Jens Nielson

April 26, 1820–April 24, 1906

1 Born at Tirsted, Maribo, Laaland, Denmark; son of Dorthea Margrethe Thomsen and Niels Jensen. 2 Married Elsie Rasmussen, 1850; participated in plural marriage. 3 Baptized in Denmark, 1854. 4 Immigrated to the United States aboard the Thornton and migrated to the Salt Lake Valley with the Willie handcart company, 1856. 5 Settled at Bluff, San Juan County, Utah Territory, 1880. 6 Served as bishop of the Bluff Ward, 1880–1906. 7 Died at Bluff. 8 (See Document 4.21)

Footnotes

  1. [1] “Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904–1961,” database and images, Utah State Archives (http://archives.utah.gov, accessed Dec. 2014); from Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, series 81448, file no. 3/425 (1906), Jens Nielson.
  2. [2] Utah death certificate, file no. 3/425. Albert R. Lyman, “Bishop Jense [ sic ] Nielson,” photocopy of typescript, 1936, p. [1], CHL. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Dec. 2014), Jens Nielsen KWNP-RNC .
  3. [3] Lyman, “Bishop Jense Nielson,” 2, 8–9. Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1914), 2:204.
  4. [4] Lyman, “Bishop Jense Nielson,” 2. Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 2:203.
  5. [5] “Mormon Migration,” database, 1840–1932, Mormon Migration (http://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu, accessed Dec. 2014), Jens Nielson; extracted from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Immigration Index CD (2000). “Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel,” database, 1847–1868, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel (http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels, accessed Nov. 2014), Jens Nielson.
  6. [6] Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 2:203–204.
  7. [7] Lyman, “Bishop Jense Nielson,” 10. Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 2:204.
  8. [8] Utah death certificate, file no. 3/425.