Inger Mortensdatter
1 March 1826 - 5 February 1862
Vitals
Birth
1 March 1826
Sengeløse
Death
5 February 1862
American Fork, Utah, Utah
Burial
1862
American Fork, Utah, Utah
Alternate Names
Given Name
Inger
Last Name
Mortensdatter
Maiden Name Alternate Spellings
Mortensen
Married Names
Hansen
Family
Marriage
Children
Parents
Mother: Kjersten Marie Jensdatter (3 January 1801 - 9 December 1856)
Father: Morten Madsen (23 July 1803 - 26 January 1845)
Biography
When Inger Mortensdatter was born on 1 March 1826, in Sengeløse, København, Denmark, her father, Morten Madsen, was 22 and her mother, Kirsten Marie Jensdatter, was 25. She married Christian Hansen on 23 January 1846, in Sengeløse, Smørum, København, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Sengeløse, Smørum, København, Denmark for about 21 years. She and her family emigrated in 1857, traveling from Liverpool to Philadelphia, then on to Iowa City, where they joined a handcart company. Due to illness, they left the company near Genoa, Nebraska, and lived there in a dugout for a few years before moving into Council Bluffs and then Omaha. They finally finished their trek to Zion in 1861, but Inger died in childbirth on 5 February 1862, in American Fork, Utah, at the age of 35, and was buried there.
Events
Emigration
Departure: 25 April 1857
Copenhagen
Utah Arrival
Arrival: 1861
Salt Lake City