Biography
Ane Kjersten "Christina" Mortensen Clapp Nielsen was born 14 September 1837 in Junget, Viborg, Denmark to Diderick Mortensen (1806-1872) and Maren Jensdatter (1804-1882) and died 12 April 1898 Annabella, Sevier County, Utah, United States of unspecified causes. She married Benjamin Lynn Clapp (1814-1865) 12 October 1856 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. She married Lars Bertelsen Nielsen (1833-1916) 1859 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Ane (a.k.a. "Christine") crossed the Atlantic on the ship James Nesmith with her parents (Diderick and Maren) and her siblings in 1855. On the ship manifest she is listed as Anna K. Mortensen. She married Captain Benjamin L. Clapp not long after their arrival in Salt Lake City but at the time of her death her surname was Neilsen (she had married Lars Bertelsen Neilsen, her sister's husband)
Diderick emigrated with his wife, Maren, and children: Bodil, Dorothea, Ann Kjerstine, Morten, Inger, Johanne, Jens, Else, and Ane Maria. They came on the ship, James Nesmith in 1855. The following members of this family came on the Clapp train: Bodil, Dorthea, Ann, Morten, and Emma
1856 Clapp Wagon Company
Numbered amoung the participants in the Benjamin Clapp 1856 Pioneer Company, a early Mormon pioneer wagon train traveling from Iowa City, Iowa to Salt Lake City in the early summer, arriving there circa 21 Sep 1856. It was led by Elder Benjamin L. Clapp, one of the Seven Presidents of the Seventy of the LDS Church, who was returning home from a mission to Texas. Several diary/biographical accounts exist for this group.
Christine Mortensen married the wagon company leader only a few weeks after they arrived in Utah. Parents and other siblings came west a year later in the Christian Christiansen Company of 1857.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Elijah Charles Clapp (1857-1913) | 11 December 1857 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States | 12 December 1913 Iona, Bonneville County, Idaho, United States | Mary Caroline Nielsen (1865-1937) |
| Elisha Drown Clapp (1857-1914) | 11 December 1857 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States | 13 January 1914 Logan, Cache County, Utah, United States | Harriet Cecelia Snow (1861-1937) |
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Lorenzo M Nielson (1860-1941) | |||
| Mary Ann Helena Nielson (1861-1951) | |||
| Morten Didrich Nielson (1862-1863) | |||
| James Deitrich Nielseon (1864-1936) | |||
| Christine Nielson (1865-1866) | |||
| John Fullmer Nielson (1866-1867) | |||
| Emma Amelia Nielson (1868-1943) | |||
| Lars Ferdinand Nielson (1870-1951) | |||
| Lorette Christine Nielson (1871-1958) | |||
| Dozinda Christiana Nielson (1873-1967) | |||
| Raymond Anton Nielson (1875-1939) | |||
| Minnie May Nielson (1877-1958) | |||
| Viola Nickoline Nielson (1879-1964) | |||
| William Dair Nielson (1880-1958) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Bodil Boletta Mortensen (1832-1909) | |||
| Dorothea Marie Mortensen (1835-1864) | 3 February 1835 Fuurland, Viborg, Denmark | 3 May 1864 Ft. Ephraim, Sanpete County, Utah, United States | Lars Bertelsen Nielsen (1833-1916) |
| Ane Kjersten Mortensen (1837-1898) | 14 September 1837 Junget, Viborg, Denmark | 12 April 1898 Annabella, Sevier County, Utah, United States | Benjamin Lynn Clapp (1814-1865) Lars Bertelsen Nielsen (1833-1916) |
| Morten Mortensen (1839-) | 24 October 1839 Junget, Viborg, Denmark | United States | |
| Emma Enger Mortensen (1842-1886) | 7 March 1842 Junget, Viborg, Denmark | 9 March 1886 Annabella, Sevier County, Utah, United States | Johan Peter Petersen (1842-1915) |
| Johanne Mortensen (1844-1923) | |||
| James Jens Mortensen (1847-1930) | |||
| Else Catherine Mortensen (1851-1922) | |||
| Anne Marie Mortensen (1853-) | |||
References
- A Pioneer Of Sevier: Funeral of Mrs. Christine Neilson at Annabella--Her Life," Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Apr. 1898, 7.