Christensen, Carl Christian, 1868-1889
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1868 - 1889
Biography
Carl Christian (Charles) Christensen (1868-1889) was a Danish immigrant and miner from Pleasant Grove, Utah.
Carl Christian Christensen, also known as Charles or Charley, was born on March 5, 1868, in Skaeve, Denmark, to Jens Christian Christensen and Anne Katrine Andersdatter Jensen. At four years old, Carl was sent alone to America. His family followed him four years later. They would settle in Pleasant Grove, Utah.
Carl started working in the Mammoth Mine, moving to Silver City, Juab County, Utah. On March 26, 1889, he died in a mining accident, and was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Citation:
FamilySearch, via WWW, Mar. 17, 2020 (Carl Christian Christensen, also known as Charles or Charley, was born on 5 March 1868 in Skaeve, Denmark, to Jens Christian Christensen and Anne Katrine Andersdatter Jensen. At four years old, Carl was sent alone to America. His family followed him four years later. They would settle in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Carl started working in the Mammoth Mine, moving to Silver City, Juab County, Utah. On 26 March 1889, he died in a mining accident, and was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery)Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Fugal, Christensen, and Jensen families papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9419
Scope and Contents
Collection contains papers related to the families of Andreas (Andrew) Christensen Fugal, Anne Katrine "Treene" Andersdatter Jensen, and her son, Carl Christian "Charley" Christensen. All are Danish immigrants and early settlers of Pleasant Grove, Utah. The three families are related through birth or marriage. Materials include financial records, including several tithing receipts, and correspondence. Many letters from Charley Christensen were written from Silver City, Utah, where he worked...
Dates:
1878-1946
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections