Gertrud Pedersdatter

Født 30 Jul 1834 Sundbyvester, Sokkelund, København

Død 25 Sep 1857 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA

Fødsel 30 Jul 1834 Sundbyvester, Sokkelund, København

Dåb 1834 Tårnby, Sokkelund, København

Død 25 Sep 1857 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA

Vielse/Ægteskab 24 Apr 1857

Notes on the Marriage of Jacob Bastian and Gertrude Petersen
Contributed By herbertkareenbrown2 · 14 juni 2014 · 0 Comments

Taken from a book on the early Scandinavian emigrants to Utah, from the Church Historical library in the summer of 1931, extracted by Marva Crawford, granddaughter of Jacob Bastian.

On Friday, April 18, 1857 a company numbering 536 souls, sailed from Copenhagen on the steamer 'L.N. Hvidt' in charge of Elder Hector C. Haight, who accompanied the emigrants to England.

The ship arrived at Grimsby, England April 21 in the afternoon. Thence the journey was continued the following day by rail to Liverpool, where the emigrants, together with four returning Utah Elders from Great Britain went on board the ship Westmoreland and sailed from Liverpool, April 25th. In the evening of the 24th, while the ship still lay at anchor in the River Mersey, five young couples were married, namely: Carl C. A. Christensen and Eliza Haarby, Johan F. F. Dorius and Karen Fransen, Carl C. N. Dorius and Ellen G. Rolfsen, Lauritz Larsen and Anne M. Thomsen and Jacob Bastian and Gertrud Petersen. Mathias Cowley was appointed by the presidency in Liverpool to take charge of the company with Henry Lunt and Ola N. Liljenquist as his counselors.

The emigrants went to bed between nine and ten in the evening and arose at five in the mornings.

They arrived in Philadelphia, Pa. May 31, 1857. Here they were received by Elder Angus M. Cannon, who during the absence of Pres. John Taylor acted as emigration agent. On the 2nd of June the emigrants continued by rail from Philadelphia, via Baltimore and Wheeling and arrived safely in Iowa City, Iowa, July 9, 1857. This place was the outfitting point for the saints who crossed the plains in 1857 the same as in 1856. About June 15 the companies left Iowa City. (Elder James C. Park was in charge of the handcart company.) On July 3, 1857 the handcart company reached Florence, Nebraska. This was one day after the ox team company. On July 7, the handcart company left Florence under the leadership of Elder Chr. Christiansen who returned home from a mission to the Western States. Both the handcart company and the ox team company arrived in Salt Lake City on Sept. 13, 1857.

BMR, pp. 52-71 (FHL #023,691); SMR, 1857 (FHL #025,696), pp. 42-66 (source abbreviations)