Oh well. Anyways, for Individual Worth Value Experience 6, I had to visit with a relative and learn as much as I can about my family's history and then create a pedigree chart. At the time my grandma was in town so she helped me out. I have lots of old and new family photos in my house, so we looked at a bunch of those.
It was really fun to look at old photos of people at weddings, graduations, and even people at the beach. One story about my family history is about my great- grandma's great-grandpa.
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| Frants, Severine, and Jensine Grundvig |
He and his mom, Jensine Hostmark Grundvig, and dad, Frants Christian Grundvig were from Denmark. They were converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) in 1860 and 1861. They then decided to immigrate to the USA in Utah. On the six week long ocean trip, the son, Severine, was one of the two or three children to catch the measles and to survive.
They reached the New York harbor on June 14, 1865. One morning, west of Laramie while traveling, Jensine got tired and stayed behind. Frants stayed behind as well. A band of Sioux Indians caught up with Jensine and Frants. Two of the Indians grabbed Jensine and rode off. Frants ran off to tell the camp, but got shot in the hip with an arrow. He took the arrow out of his hip and crawled back to camp. He and Severine got to Utah. Jensine was never heard from again and Frants later found out that she had died.
Jensine was the only ever Mormon emigrant to have been captured by Indians in the entire history of Mormon overland travel. Interesting isn't is? I have a picture of Severine Grundvig somewhere in my house. You can learn more about doing family history at https://familysearch.org/ See you!
