If you click on the title, Mads Frederick Christensen, you'll be linked to a website with his journal. Mads was Nana's grandfather, and the brother of CCA Christensen--the painter. His mother, Dorothea, was so poor that she had to put her boys in an orphanage. In the journal link above, Mads tells about living in the orphanage, being apprenticed to an abusive master, joining the Church and his journey to Zion. Might be a good family night story!
If you are interested in exploring the website further, it's linked to LDS. org and has lots of journals from many of the pioneers. James Sanderson, Nana's other grandfather, is listed and it mentions his experience with the Mormon Battalion, but his journal isn't included.
Note: Dorothea is buried in the SLC Pioneer Cemetery, listed only as "A Danish Woman."
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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I am connected to The Swan family, https://www.geni.com/people/James-Swan/6000000001212732505?through=6000000001212735272
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→ Robert Ernest Myers
your father → Lois Minerva Price
his mother → Hedley Vicar Price
her father → James Nelson Price
his father → Captain James Rix Price
his father → George Webb Price
his father → Jane Kitchen (Webb)
his mother → Jerusha Webb (Wickham)
her mother → John Wickham
her father → William Wickham
his brother → Naomi Strickland (Wickham)
his daughter → Naomi Risley (Strickland)
her daughter → David Risley, II
her son → Jonathan Wrisley (Risley or Wrisley)
his son → Chloe L. Risley
his daughter → James John Albert Swan
her husband
Thru Gustave Mier
Shortest in-law relationship
Gustave A. MEIER is your 8th cousin once removed's wife's second cousin's husband's father.
You
→ Robert Ernest Myers
your father → Lois Minerva Price
his mother → Hedley Vicar Price
her father → James Nelson Price
his father → Captain James Rix Price
his father → George Webb Price
his father → Jane Kitchen (Webb)
his mother → Jerusha Webb (Wickham)
her mother → John Wickham
her father → William Wickham
his brother → Naomi Strickland (Wickham)
his daughter → Naomi Risley (Strickland)
her daughter → David Risley, II
her son → Jonathan Wrisley (Risley or Wrisley)
his son → Chloe L. Risley
his daughter → James Albert Swan, Jr.
her son → Wallace (Wally) Harris Swan
his son → Kenneth W. Swan
his son → Elsie Helen Henneman
his wife → Frank Herman Henneman
her father → John Hinrich Hinrich Hennemann
his father → Johann Philipp Hennemann
his brother → Peter Carl HENNEMANN
his son → Vernetta Wilma HENNEMANN
his daughter → Franklin Benjamin MEIER
her husband → Gustave A. MEIER
his father
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