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Christiansen, Emily

 Person

biographical statement

Emily Christiansen was a genealogist who lived in Ogden, Utah in the 1960s.

Citation:
UPB files, Louise Salmon transcription of overland diary (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Nov. 18, 2013 (Emily Christiansen; genealogist; lived in Ogden in 1960s).

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Diary on Mormon overland travel

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233641742]
Identifier: MSS 8296
Scope and Contents

Transcription of a diary by an unidentified Mormon pioneer describing an overland journey from Missouri to Utah. Author may have been part of the James Brown Company, and includes mention of a Danish company that may be the Hans Peter Olsen Company. Journal is dated June-September 1854. Transcription is dated 1990. Includes a copy of Emily Christiansen's original transcription dated 1960.

Dates: 1854 June-September
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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