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Timpson, Laura Logie, 1886-1973

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1886 - 1973

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Biography of Inger Mortensen Hansen

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338169]
Identifier: MSS 2802
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Inger Mortensen Hansen was born in Denmark in 1826. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1861. He came by handcart to Utah and went to Genoa where he lived in a dugout on the side of a hill. He later settled in American Fork, Utah.

Dates: 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of Inger Mortensen Hansen

Biography of John Joseph Johnson

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338052]
Identifier: MSS 2803
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. John Joseph Johnson was born in Denmark in 1809. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah by handcart. He later settled in American Fork, Utah. Timpson also writes about members of Johnson's family whom she can remember.

Dates: 1949
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of John Joseph Johnson

Biography of Metta Johnson

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338045]
Identifier: MSS 2804
Scope and Contents

Photocopied from a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Metta Johnson was born in Denmark in 1806 and married Joseph Johnson. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah by handcart. She settled in American Fork, Utah, and died in 1896.

Dates: 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of Metta Johnson

Filtered By

  • Subject: Latter Day Saint handcart companies X
  • Subject: Immigrants X
  • Subject: Latter Day Saints -- Denmark X

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Immigrants -- Utah 2
Latter Day Saint women -- Biography 2
Immigrants 1
 

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