ROLFSEN, JACOB (son of Bent and Gertrude Marie Rolfsen of Risor, Norway). Born 1828. Came to Utah Sept. 22, 1861, Samuel A. Woolley company. Married Margaret Christinia Kjelson May, 1852, at Resor (daughter of Niels Kjelson and Helga Olsen, pioneers 1861, Samuel A. Woolley company). She was born Nov. 4, 1828. Their children: Nicholine, m. Nils H. Jensen; Bent; 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. (taken from Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah)
Niels Rolfson was 2 years old when he emigrated to the United States with his parents and his family in 1861. They traveled with the Samuel A. Woolley Company. His name is listed as "Nels Rolfisin" on the Death Certificate Index. He came on the ship, Monarch of the Sea in 1861 with his father, Jacob and mother, Margretha and siblings: Nicoline, Bent, and Gjertrude. Jacob Rolfsen (Age: 33) Margrethe Christine Rolfsen (Age: 32) Nicolena Rolfsen (Age: 8) Bent Rolfsen (Age: 6)
Gertrude Maria Rolfsen (Age: 4)
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