My Pioneer Heritage: Ancestors from the Black Family Tree

The following is a list of Companies that Mormon Pioneer Emigrants traveled west in to Utah from 1847 - 1868. The names that follow each company are OUR Ancestors from the LeRoy Black Family Tree. Read the Trail Excerpts from each company so you can learn more about the company and the trials they had to go through to get to UTAH.

If it wasn't for them ... where would WE all be today?

Hans Peter Olsen Company (1854)

Departure: 15 June 1854

Arrival: 5 October 1854

Company Information: About 550 individuals and 69 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Westport, Missouri. Trail Excerpts

Jens Black

Jens Black (36) My Great Great Great Grandfather - Married to Christina Cecelia Larsen

Johanna Bolette Bertelson Black (21) Jens Blacks 2nd Wife

Click here to read about all the interesting things I found out about my Grandfather Jens Black

Lars and Margrethe Johansen

Lars Johansen (59) My Great Great Great Great Grandfather - Married to Anna Margrethe Sorensen Johansen

Anna Margrethe Sorensen Johansen (57) My Great Great Great Great Grandmother - Married to Lars Johansen

Rasmus Johansen

Christian John Larsen

Christian John Larsen (23) Captain of Division; Chaplain of Company
(Lars and Margrethe's Son)

Barbara Dorthea Olsen

Barbara Dorthea Jensine Olsen Larsen (21)
(Christian John Larsen's Wife) Barbara’s brother, Waldemar Christian Larsen (12) died of cholera in St. Louis on 13 Dec 1854

Soren Larsen (32) (Lars and Margrethe's Son)

Marie Fredericksen Larsen (23) (Soren's Wife)

Christian A. Larsen Sr. (45)

Christian A. Larsen (Infant)

Svend Larsen (38) Read Svend's Trail Excerpts

Jorgen (George) Larsen (7)

John Larsen (37)

Anders Lauritz Larsen (10)

Anders Larsen (39)

Anne Helene Jensen Larsen (37)

Maren Jorgensen Larsen (30)

Marie Kristine Larsen (6)

Martha C. Larsen (Infant)

Savina Caroline Larsen (8)

Click here to read about the Johansen Family

Jacob F. Secrist/Noah T. Guymon Company (1855)

Departure: 13 June 1855

Arrival: 7 September 1855

Company Information: List of Individuals – Trail Excerpts – Read a Narrative

Maren Larsen (18) Cecelia's Sister - Also Married to Jens Black his 4th wife (Lars and Margrethe's Daughter)

Cecelia Larsen

Christina Cecelia Larsen (18) My Great Great Great Grandmother -Married to Jens Black his 3rd wife
(Lars and Margrethe's Daughter)

Hans Peter Larsen (20)

Mathias Larsen (55)

Ole Peter Larsen (44)

Canute Peterson Company (1856)

Departure: 27 June 1856

Arrival: 16-23 September 18

Company Information: About 320 individuals and about 60 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha). Read a narrative of the Company and the Trail Excerpts

Jens Christian Jensen

Jens Christian Jensen (19) My Great Great Great Grandfather - Married to Margrethe Andersen

Annie M. Jensen (60)

Christen Jensen (11)

Christen Jensen (31)

Christian Jensen (31)

Jacob Jensen (9)

Soren Jensen (21)

Lars M. Jensen

WilliamB. Hodgetts Company (1856)

Departure: 30 July – 1 August 1856

Arrival: 10 December 1856

Company Information: About 150 individuals and about 33 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Iowa City Iowa. Trail Excerpts

The Larsen’s were in the Third wagon company with Captain John Banks.

John Larsen (32)

Ane Jorgensen Larsen (30)

Catheritte Margrethe Larsen (4)

Christina M. Larsen (4)

Sarah Larsen (3)

Johannes Larsen (22)

N. Larsen (50)

Line Larsen (50)

Niels Larsen (30)

Abraham O. Smoot Company (1856)

Departure: 10 Aug 1856

Arrival: 9 November 1856

Company Information: About 96 individuals and about 34 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Mormon Grove (near Atchison) Read Narrative and Trail Excerpts

Lars Elias Johansen (17) (Lars and Margrethe's Son)

Christian Christiansen Company (1857)

Departure: 15 June 1857

Arrival: 13 Sept 1857

Company Information: 7^th handcart company which had about 330 individuals, 68 handcarts, and 3 wagons in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Iowa City, Iowa. This company was first headed by James Park, David Dille and George Thurston. Read Narrative – Trail Excepts

Anders Larsen (38)

Caroline Anderson Larsen (44)

Lauritz Larsen

Lauritz Larsen (23)

Anna Thompson Larsen (29)

Lewis Larsen (10)

Anna Larsen (7)

Mary Christine Larsen (5)

Unidentified Companies (1857)

Departure: Unknown

Arrival: Unknown

Company Information: Individuals in the Company and Trail Excerpts

Christian Grejs Larsen

Christian Grejs Larsen (28) (Lars and Margrethe's Son)

Caroline Marie Sorensen Larsen (18)(Christian Grejs Wife)

Kirstin Marie Larsen (16)

Lars Nielsen Larsen (31)

John Murdock Company (1861)

Departure: 4 July 1861

Arrival: 12-19 September 1861

Company Information: This company consisted mostly of Scandinavian Saints from the ship “Monarch of the Sea” when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (Now Omaha).

List of Individuals in this company and Trail Excerpts

Mette Christensen Anderson (52) My Great Great Great Great Grandmother - She came without her husband, Anders Andersen. He died in a Mining Accident in Denmark.

Margrethe Anderson (17) My Great Great Great Grandmother - Married to Jens Christian Jensen

Miner G. Atwood Company (1865)

Departure: 31 July 1865

Arrival: 8-9 November 1865

Company Information: About 245 individuals were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Wyoming, Nebraska (the west bank of the Missouri River about 40 miles south of Omaha) Trail Excerpts