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Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868
Christiansen, Christian

Birth Date: 7 Oct. 1824
Death Date: 23 Sep. 1900
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Company: Christian Christiansen Company (1857)

Pioneer Information:
Captain of company. Evidence that he came in 1857 is confirmed in information found in Church financial records.

Sources:
Christensen, C. C. A., "By Handcart to Utah: The Account of C. C. A. Christensen," trans. Richard L. Jensen, Nebraska History, winter 1985, 337-44.   Read Trail Excerpt     Source Locations
Dorius, C. C. N., Autobiography of Carl Christian Nicoli Dorius, 19-21. (Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.)   Read Trail Excerpt     Source Locations
Dorius, Johan F. F., [Journal], in "Church Emigration Book."   Read Trail Excerpt     Source Locations
Frantzen, John, Reminiscence and journal 1889-1892, 29-39.   Read Trail Excerpt     Source Locations
Gottfredson, Peter, Autobiographical sketch [n.d.], 11-12.   Read Trail Excerpt     Source Locations
Jensen, James, [Reminiscences], in J. M. Tanner, A Biographical Sketch of James Jensen [1911], 23-40.   Read Trail Excerpt     Source Locations
Journal History, 13 Sep. 1857, p. 25     Source Locations
Liljenquist, Ola Nilsson, Reminiscences. (Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.)   Read Trail Excerpt     Source Locations
Richards, S. W. and Briant Stringam, 18 Aug. 1857, in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, reel 35, box 25, fd. 23.   Read Trail Excerpt     Source Locations
Wright, Caroline (Karen Marie) Olsen, Reminiscences, in Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude, 4 vols. ([Salt Lake City]: International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1998), 4:3474.   Read Trail Excerpt     Source Locations