I located my Ancestor Ane Dorthea Jorgensdatter Jacobsen
in the old Salt Lake City Cemetery in a pauper plot, buried in 1863 in an unmarked
grave with 15 other Utah PIONEERS or children of Utah Pioneers.…The other
pioneers are…Hyrum Corbett, Albert Vincent, Ester Wright, Cecula Jungeroon,
John Blegmore, John Richardson, Ann Hudson Reid, James Coupe Dutton, Mary
Rutherford, Edward Siddard, Aase Marie Nielson, Sarah Ann Ellen Skerry, Donald McKinnon, John Ogebry Walker
Here
is her history I wrote for the Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Ane Dorthea Jorgensdatter, 1810-1863
Written by
Anita Jones Smith
3rd Great Granddaughter
Ane was born 25 Jan 1810 in Braendekilde, Sogn, Odense, Denmark to Jorgen and Karen Pederson Rasmussen. She was christened on 26 Jan 1810 in Wodenhuuset, Braendekilde, Odense, Denmark. Witnesses to her christening were Lena Andersdat, Kristian Andersson, Hendrith Matisen, & Rasmus Hansen. Her father was born 1778-1782 in Braendekilde, Sogn, Odense, Denmark and her mother was born 1782 in Braendekilde, Sogn, Odense, Denmark. Her mother died 16 Oct 1824 in Wodenhuuset, Braendekilde, Odense, Denmark.
Ane married Niels Jacobsen 1 Jul 1840 in Fredreriks Tyske, Kobenhaven, Denmark. He was an architect. Through his ability he became very prominent among the wealthier people of the city They are the parents of Jacobine Elizabeth, born 1837, Camilla Dorothy, born 1840, Sophie or Sophia Olive, born 1847, Anna born 1854 and Jacob born 1856.
In 1851 the Mormon Missionaries came around and Ane with Camilla were baptized on 27 June 1851, without the knowledge of Niels, he had become very bitter and prejudice against the mormons. Without his knowledge they would pack on black cloaks and veils and attend the meetings. Ane was baptized by Elder O. Monster and confirmed by Elder H. Benson.
In 1857 Ane and Niels daughter Camilla decided to come to Utah with the saints. Ane was happy for Camilla, but her father Niels was very angry and broken hearted. Ane prepared for her daughter to leave and at that time Niels presented Camilla with a gift, a cedar chest made by his own hands and very valuable. In the top of the lid he carved Camilla’s name. Camilla left Denmark for Liverpool in April 1857 and she sailed on the “West Moreland” April 25, 1857. To Niels dying day he left a place at the table and a chair drawn for her. Niels died 1 May 1861 in Copenhagen,Taarnby, Denmark.
On 30 April 1863, Ane with her daughters Jacobine and Sophie and Jacobine’s husband Peter G Petersen left on the John J Boyd for Utah from Liverpool, England. Captain J. H. Thomas sailed for New York, the company was organized the same afternoon by President Cannon. Who together with Elders C. W. West, Jesse N. Smith, J. M. Kay, B. Young, junior, and others visited the vessel as she lay in the river. Elder William W. Cluff was appointed to preside over the company, with Elders Knud H. Brown and William S. Baxter for counselors. The Saints were mostly from Denmark, Sweden and Norway, were addressed by President Cannon through an interpreter, also by Elder Jesse N. Smith, president of the Scandinavian Mission and by Elder William W. Cluff. LDS Immigrants on board were 767, they landed in New York harbor on Sunday June 1st at Castle Garden. In the evening of the same day the journey was continued to Albany, New York, and on to Florence, Nebraska arriving June 12th.
Narratives of the Emigration from the Scandinavian
Mission 1852-1868
Excerpts of the History of the Scandinavian Mission, by Andrew Jenson.
A second company of
emigrating Saints (about 200 souls), bound for the gathering places of the
Saints in the Rocky Mountains, sailed from Copenhagen, April 23, 1863,
per steamship "Aurora." This was the second division of a
large company of emigrating Saints who left Scandinavia that spring for Utah.
The steamer "Aurora" arrived in Kiel in the morning of April 24th,
and the same day the Saints went by special railway train to Hamburg where
lodgings were
secured for them m a large emigrant building, while their baggage was being
transferred to the large and beautiful steamer "Grimsby,"
on which they went on board in the evening. This steamer sailed from Hamburg on the 25th and
after a successful voyage of two days on the North Sea arrived at Grimsby,
England, Monday morning, April 27th. Here the emigrants spent the night in a
freight house. The following day (April 28th) the company went by train to
Liverpool, where the Scandinavian emigrants and 113 English Saints boarded the
ship "John J. Boyd," the total number of souls now
being 766. The company was organized; by President George Q. Cannon,
who appointed Wm. W. Cluff leader, with Elders Knud H. Bruun and William
S. Baxter as his counselors. Later the company was divided into seven
districts. The ship sailed from Liverpool on the evening of April 30th, but
anchored out in the river until the next morning (May 1st), when the "John
J. Boyd" lifted anchor and started on its voyage across the Atlantic. The
voyage proved a pleasant one and lasted only 29 days. On board, the emigrants
received good food in abundance Every seventh day a ration for each person was
issued consisting of one and one-half pounds of rice, two pounds of peas, one
pound Of pork, two pounds of beef, three pounds of potatoes, three pounds of
oatmeal, one-fourth pound of tea, two ounces of pepper, two ounces of mustard,
one-half pint of vinegar and a quantity of English sea biscuits. Besides this
the sick obtained wine, milk, sago, sugar and soup from the captain's kitchen.
Elder Peter O. Thomassen writes that Brother Wm. W. Cluff won for himself the
admiration of the Saints and gave perfect satisfaction in performing his
difficult duties as leader of the company. The sanitary condition on board was
very good; only four or five persons died on the sea. The monotony of the
voyage was one day (May 21st) broken by seeing eight mighty icebergs swaying in
majestic grandeur upon the shining billows, glittering in forms of purest
crystal. They were accompanied by a wintry degree of cold, and to make the
illusion of the polar seas more effective five whales were seen playing about
the ship, sending the water like springing fountains high in the air. The
"John J. Boyd" arrived safely with its precious cargo of souls in New
York harbor, and on Sunday June 1st, the emigrants were landed at Castle
Garden. In the evening of the same day the journey was continued to Albany, New
York, and on to Florence, Nebraska.
The greater part of the Scandinavian emigrants
journeyed across the Plains in three of the ox-team companies sent out by the
Church that season to the Missouri River after immigrants. The first of these
left Florence June 29, 1863. led by Capt. John R. Murdock, and
arrived in Salt Lake City, Aug. 29th. The second company, led by Capt.
John F. Sanders, left Florence July 6th and arrived in Salt Lake City
Sept. 5th. The third company, led by Capt. Wm. B. Preston, left
Florence July 10th and arrived in Salt Lake City Sept. 9th.
It is not known at this time which company that Ane and her family traveled with. I am assuming that one of the companies listed above is one that they traveled with.
Ane died November 27, 1863, just a couple of months after arriving into the valley she was buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery in a common pauper plot. She was buried with fifteen other people that were pioneers or children of pioneers. She was the last to be buried in that pauper plot.
To honor her, her descendants gathered together and had a headstone made in her honor.
Here is the Deseret News Article link. I contacted a few of the Pioneer descendants. They got together with their families and were able to get headstones for their ancestor, then we had a gathering on June 16, 2005.
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600151426,00.html