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Caroline “Karen” <I>Jensen</I> Anderson

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Caroline “Karen” Jensen Anderson

Birth
Denmark
Death
11 Feb 1900 (aged 64)
Koosharem, Sevier County, Utah, USA
Burial
Koosharem, Sevier County, Utah, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.5207088, Longitude: -111.8849138
Plot
3-B-27
Memorial ID
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Caroline (JENSEN) ANDERSON

Death of Mrs. Caroline Jensen Anderson, a Handcart Pioneer.

Koosharem, Piute Co., Feb. 16.--After an illness of about one year from dropsy, Mrs. Caroline Jensen Anderson, wife of J.C. Anderson, was called to the other life on Feb. 11 . She was born April 4, 1835 in Hjoring, Denmark, and embraced the Gospel in that land in 1855 and emigrated to Utah in 1857, crossing the plains in the historic handcart company. She married J.C. Anderson Feb. 14, 1858. She endured many hardships incident to the early settling of this country, but was always true and faithful. She was the mother of ten children of whom four sons and four daughters survive her, besides an aged husband, who, with a host of relatives and friends cherish her memory. Her funeral was attended by nearly every member of the ward.

(Deseret News, 24 February 1900)


Daughter of Jens Jensen and Anne Svendsen. Anne died in Denmark in 1838.

Second wife of Jens Christian Anderson. Their marriage took place February 14, 1858.

Children:
Annie Marie
Caroline 1861-1861
Jensena
Annie Meanie
Jens Christian Carlos
Erastus Snow
Andrew
Svenning
Diantha
Mary Ellen
Caroline (JENSEN) ANDERSON

Death of Mrs. Caroline Jensen Anderson, a Handcart Pioneer.

Koosharem, Piute Co., Feb. 16.--After an illness of about one year from dropsy, Mrs. Caroline Jensen Anderson, wife of J.C. Anderson, was called to the other life on Feb. 11 . She was born April 4, 1835 in Hjoring, Denmark, and embraced the Gospel in that land in 1855 and emigrated to Utah in 1857, crossing the plains in the historic handcart company. She married J.C. Anderson Feb. 14, 1858. She endured many hardships incident to the early settling of this country, but was always true and faithful. She was the mother of ten children of whom four sons and four daughters survive her, besides an aged husband, who, with a host of relatives and friends cherish her memory. Her funeral was attended by nearly every member of the ward.

(Deseret News, 24 February 1900)


Daughter of Jens Jensen and Anne Svendsen. Anne died in Denmark in 1838.

Second wife of Jens Christian Anderson. Their marriage took place February 14, 1858.

Children:
Annie Marie
Caroline 1861-1861
Jensena
Annie Meanie
Jens Christian Carlos
Erastus Snow
Andrew
Svenning
Diantha
Mary Ellen


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