Jacob Madsen

Jacob Madsen 1860–1942 Residence: Bloomington, Bear Lake Co., Idaho. Arrival date in Copenhagen: 14 June 1887 Missionary labors: Ålborg Conference Departure date from Copenhagen: 30 May 1889, Name of departure ship: Milo. Birth date: 6 January 1860, Birthplace: Ogden, Weber Co., Utah. Father: Christensen, Jacob, Mother: Jensen, Dorthe (Dorothea) Christine. Spouse: Krogue, Mary Catherine, Marriage date: 28 April 1887. Marriage place: Logan, Cache Co., Utah. Death date: 19 November 1942, Death place: Logan, Cache Co., Utah Burial place: Logan, Cache Co., Utah

In July 1868, Jacob was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Bloomington, Bear Lake County, Idaho, by Benjamin Brindle. He was ordained a seventy and served in the Sixth Quorum of the Seventy until receiving his endowment on 28 April 1887 in the Logan Temple (see Family Search; Lund, Scandinavian Jubilee Album, 159).

Near this time, he was called to serve a mission to Scandinavia. He arrived in Copenhagen on 14 June 1887 and was assigned to labor in the Ålborg Conference. During this assignment, he served as president of the Ålborg Branch (see Lund, Scandinavian Jubilee Album, 159). After completing this mission, Jacob departed from Copenhagen on 30 May 1889 aboard the steamer Milo with 239 emigrating Latter-day Saints and twelve other returning missionaries (see Jenson, History of the Scandinavian Mission, 304–5, 309).

After his arrival in the West, he moved to Teton Valley in Wyoming, where he worked as a farmer and a cattleman. Jacob died in 1942 of causes incident to age in Logan, Cache County, Utah, at age eighty-two (see “Jacob Madsen,” Salt Lake Tribune, 20 November 1942).

Two years before his death in 1942, Jacob and his wife Mary Catherine were living with their married daughter Ilta and her family and were listed as follows in the census as follows in a home located at 361 7th Avenue which they owned and was valued at $5,500: Elmer E. Jonsson, 47, Ilta Madsen Jonsson, 46, Jolyn, 6, Cornelia, 5, Mary Carolyn, 3 years old, Jacob Madson, 80, and Mary Catherine Krogue Madsen, 74.

For the 52 weeks Jacob's son-in-law, Elmer, worked at 48 hours per week in 1939 as a Utility Representative for the REA (maybe rural electric association?) his income was $3,192. Elmer had 4 years of college education, his wife, Ilta, had 2 years of college, Jacob had 1 year of high school and Mary had an 8th grade education. Previously in 1935 Elmer and his family had been living in the same place and Jacob and Mary Catherine had been living in rural Teton, Idaho.

They were listed in the 1930 census in Bates, Teton County, Idaho as follows: Jacob, 70, Mary C., 65, and son Newel J., 33. they owned their home and had a radio in their home, which was a questions the census takers asked that year. Jacob and Mary had been married for 43 years, and he was still working as a farmer along with his son Newel, even at the advanced age of 70 years old.

Previously in 1920, they had been living in Logan, Cache County, Utah, and were listed as follows: Jacob, 60, Mary 54, Ilta, 26, Niel, 22, Raymond, 19, LaRue, 17, and Sarah, 17. They owned their own home free from a mortgage which was listed at 26 East 4th North Avenue. Ilta was working as a stenographer at the Utah Mortgage and Loan Company. She was the only one with an occupation listed in the census record.

And earlier in 1910, they were living in Bloomington, Bear Lake County, Idaho, and were listed as follows: Jacob, 50, Mary C., 44, Vera M., 19, Ilta G., 16, Newel J., 12, Raymong, 9, LaRue, 7, and Sarah A. 3 years old. Jacob and Mary Catherine had been married for 22 years, had given birth to 6 children, all still living at the time. Jacob was working as a farmer in the census record. They owned their farm free from a mortgage.

They were also living in Bloomington in the 1900 census and were listed as follows: Jacob, 40, Mary C., 34, Vera M., 10, Hilda, 7, Jacob Newel, 2 years old. Jacob was working as a farmer. Living next door was his brother, Anton Peter Madsen, and his family, and they were listed as follows in the census: Anton, 50, Elizabeth Mary Jane, 46, Anton E., 18, Asa, 16, Ezra, 14, Martha A., 11, Nyel L., 8, and Naomi L., 5 years old. Anton and Mary Jane had been married for 30 years, had given birth to 11 children, 9 of whom were still living. Anton was also working as a farmer. He indicated he had come to Utah from Denmark in 1855 and was naturalized 45 years earlier, but actually, he came with his father, mother and siblings in 1857. His brother, Jacob, was their first son born in America, and he was also the last child of Jacob and Dorothea Madsen.

Previously in the 1880 census for Bloomington, Jacob, 20 and his mother, Dorothea, 63, were living alone after the death of his father, Jacob, the previous year in 1879. Jacob Jr. was working as a farmer and his mother was keeping house. Living next door was Jacob's older, married sister, Eliza Madsen Welker, 30, and her husband, Alfred Welker, 33, and their children, David E., 8, Amy L, 5, and Jacob, one month old. Alfred was also working as a farmer. Living nearby was Jacob's older brother, Christian Madsen, 35, and his wife, Louisa Roxana Welker Madsen, 27, and their children, Dortha, 11, John, 9, Ezra, 7, Musette, 5, and Alberta, 1 year old. Christian was working as a laborer. His wife, Louisa Roxana was the cousin of Alfred Welker, Christian's sister Eliza's husband. Alfred was the son of James Wilburn Welker, the older brother of Louisa's father, John Welker.

In the 1870 census for Blomington, Jacob was 10 years old and living with his father, mother and brother: Jacob, Sr., 54, Dorothea (listed in this census as Christina), 53, Neils, 23, and Jacob, 10. Jacob Sr. was working as a farmer, his real estate was valued at $500 and his personal estate at $600. Living next door on one side was Jacob Sr's. son, Christian Madsen, 25, and his wife, Louisa, 19, and their daughter, Dortha, 1 year old. Christian was also farming, his real estate was valued at $400 and his person estate at $200. And living next door on the other side, was Christian's sister, Eliza, 21, and her husband, Alfred Welker, 23, and their son, Alfred, 8 months old. Alfred, Sr., was also farming, and his real estate was valued at $350 and his personal estate at $200.