Biography
Emma Enger Mortensen Petersen was born 7 March 1842 in Junget, Viborg, Denmark to Diderick Mortensen (1806-1872) and Maren Jensdatter (1804-1882) and died 9 March 1886 Annabella, Sevier County, Utah, United States of unspecified causes. She married Johan Peter Petersen (1842-1915) 7 March 1861 in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah.
Emma crossed the Atlantic on the ship James Nesmith with her parents (Diderick and Maren) and her siblings in 1855.
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.
Amma's parents and other siblings came west a year later in the Christian Christiansen Company of 1857.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| John Michael Claus Peterson (1862-1865) | |||
| Joseph Martin Peterson (1863-1865) | |||
| Sorine Peterson (1865-1865) | |||
| Joel Franklin Peterson (1866-1915) | |||
| Sarah E Peterson (1868-1951) | |||
| Elsie Leolettie Peterson (1870-1908) | |||
| Albert Peterson (1872-1942) | |||
| Charles Otto Peterson (1874-1959) | |||
| Ernest Wilford Peterson (1875-1936) | |||
| James Arthur Peterson (1881-1947) | |||
| Mary Clarissa Peterson (1883-1965) | |||
| Emma Peterson (1886-1886) | |||
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-) | |||