Bodil Jensen Olsen

• Daughter of Ole Pedersen Hilt and Anne Hansdatter
• Birth: Dec. 17, 1807, Denmark
• Christing Record: on 20 Dec 1807 in TOREBY SOGN, MARIBO, DENMARK
• Death: Jul. 29, 1874, Scipio, Millard County, Utah, USA
• Burial: Scipio Pioneer Cemetery, Scipio Millard County, Utah, USA
• U.S., Find A Grave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16363842/bodil-olsen-jensen

Married

• Married: Knud Jensen (1809 - 1874) was born in Toreby, Maribo, Denmark, were married on Apr 28, 1834 in Toreby, Maribo, Denmark. They were parents of 9 children.

Children:

• Anne Knudsen Jorgensen, (1834 - 1901)
• Bodil Jensen Thueson (1836 - 1914)
• Caroline Jensen Madsen (1838 - 1917)
• Jens Knudsen Jensen ( 1839- 1890)
• Elisabeth Knudsen (1842 - 1858)
• Ellen Jensen Thueson (1844 - 1913)
• Else Margrethe Knudsen (1847 - 1862)
• Ole Jensen (1849 - 1909)

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868 John R. Murdock Company (1862) Age 55

Bodil OLSEN was born to Ole PEDERSEN (Hilt) and Anne HANSEN on December 17, 1807. She was born in Flintinge, Maribo, Denmark, a small place a few miles south of Toreby. She attended the Toreby Parish Church, the parish in which she lived. Bodil was working as a servant on the Brygger farm, and there she met Knud Jensen.

Knud JENSEN and Bodil OLSEN were married April 28, 1834, in Toreby, Maribo, Denmark. They were the parents of a family of nine children. Their children were: Jens, Anne, Bodil, Karen, Dorthea, Elisabeth, Ellen, Else Margrethe, and Ole. They were a kind and loving family; they worked together.

Immigration from Denmark to the United States 1862

• Traveled in the Ola N Liljenquist Company at the age of 54.
• Departure: 24 July 1862
• Arrival: 27 September 1862

History:

The story of Bodil Olsen Contributed By: idashton · 18 March 2016

Bodil Olsen was a young woman when she met Knud Jensen. The two began living together in 1830—and their first son was born the following summer. However, the couple did not marry until 1834. Bodil and Knud went on to have seven daughters and one more son—though two daughters did not live to reach adulthood (both dying around 16 years of age). One daughter was buried in the Lutheran cemetery next to their home in Denmark in 1858. The other was buried at sea on the crossing to America in 1862. Bodil was a careful and diligent mother; her children were well-dressed, and her house was kept fresh and clean at all times.

Missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began arriving in Denmark in 1850 under the supervision of Elder Erastus Snow, an Apostle. Mobs repeatedly attempted to thwart their work, but the missionaries were faithful in their trials.

Various children of the Jensen family were baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints beginning in 1858, and the older daughters were sent on to Zion in the spring of 1859. Bodil and her husband were baptized in 1860, but it was 1862 before they finally headed for America.

Knud, Bodil, and their children sailed on the Electric in April of 1862, with H. J. Johansen as Captain of the ship. They sailed from Hamburg, Germany, with 336 Saints. Before sailing, the emigrating Saints (who came from Denmark, Sweden, and Germany) were organized into nine districts of about 35 people each. Records indicate that nine passengers died during the voyage (including, sadly, Bodil and Knud’s 15-year-old daughter, Else Margrethe, who died from a “throat disease”). The Saints also had one marriage and one birth on the high seas.

A large number of European Saints gathered in Florence, Nebraska, at about the same time that summer. Teams had been sent from Salt Lake to assist with organizing them for the trek west. The Jensen family traveled with the Ola N. Liljenquist Company. Brother Liljenquist’s logs note that he left Copenhagen on April 21 with “the fourth and last company that started from Copenhagen to Zion in the spring of 1862. . . . The four companies were made into two at Florence.” The two groups traveled close together, leaving Florence, Nebraska, in July and arriving in the Salt Lake Valley in late September. The Deseret News ran an article about the companies’ arrival:

"The independent companies of Scandinavian Saints, Captains Christian A. Madsen and Ola N. Liljenquist, numbering about five hundred persons, with eighty wagons, and about six hundred head of stock, arrived from over the plains yesterday afternoon.

"The immigrants are in good health, and their stock in good condition. According to the reports of Elder John Van Cott and Capt. Madsen, these two companies, which traveled together most of the way from the Missouri river, have had most remarkable good luck, having lost but six or seven head of cattle; and the only accident that occurred to their wagons, was the breaking of one tongue in getting over the mountains near the end of the journey, indicating good management, not only on the part of the captains, but of the teamsters, only two or three of whom, as understood, had ever drove a team before they started on the long wearisome journey, which they have so successfully accomplished."

Bodil and Knud were quickly and happily reunited with their children. In 1865, Bodil and Knud were sealed in the Endowment House. The Jensens settled in Gunnison to be near their daughters, Bodil and Ellen. In 1868, the couple moved to Scipio, again following their girls. Bodil and Knud lived happily there until 1874, when both of them passed away.

(Compiled by Rhonda Seamons in July 2010. Updated in May 2014.

Company Information: 700 individuals and 65 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska.

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Sources

• Knud Jensen & Bodil Olsen Family Photo - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000002603990269?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081435304275
• Bodil Olsdatter at in entry for Ole Knudsen Birth Record in Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941 - Name Ole Knudsen,Event Type: Birth, Event Place: Toreby, Maribo, Danmark, Event Place (Original) Toreby, Maribo, Denmark, Gender: Male, Birth Date: 26 Sep 1849, Father's Name: Knud Jensen, Mother's Name: Bodil Olsdatter, Volume 9, Volume Date Range: 1845 - 1872 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000002603990269?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081436716078
• Knud Jensen Brygger & Bodil Olsdatter in entry for Jens Knudsen Confirmation Denmark Records, 1484-1941- Name: Jens Knudsen, Event Type: Confirmation, Event Place: Toreby, Maribo, Danmark, Event Place (Original) Toreby, Maribo, Denmark, Gender: Male, Birth Date: 10 Jun 1831, Birthplace: Thoreby, Father's Name: Knud Jensen Mother's Name: Bodil Olsdatter, Volume 10, Volume Date Range 1814 - 1864 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000019968771453?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081437575364&position=0
• Henry Ole Jensen Family History, Knud Jensen and Bodil Olsen - https://sites.google.com/site/henryolejensenfamilyhistory/knud-jensen
• Bodil Olesdatter Memories - https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/LZCR-T9Z/memories
• Knud Jensen Brygger & Bodil Olsdatter mentioned in the Denmark Birth Records for Else Margrethe Knudsdatter 1618-1923 - Name: Else Margrethe Knudsen, Event Type: Birth, Event Place: Toreby, Maribo, Danmark Event Place (Original): Toreby, Maribo, Denmark Gender: Female Birth Date: 22 Apr 1847, Father's Name:: Knud Jensen, Mother's Name: Bodil Olsdatter, Volume: 9, Volume Date Range: 1845 - 1872 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000002603990259?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081437325886&position=0
• Knud Jensen Brygger & Bodil Olsdatter mentioned in a Birth Record for Ellen Knudsen - Name: Ellen Knudsdatter,Gender: Female, Christening Date: 29 Sep 1844, Christening Place: TOREBY SOGN, MARIBO, DENMARK, Father's Name: Knud Jensen Brygger, Mother's Name: Bodil Olsdatter - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000003506245794?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081437782864&position=0
• Knud Jensen Brygger & Bodil Olsdatter mentioned in a Confirmation Record for Karen Knudsdatter, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000019968477685?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081439431824&position=0
• Knud Jensen Brygger & Bodil Olsdatter mentioned in a Birth Records for Elisabeth Knudsdatter - Name: Elisabeth Knudsdatter, Event Type: Birth, Event Place: Toreby, Maribo, Danmark, Event Place (Original): Toreby, Maribo, Denmark, Gender: Female , Birth Date: 11 Apr 1842, Father's Name: Knud Jensen, Mother's Name: Bodil OlsdatterVolume: 8, Volume Date Range: 1814 - 1845 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000002603990240?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081050462954&position=0
• Knud Jensen Brygger & Bodil Olsdatter mentioned in a Birth Record for Bodil Knudsdatter - Name: Bodil Knudsdatter, Event Type: Birth, Event Place: Toreby, Maribo, Danmark, Event Place (Original): Toreby, Maribo, Denmark, Gender: Female, Birth Date: 07 Sep 1836, Father's Name: Knud Jensen, Mother's Name: Bodil Olsdatter, Volume: 8 Volume Date Range: 1814 - 1845 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000019969008075?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081437739082&position=0
• Knud Jensen Brygger & Bodil Olsdatter mentioned a Church Confirmation record of Dorthea Knudsdatter - Name: Dorthea Knudsdatter - Event Type: Confirmation, Event Place: Toreby, Maribo, Danmark, Event Place (Original): Toreby, Maribo, Denmark, Gender: Female Birth Date: 16 Apr 1840, Father's Name: Knud Jensen, Mother's Name: Bodil Olsdatter, Volume: 10, Volume Date Range: 1814 - 1864 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000003103903774?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081438269895&position=0
• Bodil Oledatter in household of Knud Jensen, "Denmark Census, 1860 - Name: Bodil Oledatter -Event Type: Census, Event Date: 1860, Event Place: Toreby, Musse, Maribo, Danmark, Event Place (Original) Toreby, Musse, Maribo, Denmark, Age 53, Marital Status, Married, Birth Year (Estimated) 18 Relationship to Head of Household: Wife, Household Roll Sex Age Birthplace Knud Jensen Head U, 51, Bodil Oledatter: Wife U, 53, Jens Knudsen, Child, U 29, Bodil Knudsdat Child U 24, Else Margrethe Knudsdatter: Child U 13, Ole Knudsen Child: U 11, Niels Hansen - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000003506245747?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081435395415
• Knud Jensen Brygger & Bodil Olsdat in entry for Anne Knudsdatter in Denmark Church Birth Records, 1484-1941 - Name: Anne Knudsdatter, Event Type: Birth, Event Place: Toreby, Maribo, Danmark, Event Place (Original) Toreby, Maribo, Denmark, Gender: Female, Birth Date: 02 Nov 1834, Father's Name: Knud Jensen, Mother's Name: Bodil Olsdatter, Volume 8, Volume Date Range 1814 - 1845 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000019969068029?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081438615073
• Knud Jensen & Bodil Olsdatter mentioned in the New York Passenger List of 1820-1891 - Name: Knud Jensen, Event Type: Immigration, Event Date: 1862, Event Place: New York City, New York, United States, Gender: Male, Age 52, Birth Year (Estimated), 1810, Birthplace: Denmark, Ship Name: Electric -https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000003506245731?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081436046270
• Photo of the Head Stone of Knud Jensen Brygger & Bodil Olesdatter in Scipo Pioneer Cemetery - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000003506245731?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081455019252&position=0
• Bodil Olsen Jensen - Pioneer Overland Travels- rl - https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/pioneers/49984
• Bodild Olsen, "Denmark Baptisms, 1618-1923 - Christening Date: 20 Dec 1807, Christening Place: TOREBY SOGN, MARIBO, DENMARK, Father's Name: Ole Hilt - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000003506245747?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081436356172