James MORTENSEN

                   SOURCES:
    1. Family Records of Verda Foutz
    2. Richfield, Utah Ward Records (GS 026,446) p. 32 for husb., wife & #1,2,3,4,5,6
    3. Alpine, Arizona Ward Records (GS 002,368) p. 14 for husb., wife & #3,4,7,8,9,10
    4. Colonia Oaxaca, Sonora, Mexico Ward Records (GS 038,820) for husb., wife & #4,7,8,9,10,11,12
    5. Whitewater, Cochise, Arizona Ward Records (GS 001,883) for husb., wife & #3,4,7,8,10,11,12; also death dates for husb. & wife
    6. Whitewater, Cochise Arizona Branch Records - St. Joseph Stake, (GS 002,385) for husb., wife & #1,3,4,7,8,10,11,12
    7. Luna, New Mexico Ward Records (GS 016,802) for children #2 and 3
    8. Temple Index Bureau (GS 1,263,244) for Endowment dates
    9. Endowment House Sealing of Couples (GS 183,397) for husb. & wife
    10. Manti Temple Sealing of Children to Parents (GS 170,493)
    11. Death Certificate of Wife
    12. Biography of Margaret A. Mortenson, by her dau. Virginia Swapp
    13. Life Story of George Franklin Mortenson, compiled by his dau. Bertha Mortenson Thomas
    14. Deceased Members File (GS 884,250) for Deaths of #4,7,8
    15. Deceased Members File (GS 884,102) for Death of #1
    16. Deceased Members File (GS 884,345) for Death of #2
    17. Deceased Members File (GS 884,334) for Death of #3
    18. Deceased Members File (Historian's Office for #11)
NECESSARY EXPLANATIONS:
    Family records show 24 Dec 1866, Ward Records show 23 Dec 1866 for marriage of Husband & Wife. Husband James was re-baptized 13 May 1888 at Alpine the same day he was ordained an Elder. Family went to Mexico 21 Feb 1893. The family went first to Colonia Juarez, Mexico after leaving Alpine, Arizona early 1893. In December of 1897 the family moved from Juarez to Colonia Oaxaca, Mexico. They moved from Oaxaca in June 1907 to Pacheco, Mexico. The family was among the Saints who were driven from their homes in Mexico at the time of the Mexican Revolution. They settled 1st in El Paso, Texas and later near Whitewater, Cochise, Arizona. #7 John W., Baptism recorded 4 Jul 1890 on T.I.B. & Whitewater Ward Records. Alpine Ward, where event occurred, records 3 June 1890. #8 George F. Mortenson served as a Minuteman in the Black Hawk War. #8 George and his 1st wife, Edith WESTERN, were sealed 17 Sep 1904 at Dublan, Mexico by President Anthony Ivins. They are said to have been the last couple sealed in old Mexico. #8 George, buried Whitewater, Cochise, Arizona. Bush Valley is now Alpine in Apache County, Arizona.
BURIAL:
    Whitewater Ward Cemetery