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History of Jacob Rolfsen


Jacob Rolfsen
Jacob Rolfsen

ROLFSEN, JACOB (son of Bent and Gertrude Marie Rolfsen of Resor, Norway). Born 1828. Came to Utah Sept. 22, 1861, Samuel A. Woolley company.

Married Margaret Christinia Kjelsen May, 1852, at Resor (daughter of Niels Kjelsen and Helga Olsen, pioneers 1861, Samuel A. Woolley company). She was born Nov. 4, 1828. Their children: Nicholine, m. Niels H. Jensen; Bend; Maria, m. Otto Lylia; Niels, m. Annie Frandsen; Helga Sophia, m. George G. Frandsen; Jacobina, m. Clarence Winchester; Jacob; Annie Helen, m. William A. C. Bryan. Family home Mt. Pleasant, Utah.

High priest; missionary to Norway 1877-79; ward teacher. Worked on St. George and Manti temples. Settled at Ephraim 1861; moved to Mt. Pleasant 1863. Carpenter. Died Oct. 21, 1883, Mt. Pleasant.


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