Jacob Rolfsen^[1]

1828 - 1883  (55 years)

• Name	Jacob Rolfsen
  Birth	22 Mar 1828	Risor, Aust Agder, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Baptized (LDS)	25 Jan 1858
  Endowed (LDS)	21 Dec 1868	EHOUS
  Burial	18 Apr 1883	Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah
  Death	21 Oct 1883	Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah
  Notes	AKA: Jacob Bentsen. SOURCE: REcords of Mt. Pleasant North Ward, Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete, UT; Microfilms in Genealogical Society Library. DEATH: Other AF records show 18 Oct 1883. From Don Rolfson: "Jacob Rolfsen(Francis Thor Rolfson's older brother) joined the Church of Jesus Chris of Latter Day Saints January 25, 1858 along with his wife Margrethe Kirstine Nielsen and they with their four children: Nicoline, Bength, Gjertrud M. and Niels came to America May 16, 1861 on the ship "Monarch of the Sea". (G. S. Film #298,437) When they arrived in Salt Lake City the Dorius and Rolfsen families journeyed on to Sanpete County and started homes. They were the earliest builders in that part of Utah. They settled in Fountain Green. It was a long dangerous journey by team or hand-cart across the country. " --From family compiled book 8 1/2 X 14 X 525 pages; page 9; unnamed book on Larsen and Washburn family in possession of Elden Bartholomew From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  Person ID	I269	Lythgoe-Donaldson
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2002

  
  

  Father	Bendt Rolfsen,   b. 27 Apr 1792, Oyestad, A-Agdr, Norway d. 16 Jan 1852, Risor, Aust Agder, Norway (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Gjertrude Maria Wraaldsen,   b. 8 Jan 1799, Risor, Aust Agder, Norway d. 1888, Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	25 Jan 1819	Risor, Aust Agder, Norway
  Sealed P (LDS)	7 Nov 1956
  Family ID	F129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margretha Christene Kjelsøn,   b. 4 Nov 1828, Fjebu, Risør, Søndeled, Aust Agder, Norway d. 16 Apr 1913, Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah (Age 84 years)  [1]
  Marriage	14 May 1852
  Sealed S (LDS)	21 Dec 1868	EHOUS
  Children	+ 1. Nicolene Rolfsen,   b. 21 Jul 1852, Risor, Aust Agder, Norway d. 13 Feb 1932, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (Age 79 years)   2. Bent Rolfsen,   b. 16 Jan 1855, Risor, Aust Agder, Norway d. 3 Apr 1932 (Age 77 years)   3. Gertrud Marie Rolfsen,   b. 13 Feb 1857, Risor, Aust Agder, Norway d. 5 Feb 1931, Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah (Age 73 years)   4. Niels Rolfsen,   b. 13 May 1859, Risor, Aust Agder, Norway d. 29 Apr 1921, Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah (Age 61 years)   5. Helga Sophia Rolfsen,   b. 1 Jul 1863, Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah d. 1 Jan 1934, Price, Carbon, Utah (Age 70 years)   6. Jacobine Margrethe Rolfsen,   b. 21 Oct 1865, Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah d. 3 Jan 1914 (Age 48 years)   7. Jacob Rolfsen,   b. 13 Nov 1867, Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah d. 27 Sep 1939 (Age 71 years)   8. Anna Helene Rolfsen,   b. 8 Jul 1870, Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah d. 5 Feb 1920, Nephi, Juab, Utah (Age 49 years)
  Family ID	F122	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Birth - 22 Mar 1828 - Risor, Aust Agder, Norway Burial - 18 Apr 1883 - Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah Death - 21 Oct 1883 - Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah  = Link to Google Earth
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  Documents

  Jacob Rolfsen Bible Page A listing of names and birth dates for Jacob, his wife and his children. Found in between the Old and New Testaments in his Danish Bible, published 1859 (he was Norwegian, but maybe the languages were close enough).

  
  

  Headstones

  Rolfsen, Jacob

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		History of Jacob Rolfsen Also mentioned: Niels Jensen, Margaret Kjelsen, Niels Kjelsen, Gertrude Knudsen, Helga Olsen, Bent Rolfsen, Nicolene Rolfsen.
  		Rolfsen Family Notes Rough notes by Janet W. Sorensen
  		Jacob Rolfsen's Missionary Journal A journal kept by Jacob while he was on an LDS mission in Norway in 1879. Includes an account of his trip home. Translated from Norwegian to English by Harald Kulø.
  		History of Gjertrud Maria Wroldsen Rolfsen Probably by Mary Larsen Retyped by Edith Larsen Baker, 2003
  		Jacob Rolfsen and the Missionaries as told by his great-granddaughter, Janet Weech Sorensen

  
  

• Sources

  [S172] Karen Ranveig Anderson, GEDCOM File : Aslak Torkilson.Hope Gedcom.ged, 1 Aug 2002.