Ingeborg Sorensdatter

Brief Life History of Ingeborg

When Ingeborg Sorensdatter was born on 12 February 1817, in Langballe, Mårslet, Havreballegård, Denmark, her father, Søren Andersen, was 33 and her mother, Karen Sørensdatter, was 35. She married Michel or Mikkel Rasmussen on 1 February 1839, in Mårslet, Ning, Århus, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Mårslet, Ning, Århus, Denmark for about 6 years and Holme, Ning, Århus, Denmark for about 10 years. She died on 16 April 1874, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Michel or Mikkel Rasmussen
1809–1891
Ingeborg Sorensdatter
1817–1874
Marriage: 1 February 1839
Soren Rasmussen
1839–1911
Birthe Marie Rasmussen
1840–1888
Karen Marie Rasmussen
1843–1925
Rasmina Matilda Rasmussen
1845–1857
Rasmus Rasmussen
1848–1857
Jens Peter Rasmussen
1850–1859
Soren Peter Rasmussen
1851–1939
Niels Rasmussen
1854–1856
Josephine Brighamina Rasmussen
1856–1857

Sources (48)

  • Engeborg Sorensdatter in household of Niels Thomasen, "Denmark Census, 1834"
  • Ingeborg Rasmussen, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ingeborg Anderson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1818 · Danmarks Nationalbank

Danmarks Nationalbank is the central bank of the Kingdom of Denmark and serves as an independent and credible institution that issues the krone, the Danish currency. The bank undertakes all functions related to the management of the Danish central-government debt.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

From an Old Norse personal name from the name of the fertility god Ing + borg ‘fortification’.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

Story Highlight

1859: "James S. Brown Company" Mikkel Rasmussen, wife Ingeborg and family are in this company

Transcript for Peter Rasmussen autobiography: In 1857 my father and mother sent three of the older children on to Salt Lake City with handcarts. I had an uncle, Rasmus Rasmussen, in Spring City, who …

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