Frederick Christian Thompson

København, København (Staden), Sankt Annæ Øster Kvarter, Store Kongensgade, Store Kongensgade 264 & 265, sidehuset til højre, 4die sal, 353, FT-1850, B5743

Niels Thomsen 36 Gift arbeidsmand, huusfader Sander, Hjørring amt Karen Niels Datter 27 Gift hans kone Huerslev, Roeskilde amt ?? Frederik Thomsen 4 Ugift deres børn Kjøbenhavn Carl Thomsen 2 Ugift deres børn Kjøbenhavn

Frederick Christan Thompson

Probably written by his grand-daughter Gloria Foster

Grandfather, Frederick Christian Thompson was a Danish Sailor. His mother had told him to go to Utah and marry a Mormon girl. He joined the navy for four years or so, in order to do it. When he was in South America he was bitten by a scorpion. A native sucked the venom from his leg, then asked for whiskey. He drank some and suffered no harm from the bite.

When he was a kid in Denmark, he said they used to put their peas on a knife and suck them off the knife, running their knife from one side of their mouths to the other.

He said there were thousands of little black snakes there, and they would get in the houses. He was not afraid of them but played with them all the time.

He used to ice skate from Denmark to Sweden or Norway, because the North Sea froze over.

He would sing to his children in Danish. “Oh, Tannenbaum” was one. He also sang “Danskepagan” (Danish Maiden). When he married Abigail, she wanted only English in the home. His English improved, but he always had a Danish accent.

He had a farm in Cottonwood. He had a bar in Park City which burned when the city burned.

Left: Photograph of Frederick with sons. Top: About 1874.

Mother said he was a wonderful husband and father. (He payed tithing and ran a bar—figure that one out if you can. It must be said, though, that the Word of Wisdom was not emphasized before about 1920. A lot of the men still smoked and drank until then.)

When he came to Utah the church asked him to Americanize his name. It was “Thomsen” in Denmark.

• We have a copy of his original patriarchal blessing.
• More details on him by Keith Thompson, Grandson

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1846, 27. Juni født i Adelgade, København og døbt 18. Oktober i Trinitatis Kirke: Frederik Christian Thomsen af ugift Fruentimmer Karen Nielsen. Faderen navngivet Arbeidsmd: Niels Tommesen, Adelg. 242. Faddere: Pigen Ane Kirstine Jonasdatter, 393 Kronprinsensg., Arbeidsmand Jens Olsen, Christenter.....Str., Arbeidsmannd Christian Thomsen, 410 Sølvg. og Faderenb. Anm.: Forlovede og ægteviede 23 Octbr. 1846. Anmeldt den 4' Juli 1846.

1850 Folketælling: København (Staden), Sankt Annæ Øster Kvarter, St. Kongensgade 265, Sidehuset til højre, 4. Sal (111): Niels Thomsen (36, c. 1814 i Sanden, Hjørring amt)), Arbejdsmand. Karen Nielsdatter (27, c. 1823 i Hunsiig, Roskilde amt), hans Kone. Frederik Thomsen (4), hans Søn. Carl Thomsen (2), hans Søn.

1855, Folketælling i København (Staden), Sankt Annæ Øster Kvarter, Store Kongensgade 265, Sidehuset til Højre, 4de Sal: Niels Thomsen (41), Sandet, Albæk sogn, Hjørring Amt, Arbejdsmand og Huusfader, Mormon. Karen Nielsen (31), Gevninge Sogn, Roeskilde Amt, Hans Kone. Deres Børn: Frederik Christian Thomsen (10), Carl Frederik Thomsen (8), Josephine Ephrosmine Thomsen (3) og Udøbt Drengebarn (1).

1860, 1. April konfirmeret i Holmens Kirke af Hr. Dr. Fog: Frederik Christian Thomsen, Store Kongensgade 63. Arbeidsmand Niels Thomsen og Karen Nielsen. F. d. 27de Juni 1846, D. d. 18de October S. A. i Trinits Kirke.