Jens NEBEL

                   Name: aka John
IMMIGRATION: Jun 1868 aboard "Emerald Isle" which carried a total of 1280 Mormons in 3 voyages, 876 in their journey
NOTE: served in war between Denmark and Germany

NOTE:
Contributed By Alyssia Marie Martin
John Peter Nebel was born July 4, 1833 at Apperup, Soro, Denmark.  His parents were Jens Nebel and Maren Jacobson.  John was raised by his grandparents, and from the time he was old enough to work he worked for his board and room.  He worked in the fields with very little to eat.  At noon he dipped dark bread in the ditch for his meal.  He worked seven years with no pay to learn to be a blacksmithand stonemason.  In March of 1861 John married Anne (Ane) Nielson, the daughterof Niels Hansen and Karen Nielsen and they settled down to raise a family.  They became the parents of eleven children, six born in Denmark and five after theyimmigrated to America.  Their first child was a daughter, Johanna Maria born July 8 1861 in Freerslev, Denmark.  Then on September 17, 1862 in Haslev, twin daughters joined the family, Karen Marie and Trine Marie.  Trine died when just 12days old on September 29.  Karen Maries name was changed to Mary Ann sometimeafter they immigrated to Utah.  Jens Peder Nebel their first son was born on April 20. 1864.  Daughter Sophie Welhelmine was born March 22, 1866 in Freerslev and son Rasmus John joined the family on January 6, 1868.
         John Peter was an officer in the war between Germany and Denmark.  John and Anne learned of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and on March28, 1863 they were baptized into this religion.  There was much persecution because of their decision (family disowned and tormented them).  Finally in 1868 they purchased tickets on a steamer to immigrate to Utah and join the Saints.  However it ended up that they sailed on an old sailing vessel instead.
         They sailed on the Emerald Isle on June 19, 1868 out of the harbor of Liverpool,  There were 876 Saints in the company, of which 627 were from Scandinavia and the rest from the British Isles. Elder Hans Jensen Hals presided over thecompany. His counselors were Elders James Smith and John Fagerberg. On this crossing the ship was commanded by a Captain Gillespie. After six days the square-rigger put into Queenstown harbor to take on fresh water, since the equipment to distill sea water for culinary use had broken down. On 29 June the voyage resumed, but life on shipboard became increasingly unpleasant. The officers and crew treated the Saints harshly, and Elder Hals protested to the captain and reminded him of the contractual and legal rights of the passengers. On one occasion a mateattacked a Sister Saunders, and a "Brother Jensen" pulled the mate away and chastised him. Soon a group of sailors threatened violence but were subdued after the master reprimanded the offender. According to the Church Emigration record, no other emigrating company was known to have received such bad treatment. "Fortunately this is the last company of Scandinavian Saints which crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a sailing vessel." However, it was not just the treatment from the ship's of officers and crew that created unpleasantness, but the water became stagnant and unfit for use, causing much sickness among the emigrants. Thirty sevenchildren and four adults died during the voyage. Although many children died ofmeasles, it was felt that the drinking water contributed to the high death rate.During the three days of quarantine in the New York harbor thirty-eight sick emigrants were taken ashore. On 14 August-after a fifty-five-day passage-the Saints landed at Castle Garden.  (The Emerald Isle carried a total of 1280 Mormons in3 voyages.)
England with about 1000 people on board.
         John Peter and Anne left Denmark with three daughters and two sons.  Whenthey arrived in New York they had one surviving daughter, having buried one daughter and both sons at sea.  One daughter Johanna died two days before they landed but they pretended she was just sick so she would not have to be buried in the sea and after they landed they buried her on Long Island.  Anne could not stand to bury another child in the ocean.  They landed in New York on August 11 andboth Anne and their surviving daughter Karen Marie (Mary Ann) were ill and in Wards Island hospital in New York for three weeks.  After their release they waited in New York for the rest of the small group that had stayed behind to recuperate from the voyage.  It was almost two months before they resumed their journey west.
         John and Anne got separated in New York and neither could speak English,but it happened that while they were searching for each other they happened to meet on the street and both were greatly relieved.  They got temporary employmentwhile in New York.  Anne at a restaurant and John Peter at the brick yards.  When they found out he was a Mormon he had to leave.  He left his hat and never got paid.  He always said he hated to leave his hat as well as not being paid.
         When the group of Approximately 60 immigrants (which  included the Nebelfamily) who had been detained because of illness were sufficiently recovered toresume their journey Fred C. Anderson who was returning from a three year mission to Scandinavia and England was assigned to accompany the group west.  They left New York on Saturday October 4, at 7:30 p.m. and traveled by train from New York to Green River, Wyoming arriving there on October 13.  Brother Anderson reported that the company was treated with marked respect and consideration by the railway officials along the entire line owing to the very unfortunate circumstances of their voyage.  At Green River they were met by Church teams and 11 wagons that transported them to Salt Lake City.  On the way a man and woman died leavinga little girl.  John and Anna took her to raise but she died in Echo Canyon.  They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley at 11a.m. on October 24, 1868.  The AndersonCompany has the distinction of being the last emigrant company to cross the plains during the years of Mormon overland travel.
         John Peter, Anne and Mary Anne settled first in the Salt Lake Valley.  John Peter worked as a blacksmith.  On September 13, 1869 John Peter and Anne wentto the Endowment house in Salt Lake City and were sealed together.  Mary Ann did not accompany them at that time.  Another son Hans was born November 9, 1869 in South Cottonwood.  Later the family was sent south with other Danish Saints toMayfield, Utah, located about 12 miles south of Manti, Utah.  Their home therewas one big room with a fireplace and a dirt floor.  John Peter was a Stonemasonas well as a Blacksmith and he built many homes in Mayfield.  Many were still standing in 1958.  While living in Mayfield their daughter, Mary Ann had an accident that broke her leg that left her crippled for the rest of her life.  While in Salt Lake City to take her to see a doctor their son Joseph Smith Nebel was born April 22, 1872.
         John Peter and his family lived under the United Order of Mayfield whichwas organized September 14, 1874.  The minutes of July 3, 1875 state the committee of appraisers reported that they had on the 20th day of June, 1875 appraised property for Peter Nebel for 213 dollars and 65cents.  And issued him stock for said property to be credited to him from date of appraisal.  Although theOrder in Mayfield lasted longer than in most communities, it gradually ceased operation.  In the Fall of 1877 the members separated their interests and all things, after which each man planned for himself.
         After the United Order was dissolved the Nebel family moved to Joseph City, Utah where they homesteaded and built a house.  John Peter built a two-room home of rocks in Joseph City and it was still standing and being lived in in 1958.  Then the family moved to Goshen, Utah.  Three more sons had been added to thefamily, John, October 27, 1873, Soren C, August 31, 1879, and Peter Hyrum, January 10, 1882.
         The year Peter Hyrum was born the family moved to Leamington, Utah whereJohn Peter worked on the railroad.  Here is where his daughter Mary Ann met herfuture husband Prince William Smith.
         Later John Peter, Anne, sons Joseph, John, Soren and Peter Hyrum returnedto Joseph City.  Prince William, Mary Ann and their son William Henry moved toJoseph City after the death of their second son Lynna James in 1885.  Prince Williams mother Sarah and her sons, Elias and Alonzo joined them in Joseph City.They all made their homes there until 1889 when they made the move to Star Valley Wyoming.
         There were only a few families in the valley at that time.  The first winter in the valley was very hard for all of them.  The snow was so deep and the deer so weak that the dog was able to catch them.  The families ate a lot of boiled deer meat.
         John Peter did farming as well as blacksmith work for the settlers but there was very little work in the valley so after ten years they made the decisionto move again back to Utah.  In 1899 John Peter and family and Prince William and family left the valley with two wagons and some good teams of horses.  They were headed for Grass Valley, Utah.  They spent the first winter in Goshen, Leamington, and Joseph City.  When they reached Grass Valley they were disappointed so they returned to Star Valley in 1900.
         In 1903 John Peter and Anne moved to Kane, Wyoming in the Big Horn Basinwith their son Joseph and family.
         There were several families from Star Valley making the move at that time.  In 1909 Anne died and was buried in Kane.  John Peter continued with his blacksmithing until he was 86 years old.  He lived with his son Joseph until his death January 24, 1932.  He was almost 99 years old.  He was buried beside his wifeAnne in the Kane Cemetery.


John Peter  Nebel Patriarchal Blessing
South Cottonwood Ward, S.L. Co. U.T.
January 26th 1871
A Blessing given by John Smith, Patriarch upon the head of
Johan Peter Nabbel son of Jens and Marren Nabbel
Born Alrup, Sogn, Denmark July 4, 1833
Brother Johan Peter, I lay my hands upon thy head in the name of Jesus Christ and seal upon thee a fathers blessing which is also patriarchal and I say unto thee be prudent and put thy trust in the Lord, seek wisdom that thou may expand.  Thou hast a work to perform which if thou art faithful will exalt thee hereafter.Thou art of the house of Israel and entitled through thy lineage to the blessings of the new and everlasting covenant.  Thou art of Ephraim and it behooves thee to be upon thy guard and seek instruction that you may comprehend the blessings which are in store for the Saints and fill up the measure of thy creation.  Be firm in thy integrity, the eye of the Lord is upon thee.  Thy guardian angel hath charge concerning thee and will guide thy footsteps if thou will listen to the whisperings of the spirit.  Thou shalt secure with thy (unreadable word) a name which shall be handed down with thy posterity in honorable remembrance and seek to do good and thou shalt be blessed in the labor of thy hands and gather thecomforts of life.  Thou shalt be numbered among the fathers in Israel.  This blessing I seal upon thy head and I seal thee up unto Eternal Life to come forth in the morning of the First Resurrection, Even so, Amen.
                  

                   NOTE: mother shown on christening records as Johanne Jacobsdatter, then as Maren Jacobsdatter
                  

                   NOTE: Mother listed as Marian