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Ola Nilsson Liljenquist

23 September 1825—24 April 19061

Born at Ignaberga, Kristianstad, Sweden; son of Bingta Larsson and Nils Tykesson.2 Married Anna Christine Jacobsen, 1848; participated in plural marriage.3 Baptized in Denmark, 1852.4 Immigrated to the United States aboard the Westmoreland and migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1857.5 Served two missions to Scandinavia, 1859–1862, 1876–1877.6 Settled at Hyrum, Cache County, Utah Territory, 1862.7 Served as bishop of the Hyrum Ward, July 1863–1882.8 Died at Hyrum.9 (See Document 4.17)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Ola Nilsson Liljenquist, autobiographical sketch, manuscript, p. 77, in Ola N. Liljenquist autobiographical sketch, 1885 [MS 10168], CHL. Find a Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com, accessed Nov. 2014), memorial no. 30813528, Ole [sic] Nilssen Liljenquist; Hyrum City Cemetery, Hyrum, UT.]

  2. 2 Ola Nilsson Liljenquist autobiography, typescript, ca. 1881, p. 10, in Ola N. Liljenquist autobiography, circa 1881 [MS 8237, item 79], CHL.“Ancestral File,” database, database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org, accessed Aug. 2014), Ola Nilsson Liljenquist (1J2D-T9).

  3. 3 Liljenquist, autobiographical sketch [MS], p. 78. “Ancestral File,” database, Ola Nilsson Liljenquist and Anna Christine Hansen Jacobsen (1J2D-VG).

  4. 4 Liljenquist, autobiographical sketch [MS], p. 77.

  5. 5 “Liljenquist, Oluff N.,” Westmoreland Passengers List, Liverpool to Philadelphia, 25 Apr.–31 May 1857, Saints by Sea database, saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu. “Ola Nilsson Liljenquist,” Church History Biographical Database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Nov. 2023).

  6. 6 Liljenquist, autobiographical sketch [MS], p. 77–78. Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Co., 1913), 1006.

  7. 7 Liljenquist, autobiographical sketch [MS], p. 78.

  8. 8 Liljenquist, autobiographical sketch [MS], p. 78. Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1006.

  9. 9 Find a Grave, memorial no. 30813528. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed Jan. 4, 2016), Ola Nilsson Liljenquist KWJX-HS6.