional testaments of

the city's historic and ongoing diversity. Mt. Pleasant has been culturally diverse as well, with numerous

musical, theatrical, and artistic groups, varied local industries, secret societies and saloons, and one of Utah's

largest local historic societies, founded in 1909 and still active.

Hans Peter Jorgensen (1852 – 1936) & Kjeistina Ericksen (1821 - 1894) & Family relocated from

Fountain Green to Mount Pleasant about 1900

1934 Hans Peter Jorgensen Mount Pleasant The twentieth century brought continued changes and

improvements to the face of the "Queen City," its most popular nickname.

The commercial and residential districts continued to fill with fine buildings

bespeaking the prosperity of the community. By 1912 the first high school--

North Sanpete High School—had been completed. The year 1912 also

brought the Armory Hall, while the Elite Theater was constructed as a

"fireproof" building in 1913. It burned down seven decades later, 1982. In

1917 a fine Carnegie Library was built in a modern architectural style. The

Marie Hotel was erected in 1920 and a large cheese factory came on the

scene in 1930, the same year that bus service came to town.

Mt. Pleasant was well situated near forested mountains, vast, fertile fields,

and a good supply of water. While several commercial and small industrial

enterprises have flourished in or near the city since the nineteenth century,

agriculture and stock raising have always been the area's economic staples.

Currently, nearly half of all the farms and ranches are involved in wool growing, while thirty percent raise

cattle. Dairy farming, turkeys, grain, and hay are other significant contributors to the local economy.

Rambouillet sheep and shorthorn cattle were prominent around the start of the 20th century, while modern

livestock breeds and food strains dominate today.

Photo from Mission files http://rsc.byu.edu/archived/legacy-sacrifice-missionaries-

scandinavia-1872-94/i-j

FULL TEXT BELOW

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Historic Downtown Mount Pleasant, Utah

(see Dahl, “A History of Hans Peter Jorgensen and Ane Marie Kirstine Olsen Jorgensen,” 2).

http://rsc.byu.edu/archived/legacy-sacrifice-missionaries-scandinavia-1872-94/i-j

Hans supported his wife and family by doing a variety of jobs, including working on the railroad,

sheering sheep, cutting cedar posts, and working at Clark’s Furniture Store. He also worked in a

fertilizer plant in Marysville for nearly five years. Even though he was a shoemaker by trade, he did not

practice that trade in Utah.

His posterity remembers that he enjoyed dancing with his wife at Scandinavian parties. They also recall

that he was a high priest and was very active in temple work in the Manti Temple during his final years

Hans died in 1937 in his home in Mount Pleasant at age eighty.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMR5-WXX

1900 Hans P. Jorgensen, "United States Census" name: Hans P. Jorgensen event place: ED 128 Mt. Pleasant Precinct Mt. Pleasant city, Sanpete, Utah

birth date: Sep 1856 birthplace: Denmark relationship to head of household: Head

race or color (standardized): White gender: Male marital status: Married years married: 7

estimated marriage year: 1893 immigration year: 1872

father's birthplace: Denmark mother's birthplace: Denmark

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Head Hans P. Jorgensen M 44 Denmark

Wife Marie Jorgensen F 37 Denmark

Daughter Pearl E. Jorgensen F 4 Utah

Son Arthur Jorgensen M 1 Utah

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1910 Hans P. Jorgensen, “United States Census” Hans P Jergensen, Mt Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah

name: Hans P Jergensen birthplace: Denmark

relationship to head of household: Self residence: Mt Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah

marital status: Married race : White gender: Male

Hans P Jorgensen immigration year: 1872

father's birthplace: Denmark mother's birthplace: Denmark

Anna Marie Jergensen Immigration Year 1894

Household Gender Age Birthplace

self Hans P Jergensen M 53y Denmark

wife Anna Marie Jergensen F 47y Denmark

dau Pearl Emilia Jergensen F 13y Utah

son Otto L Jergensen M 11y Utah

son Holder Willford Jergensen M 8y Utah

dau Luella Marie Jergensen F 6y Utah

son Alfred Edward Jergensen M 3y Utah

Lesena Olson F 70y Denmark

Lesena Olson = Larsine Sorensen Olsen (1839 – 1913), Hans P. Jorgensen’s Mother-In-Law

Anna Marie Jorgensen = Ane Marie Kirstine Olsen Jorgensen (1863 Denmark – 1920 Utah) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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1920 Hans Jorgensen, "United States Census” name: Hans Jorgensen residence: , Sanpete, Utah

estimated birth year: 1858 age: 62 birthplace: Denmark

relationship to head of household:Self

gender: Male race: White marital status: Married

Household Gender Age Birthplace

self Hans Jorgensen M 62y Denmark

wife Annie Jorgensen F 56y Denmark

dau Pearl Jorgensen F 23y Utah

dau Aulgerie Jorgensen F 18y Utah

dau Lulella Jorgensen F 15y Utah

Annie Jorgensen = Ane Marie Kirstine Olsen Jorgensen (1863 Denmark – 1920 Utah)

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_usa_24161763&fromSitemap=1&afterPDS=true

https://www.namesinstone.com/Sources.aspx?dec=467894 Name: HANS PETER JORGENSEN Birth: 9/11/1856 DENMARK Death: 3/3/1937 MT. PLEASANT, UT

Relations Father: Neils Jorgensen Mother: Anne Marie Jorgensen

Burial Information Burial: Mount Pleasant City Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States Grave Location: A_197_2_8

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Your tombstone stands neglected and alone.

The name and date are chiseled out on polished, marbled stone.

It reaches out to all who care. It is too late to mourn.

You did not know that I exist. You died and I was born.

Yet each of us are cells of you in flesh, in blood, in bone.

Our heart contracts and beats a pulse entirely not our own.

Dear Ancestor, the place you filled so many years ago.

Spreads out among the ones you left who would have loved you so.

I wonder as you lived and loved, I wonder if you knew

That someday I would find this spot and come to visit you.

Author Unknown

Find A Grave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=140991

Hans Peter Jorgensen Birth: Sep. 11, 1856, Svendborg, Denmark

Death: Mar. 3, 1937, Mt Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah

Burial: Mount Pleasant City Cemetery , Mount Pleasant, Sanpete Co., Utah

Plot: A_197_2_8

Spouse:

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Ane Marie Kristine Olsen Jorgensen

Birth: Jan. 31, 1863, Denmark

Death: Oct. 1, 1920, Mount Pleasant, Sanpete Co., Utah

Burial: Mount Pleasant City Cemetery , Mount Pleasant, Sanpete Co. Utah

Plot: A_197_2_7

Parents: Jens Olsen and Larsina Sorensen

Married to Hans P. Jorgensen

COD: Pernicious anemia, Death certificate State of Utah

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http://rsc.byu.edu/archived/legacy-sacrifice-missionaries-scandinavia-1872-94/i-j

Legacy of Sacrifice: Missionaries

to Scandinavia, 1872–94

It takes courage to accept a religion that requires sacrifices of the

heart. The nineteenth-century Scandinavian converts are a

commendable example of this courage. They gave up worldly goods,

standing in the community, and sometimes their lives for their

newfound beliefs. As a family history resource, this compilation

contains vital information, scrupulously researched, about each of

these valiant missionaries. Other features include explanations of

surnames in Scandinavian countries, a pronunciation guide, and

photos.

Hans Peter Christian Jorgensen (Hans Peter Nielsen) 1856–1937

Residence: Fountain Green, Sanpete Co., Utah

Arrival date in Copenhagen: 6 June 1892

Missionary labors: Copenhagen and Ålborg conferences

Departure date from Copenhagen: 19 July 1894

Name of departure ship: Rona to Glasgow

Glasgow to New York on the Ethiopia

(Departed: 26 Jul 1894)

Birth date: 11 September 1856

Birthplace: Espe, Svendborg, Denmark

Father: Jørgensen, Niels Christian

Mother: Eriksdatter, Kirsten (Kjeistina)

Spouse: Christensen, Celia Maria

Marriage date: 26 February 1880

Marriage place:

Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah

Spouse: Olsen, Marie Ane Kirstine

Marriage date: 28 November 1894

Marriage place:

Manti Temple, Manti, Sanpete Co., Utah

Death date: 3 March 1937

Death place: Mount Pleasant, Sanpete Co., Utah

Burial place: Mount Pleasant, Sanpete Co., Utah

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Hans and his twin sister and other family members joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day

Saints in Denmark. He and his two brothers voyaged to America aboard the Minnesota from Liverpool to

New York City. They then traveled by train to Salt Lake City, arriving on 9 October 1872. At that time,

Hans was sixteen years old. His parents did not arrive in the city until 1873.

While waiting for his parents to arrive, Hans lived in Huntsville, Weber County, then Richfield, Cache

County, and finally Fountain Green, Sanpete County. He married Celia Christensen in 1880.

Unfortunately, this marriage ended in divorce. Hans remained in Fountain Green after the divorce. He

was granted citizenship on 22 September 1883

In Fountain Green, he served as president of the YMMIA. He also served in the Thirty-seventh Quorum

of the Seventy Hans accepted a mission call to Scandinavia in 1892. He was set apart for the mission by

John Henry Smith. He arrived in Copenhagen on 6 June 1892 and was assigned to labor in the Århus

Conference and later in the Copenhagen Conference. After completing this mission, he departed from

Copenhagen aboard the steamer Rona with other returning missionaries and forty-four emigrating

Latter-day Saints

Back in the States, he married again and settled in Fountain Green. By 1899, he and his new wife were

living in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County. Hans supported his wife by doing a variety of jobs, including

working on the railroad, sheering sheep, cutting cedar posts, and working at Clark’s Furniture Store. He

also worked in a fertilizer plant in Marysville for nearly five years. Even though he was a shoemaker by

trade, he did not practice that trade in Utah

His posterity remembers that he enjoyed dancing with his wife at Scandinavian parties. They also recall

that he was a high priest and was very active in temple work in the Manti Temple during his final years.

Hans died in 1937 in his home in Mount Pleasant at age eighty.