Nicolai SØRENSEN
Nicolai sold his land in the spring of 1857 and made preparations to join the
"Saints in Zion." The Sørensens traveled from Copenhagen to England via
steamship, then across England by rail to Liverpool where they booked passage
on the Westmoreland for the trip to America. After a rigorous seven weeks on
the Atlantic, they landed in Philadelphia. From there, the family traveled by
train to Iowa City, where they were outifitted with a covered wagon for the
final leg of the journey to the Great Salt Lake Valley.
taken from Isaac Sorensen's, "History of Mendon," Publishers Press, Salt Lake
City, 1988, p. xv.
aka: Isaac Sorensen
Was the oldest man in Mendon at the time of his death in 1934. The Deseret
News 7 Feb, 1934.
Family History Library (Nicolai Sorensen)
He married Magdelena (Malena) Olsen 6 Jul 1830 at Kirke Fjenneslev, Sorø, Denmark . Magdelena (Malena) Olsen was born at Fjenneslev, Sorø, Denmark 21 Mar 1807 daughter of Ole Pedersen and Inger or Ingeborg Sørensen .
They were the parents of 12
children:
Catherine Sophie Sørensen
born 7 May 1831.
Ole Peter Sørensen
born 10 Oct 1832.
Søren Christian Sørensen
born 27 Apr 1834.
Christina Sørensen
born 18 Jan 1836.
Abraham Sørensen
born 18 Nov 1837.
Frederik Isak Sørensen
born 24 Feb 1840.
Mary Caroline Sørensen
born 25 Jun 1843.
Jacob Frederik Sørensen
born 29 Sep 1844.
Søren Christian Sørensen
born 7 Dec 1846.
Son Nicolaisen
Henrik Carl Christian Sørensen
born 21 May 1851.
Ingeborg Kirstine Larsine Sørensen
born 2 Mar 1854.
Nicolai Sørensen died 30 Mar 1887 at Mendon, Cache, Utah .
Magdelena (Malena) Olsen died 30 Mar 1887 at Mendon, Cache, Utah .