Niels Hansen Timeline
(Relating to Niels Hansen, b. 1795, Odense, Denmark - d. 1902, Aetna, Alberta, Canada)
 
Month Year Place Name Age Event
0 793 England     "Age of Vikings" begins with first raid - on England.
0 965 Denmark     Harold Bluetooth embraces Christianity making Denmark the first Scandinavian country to renounce the old pagan religions
0 1066 England     "Age of Vikings" ends with invasion of England by William, Duke of Normandy, a Viking descendant
0 1219 Denmark     First use of a Danish flag - but it didn't look like current flag until 150 years later
0 1495 Denmark     The first book in Danish is printed - the Danish Rhymed Cronicle
0 1526 Denmark     Frederik I declares the Danish church independent
0 1660 Denmark     Introduction of "absolutism" - hereditary monarchy
0 1753 Denmark     Frederik V prohibits American sea captains from spreading propaganda in an attempt to stop US migration from Denmark
0 1791 Denmark     USA/Denmark begin diplomatic relationship, uninterrupted since then, the longest of any country
11 1795 Denmark,Odense Hans Jorgensen 0 Born
0 1805 Denmark,Odense     Hans Christian Andersen is born
0 1819 Utah,Cache Valley     British Northwest trappers first to visit Cache valley, named Bear lake and river
3 1823 Denmark,Odense Hans Jorgensen 27 Married Maren Petersen, 1st wife
10 1823 Denmark,Odense Jens Hansen 0 Born - Hans' 1st child, Niels older brother
0 1826 Utah,Cache Valley     Jim Bridger and others rendevous here and "cache" their furs, leading to it's name
4 1830 New York,Fayette     Organization of LDS Church
0 1831 Missouri     First called LDS missionaries began their missions
8 1832 Denmark,Odense Niels Hansen 0 Born
7 1835 Denmark,Odense Hans Jorgensen 39 Last child(7)/1st wife born - Hans
0 1837 England     First overseas LDS missionaries arrived
0 1841 Utah,Cache Valley     End of fur trapper era in the Rockies
0 1842 Illinois,La Salle co.     First Scandinavian converts to the LDS Church, of Norwegian ancestry
0 1843 Massachusetts,Boston     First Danish converts to the church
7 1847 Utah,Salt Lake     First pioneers enter Salt Lake Valley
9 1847 Utah,Box Elder & Cache     First Mormon exploration party visiting the current areas of these two counties, just 6 weeks after the first company entered the Salt Lake Valley
6 1849 Denmark,Copenhagen     New Danish Grundlov (or constitution) took effect that greatly liberalized practice of religion and introduced Democracy
10 1849 Utah,Salt Lake     Erastus Snow and Peter O. Hansen called at general conference to carry the gospel to Denmark - by the 19th they were on their way
? 1849 Utah,Box Elder county     Porter Rockwell picked a homestead site at Perry, 3 miles south of present Brigham City but never made any improvements there
5 1850 Denmark,Copenhagen     Peter O. Hansen arrived and began missionary work
6 1850 Denmark,Copenhagen     Erastus Snow arrived and began missionary work
8 1850 Denmark,Copenhagen     First baptisms in Denmark, by Erastus Snow
9 1850 Denmark,Copenhagen     First branch of the church in Denmark established
0 1851 Denmark,Copenhagen     D&C published in Danish language, the first foreign language edition
3 1851 Utah,Brigham City     First permanent settlers move to Brigham City area, called Davis Fort and located about 7 North between 4th and 5th West in present day city
5 1851 Denmark,Copenhagen     Book of Mormon published in Danish, 1st time in foreign language
6 1851 Denmark,Fredericia     Priest William O. Anderson helped open that part of the mission and first convert was baptized there
8 1851 Denmark,Copenhagen Jens Hansen 27 Baptized while away from home in the army
8 1851 Denmark,Copenhagen     First conference held in Denmark was convened
8 1851 Denmark,Greis     William O. Anderson helped open this community to the gospel
10 1851 Denmark,Copenhagen     First issue of Skandinaviens Stejerne, LDS publication
10 1851 Denmark,Fyn     William O. Anderson baptiezed the first individual on the Island of Fyen, Lars Nielsen
11 1851 Denmark,Odense Jens Hansen 28 As a Priest, served as companion to William O. Andersen in bringing gospel to his native isle.
12 1851 Denmark,Odense Niels Hansen 19 Baptized
3 1852 Denmark,Odense     Trostrup-Korup Branch formed, first on the Island of Fyen
3 1852 Denmark,Copenhagen     Petition presented to Danish Rigsdag signed by 850 detailing persecutions of the saints in Denmark
8 1852 Denmark,Odense Niels Hansen 20 Ordained a Teacher and called on mission to Norway
10 1852 Norway Niels Hansen 20 Put in prison as a missionary in Elverhoi
12 1852 Denmark,Copenhagen Hans Jorgensen 57 Left Denmark for Utah in Forsgren company
3 1853 Louisiana,New Orleans Hans Jorgensen 57 1st wife died as ship arrives in USA
5 1853 Iowa,Keokuk Hans Jorgensen 57 With Forsgren company, departed on trek west 5/21 w/294 individuals and 34 wagons in the 6th company of the year
5 1853 Norway Niels Hansen 20 Released from prison after 7 months
7 1853 Nebraska,Florence Hans Jorgensen 57 Married 2nd wife, Dorthe Christiansen on trail
8 1853 Denmark,Copenhagen Niels Hansen 21 Ordained an elder and called as President of Trostrup-Korup branch in Odense
8 1853 Denmark,Copenhagen     President Willard Snow of the Scandinavian Mission collapsed while addressing a meeting and died enroute to England for treatment
9 1853 Denmark,Copenhagen     President John Van Cott arrived from England as new president of the Scandinavian Mission
10 1853 Utah,Salt Lake Hans Jorgensen 57 Arrived in Utah with Forsgren company - some sources say 10/1, others say 9/30. Lived in a dugout in the 5th Ward.
10 1853 Utah,Salt Lake     At October conference, Brigham Young called Lorenzo Snow to go to Brigham City, taking about 50 others with him. Most prepared over the winter and went the next year
11 1853 Utah,Brigham City     In late 1853, a number of the Scandinavian Saints from the Forsgren company went up to Brigham City, but not Hans Jorgensen
12 1853 Denmark,Copenhagen Jens Hansen 30 Left Denmark for Utah on steamship "Eideren" with a route through Kiel, Gluckstadt, Hull, and Liverpool with about 200 others
? 1853 Utah,Brigham City     "Walker War" - Indian unrest to the south in Utah led to building of a larger fort at the present site of Brigham City, called Box Elder Fort and located a couple of blocks south of the Davis Fort.
1 1854 England,Liverpool Jens Hansen 30 1st child died on third birthday just before or after they left port
1 1854 England,Liverpool Jens Hansen 30 2nd child born on shipboard as they left port
1 1854 England,Liverpool Jens Hansen 30 Left port 1/28 w/384 saints after a severe bout of cholera that killed 22 little children
3 1854 Louisiana,New Orleans Jens Hansen 30 Reached port 3/22
3 1854 Louisiana,New Orleans Jens Hansen 30 Sailed up Mississippi 3/25 on steamboat "L. M. Kennet"
4 1854 Utah,Brigham City     Lorenzo Snow started his Brigham City mission in Spring or Summer of 1854. Renamed city from "Box Elder Fort" to Youngsville
5 1854 Missouri,Westport Jens Hansen 30 Chosen as "camp captain" of his pioneer company
6 1854 Missouri,Westport Jens Hansen 30 Left on Mormon trail 6/15 with Hans Peter Olsen company (1st of year) consisting of about 550 mostly Scandinavian saints and 69 wagons
6 1854 USA,Plains Peder Hansen 25 Died of cholera while crossing the plains
7 1854 USA,Plains Jens Hansen 30 Became widower when 1st wife died of cholera crossing the plains
8 1854 Denmark,Jutlund Niels Hansen 22 Called as president of Hvissel and Grep branches
10 1854 Utah,Salt Lake Jens Hansen 31 Olsen company arrived 10/5
11 1854 Utah,Salt Lake Jens Hansen 21 Married 2nd wife, widow of brother Peder
12 1854 Utah,Salt Lake Hans Jorgensen 59 1st child/2nd wife born - Jacob
0 1855 Utah,Brigham City     Name changed from Youngsville to Brigham City
0 1855 Utah,Salt Lake Hans Jorgensen 59 2nd child/2nd wife born, a son who must have died young-Hans' daughter Rebecca said two sons born in SLC is basis for this. Seems like I found a cemetery record in SLC that might have been this baby
1 1855 Utah     Winter of 1854-55 was very mild, with very little moisture leading to drought conditions the following growing season
4 1855 Utah     Massive infestation of grasshoppers appeared which destroyed many crops
9 1855 Utah,Cache Valley     Church herds were driven up to Cache valley in attempt to find adequate feed after the severe drought - the severe winter resulted in most of the herd dying later in the winter
11 1855 Denmark Niels Hansen 23 Married 1st wife, Karen Jensen
11 1855 Denmark Niels Hansen 23 Released as Branch President and started for Utah
12 1855 England,Liverpool Niels Hansen 23 Began journey to Utah on John J. Boyd
0 1856 Utah,Brigham City Hans Jorgensen 60 Relocated to Brigham City
1 1856 Utah     Winter of 1855-56 was very severe, cold and with much snow
1 1856 Utah,Cache Valley     Cache County formed by territorial legislature
2 1856 New York,New York Niels Hansen 23 Arrived in New York on way to Utah
4 1856 Missouri,Clay co. Niels Hansen 23 Short term mission to Norwegians in Clay county - not sure of exact date
5 1856 Utah,Brigham City     Early summer the "courthouse" walls were erected, but blown down
6 1856 Nebraska,Florence Niels Hansen 23 Left for Utah with Canute Peterson wagon train
6 1856 Nebraska,Florence Niels Hansen 23 Recorded in Nebraska state census/Douglas county
9 1856 Utah,Salt Lake Niels Hansen 23 Arrived in Utah with Canute Peterson company
9 1856 Utah,Cache Valley     Peter Maughan, 1st permanent settler in Cache Valley and settled Maughan's Fort, now Wellsville.
9 1856 Utah     Start of "reformation" with Jedediah Grant holding a conference in Layton and including some mass rebaptisms.
11 1856 Utah     Withdrawal of sacrament as part of "reformation"
0 1857 Utah,Brigham City     Rebuilt Courthhouse was completed, still standing; built primarily with tithing funds & church labor, it served as courthouse, church, theater, etc
3 1857 Utah     Rebaptism of most Utah church members as part of "reformation".
4 1857 Utah     Resumption of sacrament as part of "reformation"
7 1857 Utah,Cache Valley     Two years before the first settlers camped on the Little Logan river, John Thirkell predicted at a religious gathering at Wellsville that a temple would be built on bench where now stands the Logan temple
7 1857 Utah,Brigham City Niels Hansen 24 1st Child/1st Wife born - Mary Christine
8 1857 Utah,Salt Lake     Brigham Young issues proclamation forbidding Johnston's army from entering Utah
11 1857 Utah,Echo Canyon Jens Hansen 34 Served in Nauvoo Legion as Captain of 10 opposing Johnston's Army.
3 1858 Utah,Salt Lake     Decision made for everyone from Salt Lake North to "move south" leaving only a few to burn down their property should the army enter in hostility
4 1858 Utah,Brigham City     Move south begins in earnest
5 1858 Utah Hans Jorgensen 62 Moved south of Salt Lake at approach of army - not sure of date - a few men remained behind to burn the dwellings if the army was going to occupy them
5 1858 Utah Jens Hansen 34 Stationed as soldier in Spanish Fork, where he remained when released from service
5 1858 Utah,Cache Valley     Area abandoned upon approach of Johnston's army - Utah peace commissioners proposed that the army establish their permanent base here, but the army chose Cedar Valley
6 1858 Utah,Salt Lake     Johnston's army moves through Salt Lake
7 1858 Utah,Salt Lake     Saints that had moved south began to return north to Salt Lake, Brigham City, etc.
0 1859 Utah,Logan     First permanent settlers move to Logan area
0 1859 Utah,Logan     In 1859 or 1860 Apostle Ezra Taft Benson was sent to live in Cache county as a resident apostle
2 1859 Utah,Salt Lake Niels Hansen 26 2nd child/1st wife born
4 1859 Utah,Providence     First settlers move to Providence area
3 1860 Utah,Salt Lake Niels Hansen 27 Sealed to 1st wife in Endowment House
12 1860 Utah,Brigham City Niels Hansen 28 3rd child/1st wife born - Sarah Caroline
12 1860 Utah,Brigham City Hans Jorgensen 65 4th child/2nd wife born - Anna Maria
12 1860 USA     South Carolina secedes from the Union, leading to the start of the Civil War
7 1861 Utah,Brigham City Niels Hansen 28 Daughter Sarah blessed
10 1861 Utah,Salt Lake     Overland telegraph completed from East
0 1862 Utah,Providence Niels Hansen 29 "Providence and Her People" says he was in Providence by now - other records conflict
0 1862 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 29 Ordained a 70 - member of 64th quorum
7 1862       Morrill Anti-Bigamy law signed by President Lincoln, designed to "punish and prohibit the practice of polygamy in the Territories of the United States." No enforcement was undertaken nor funded.
0 1863 Utah,Providence     First public school building built
3 1863 Utah,Brigham City Hans Jorgensen 67 5th child/2nd wife born - Mary Christina
4 1863 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 30 4th child/1st wife born
7 1863 Utah,Brigham City     Major treaty with 10 Shoshone tribes signed
0 1865 Denmark Jens Hansen 42 Began first mission back to Denmark
0 1865 Utah,Logan Hans Jorgensen 69 Moved from Brigham City to Logan
3 1865 Utah,Brigham City Hans Jorgensen 69 6th child/2nd wife born - Hansine Rebecca
4 1865       End of Civil War with Lees surrendor at Appomattox
5 1865 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 32 5th child/1st wife born
1 1866 Utah,Logan     City incorporated
0 1867 Denmark Jens Hansen 44 End of first mission back to Denmark
10 1867 Utah,Salt Lake     First general conference held in Tabernacle
1 1869       Supreme Court held Morrill Act to be constitutional by stating that governments had the right to enact laws prohibiting polygamy
5 1869 Utah,Logan Hans Jorgensen 73 Last child(8)/2nd wife born
5 1869 Utah,Promontory     East-west Railroad completed
0 1870 Utah     Women granted the right to vote (following only Wyoming) and because of timing became the first female voters in the nation.
0 1872 Utah,Cache Valley     Census showed 9.798 residence of Cache Valley, with 2,033 living in Logan.
1 1873 Utah,Logan     Maiden voyage of the Northern Utah Railroad which connected Cache valley with Idaho and Montana to the north.
2 1873 Utah,Logan     Charles Benson, oldest son of Ezra Taft Benson, shot and killed a friend while drunk and was lynched and hung, leading to the families of several friends and sisters leaving the LDS Church
0 1874 Utah     Poland Law made territorial marshall and Attorney General federal offices as part of an effort to allow vigorous prosecution of polygamists
7 1874 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 42 Last child(9)/1st wife born
8 1874 Utah,Logan     Brigham Young asked during a sermon that the Tabernacle be finished and that the Saints in Logan should be prepared to build a temple there
0 1875 Utah,Box Elder     Hundreds of Shoshone Indians converted, including chief Sagwitch, and eventually formed a ward in Washakie, and helped construct the Logan temple
10 1876 Utah,Salt Lake     First official announcement that a temple would be built in Utah came during general conference
0 1877 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 54 Ordained HP and called as one of initial Cache Stake High Counselors
5 1877 Utah,Logan     Site of Logan temple selected by Brigham Young and then dedicated on May 18th by Orson Pratt
8 1877 Utah,Salt Lake     Brigham Young dies
9 1877 Utah,Logan     Cornerstones of Logan temple dedicated and serious construction began
12 1877 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 55 Took over Wood Camp in Logan canyon furnishing scaffolding for the Logan temple, firewood for lime kiln, maintaining the canyon road up to the sawmill, and serving as a way station for the lumber teams.
4 1878 Utah,Logan Hans Jorgensen 82 Died/buried
10 1880 Utah,Salt Lake     John Taylor becomes president of the church
0 1881 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 48 Wood camp mostly shut down around now
0 1881 Utah,Logan     Railroad line from Logan reached Butte Montana
3 1882       Edmunds Act becomes law, strengthening the Morrill act by making cohabitation illegal, which was easier to prove than actual plural marriage
0 1884 Utah,Logan     Railroad line from Logan reached Helena Montana
5 1884 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 51 Present at dedication of Logan Temple
0 1886 Utah,Providence Niels Hansen 53 Arrested for unlawful cohabitation
1 1886 Utah,Providence Niels Hansen 53 Ordained Bishop 1st Jan, with Rudolph Hochstrasser as 1st Counselor
9 1886 British Columbia     Exploration party of Charles Card first entered Canada on trip that located Cardston
10 1886 Alberta,Cardston     Charles Card party camped near current Cardston and chose the area for future settlement.
1 1887       Edmunds-Tucker Act becomes law
3 1887 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 54 Married 6th wife Eva Hochstrasser
6 1887 Alberta,Cardston     Jonathan Layne's prophesy of a Temple there
11 1887 Utah,Salt Lake Rudolph Hochstrasser   Imprisoned for "unlawful cohabitation" (polygamy)
11 1887 Utah,Salt Lake Rudolph Hochstrasser   Released from prison (polygamy)
2 1888 Alberta,Cardston     Dedication of first log chapel in Lees Creek branch of Cache Stake
10 1888 Alberta,Cardston     Dedication of Cardston by Apostle Francis M. Lyman and declaration that temple would be built in Cardston in due time
10 1888 Alberta,Cardston     Two apostles visited, Francis Lyman and John W. Taylor and created Cardston Ward
2 1889 Canada,Cardston Niels Hansen 56 Arrived in Canada with 6th wife Eva Hochstrasser
4 1889 Alberta,Cardston Niels Hansen 56 1st child/2nd wife born
11 1889 Alberta,Cardston     President Wilford Woodruff visited along with Joseph F. Smith & George Q. Cannon of 1st Presidency & Brigham Young, Jr., Acting pres. of the Quorum of 12, promised a temple would be built
0 1890 Alberta,Lethbridge     Railroad spur connected between Great Falls, Montana and Lethbridge allowing new emigrants to travel mostly by rail
0 1890 Alberta,Aetna     Snake Creek Sunday School (to become later the Aetna Ward) was organized - dependent organization of Cardston Ward
9 1890 Utah,Salt Lake     Wilford Woodruff issues "manifesto" ending practice of polygamy
11 1891 Utah,Logan     Tabernacle finally completed and dedicated.
0 1892       Final anti-polygamy federal legislation prohibited immigration of polygamists
1 1892 Alberta,Aetna Niels Hansen 59 3rd child/2nd wife born (my grandmother Mary)
0 1893 Alberta,Aetna     Snake Creek Branch organized - dependent organization of Cardston Ward
4 1893 Utah,Salt Lake     Salt Lake Temple dedicated
12 1893 Alberta,Aetna     Ward organized 11 December
12 1893 Alberta,Aetna Niels Hansen 61 1st Counselor to initial bishop, Richard Piling
7 1894 Alberta,Aetna     Apostle John W. Taylor felt they were too slow to build a chapel - announced he would be there in six weeks to dedicate it!
9 1894 Alberta,Aetna     Dedication of log chapel
5 1895 Alberta,Cardston     Cardston Stake organized with 780 members
10 1896 Utah,Salt Lake     Charles Card proposed Manitoba Mission to 1st Presidency and they approved (8th)
12 1896 Alberta,Aetna Niels Hansen 64 Called on 5 December to take some newly called missionaries (3 from Alberta and 3 from Utah) and begin work in Manitoba
12 1896 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 64 Visited his families prior to Manitoba Mission
1 1897 Alberta,Cardston Niels Hansen 64 Missionary farewell conference for group going to Manitoba (24th) - spoke and bore testimony in 1 p.m. session
1 1897 Alberta,Lethbridge Niels Hansen 64 Departed Lethbridge on railroad to Manitoba on bitter cold day just after midnight.
1 1897 Manitoba Niels Hansen 64 Had arrived and begun missionary work in Brandon, Manitoba
3 1897 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 64 His letter received by President Card on the 15th reported some initial success in the missionary efforts in Manitoba
4 1897 Alberta,Aetna Niels Hansen 64 Returned from Manitoba for a time early this month - gave in person report to President Card on 21st and was asked to return for another short period
5 1897 Alberta,Aetna Niels Hansen 64 Assisted President Card in administering to new immigrant William Glen at the home of his Bishop, Richard Pilling about 5 miles from the Hansen home. Then entertained the Card party for dinner.
5 1897 Manitoba Niels Hansen 64 Returned to Manitoba for a time, probably late this month or in early June.
6 1897 Utah,Spanish Fork Jens Hansen 73 Died and buried
7 1897 Alberta,Aetna Niels Hansen 64 Probably returned from Manitoba Mission in July, possibly June - in Aetna on the 29th of July
7 1897 Alberta,Aetna     Nathan William Tanner & Sara Edna Brown arrived to build first home, a log faced dugout near Aetna
11 1897 Utah,Providence Rudolph Hochstrasser 58 Opened "Little Jennie" mine with several others
12 1897 Manitoba     President Card of the Canadian Mission visited
5 1898 Utah,Salt Lake     President Nathan Eldon Tanner was born in Salt Lake where his mother had gone from her home near Aetna for the birth
12 1898 Alberta,Aetna Niels Hansen 66 Succeeded Richard Pilling as acting Bishop (18th)
2 1899 Alberta,Aetna Niels Hansen 66 Became Bishop (12th)
0 1902 Alberta,Aetna     Nathan William Tanner succeeded Niels Hansen as Bishop
12 1902 Alberta,Aetna Niels Hansen 70 Died (13th) - had served as Bishop to the end.
12 1902 Idaho,Preston Niels Hansen 70 Buried (Franklin county)
3 1903 Alberta,Aetna Niels Hansen 70 Last child(11)/2nd wife born (after his death)
0 1904 Alberta,Aetna     President Nathan Eldon Tanner started 1st grade in two room school in Aetna, where he attended through nineth grade, some of these years he would have been taught by my grandfather Oswald A. Steele
6 1907 Alberta Mary Leota Hansen 15 Married Oswald Alexander Steele
2 1909 Alberta,Aetna Mary Leota Hansen 17 1st child/1st husband was born - George
8 1910 Alberta,Aetna Mary Leota Hansen 18 2nd child/1st husband was born - Herb
5 1912 Alberta,Aetna Mary Leota Hansen 20 3rd child/1st husband was born - Walter
10 1912 Utah,Salt Lake     President Joseph F. Smith announced in conference that the Cardston temple would be built
0 1913 Alberta,Cardston     Tanners moved to Cardston about now
11 1913 Alberta,Cardston     Ground broken for Cardston temple and site dedicated by Apostle David O. McKay
5 1914 Alberta,Aetna Mary Leota Hansen 22 4th child/1st husband was born - Jeneava (my mom)
0 1916 Alberta,Cardston Mary Leota Hansen 21 Moved to Cardston about now
9 1917 Alberta,Cardston Mary Leota Hansen 25 5th child/1st husband was born - Rex
1 1919 Alberta,Aetna Mary Leota Hansen 25 1st husband died in flu epidemic - Oswald O. Steele
0 1921 Alberta,Cardston     Cardston Temple basically complete but shortage of funds delayed the furnishing and dedication.
6 1921 Alberta,Cardston Mary Leota Hansen 29 Married 2nd husband - Moroni Allen
8 1923 Alberta,Cardston     Dedication of Cardston Temple by Heber J. Grant
0 1938 Alberta,Aetna     New chapel dedicated by Joseph Fielding Smith
Niels Hansen Timeline
(Relating to Niels Hansen, b. 1795, Odense, Denmark - d. 1902, Aetna, Alberta, Canada)
 
Month Year Place Name Age Event
0 793 England     "Age of Vikings" begins with first raid - on England.
0 965 Denmark     Harold Bluetooth embraces Christianity making Denmark the first Scandinavian country to renounce the old pagan religions
0 1066 England     "Age of Vikings" ends with invasion of England by William, Duke of Normandy, a Viking descendant
0 1219 Denmark     First use of a Danish flag - but it didn't look like current flag until 150 years later
0 1495 Denmark     The first book in Danish is printed - the Danish Rhymed Cronicle
0 1526 Denmark     Frederik I declares the Danish church independent
0 1660 Denmark     Introduction of "absolutism" - hereditary monarchy
0 1753 Denmark     Frederik V prohibits American sea captains from spreading propaganda in an attempt to stop US migration from Denmark
0 1791 Denmark     USA/Denmark begin diplomatic relationship, uninterrupted since then, the longest of any country
11 1795 Denmark,Odense Hans Jorgensen 0 Born
0 1805 Denmark,Odense     Hans Christian Andersen is born
0 1819 Utah,Cache Valley     British Northwest trappers first to visit Cache valley, named Bear lake and river
3 1823 Denmark,Odense Hans Jorgensen 27 Married Maren Petersen, 1st wife
10 1823 Denmark,Odense Jens Hansen 0 Born - Hans' 1st child, Niels older brother
0 1826 Utah,Cache Valley     Jim Bridger and others rendevous here and "cache" their furs, leading to it's name
4 1830 New York,Fayette     Organization of LDS Church
0 1831 Missouri     First called LDS missionaries began their missions
8 1832 Denmark,Odense Niels Hansen 0 Born
7 1835 Denmark,Odense Hans Jorgensen 39 Last child(7)/1st wife born - Hans
0 1837 England     First overseas LDS missionaries arrived
0 1841 Utah,Cache Valley     End of fur trapper era in the Rockies
0 1842 Illinois,La Salle co.     First Scandinavian converts to the LDS Church, of Norwegian ancestry
0 1843 Massachusetts,Boston     First Danish converts to the church
7 1847 Utah,Salt Lake     First pioneers enter Salt Lake Valley
9 1847 Utah,Box Elder & Cache     First Mormon exploration party visiting the current areas of these two counties, just 6 weeks after the first company entered the Salt Lake Valley
6 1849 Denmark,Copenhagen     New Danish Grundlov (or constitution) took effect that greatly liberalized practice of religion and introduced Democracy
10 1849 Utah,Salt Lake     Erastus Snow and Peter O. Hansen called at general conference to carry the gospel to Denmark - by the 19th they were on their way
? 1849 Utah,Box Elder county     Porter Rockwell picked a homestead site at Perry, 3 miles south of present Brigham City but never made any improvements there
5 1850 Denmark,Copenhagen     Peter O. Hansen arrived and began missionary work
6 1850 Denmark,Copenhagen     Erastus Snow arrived and began missionary work
8 1850 Denmark,Copenhagen     First baptisms in Denmark, by Erastus Snow
9 1850 Denmark,Copenhagen     First branch of the church in Denmark established
0 1851 Denmark,Copenhagen     D&C published in Danish language, the first foreign language edition
3 1851 Utah,Brigham City     First permanent settlers move to Brigham City area, called Davis Fort and located about 7 North between 4th and 5th West in present day city
5 1851 Denmark,Copenhagen     Book of Mormon published in Danish, 1st time in foreign language
6 1851 Denmark,Fredericia     Priest William O. Anderson helped open that part of the mission and first convert was baptized there
8 1851 Denmark,Copenhagen Jens Hansen 27 Baptized while away from home in the army
8 1851 Denmark,Copenhagen     First conference held in Denmark was convened
8 1851 Denmark,Greis     William O. Anderson helped open this community to the gospel
10 1851 Denmark,Copenhagen     First issue of Skandinaviens Stejerne, LDS publication
10 1851 Denmark,Fyn     William O. Anderson baptiezed the first individual on the Island of Fyen, Lars Nielsen
11 1851 Denmark,Odense Jens Hansen 28 As a Priest, served as companion to William O. Andersen in bringing gospel to his native isle.
12 1851 Denmark,Odense Niels Hansen 19 Baptized
3 1852 Denmark,Odense     Trostrup-Korup Branch formed, first on the Island of Fyen
3 1852 Denmark,Copenhagen     Petition presented to Danish Rigsdag signed by 850 detailing persecutions of the saints in Denmark
8 1852 Denmark,Odense Niels Hansen 20 Ordained a Teacher and called on mission to Norway
10 1852 Norway Niels Hansen 20 Put in prison as a missionary in Elverhoi
12 1852 Denmark,Copenhagen Hans Jorgensen 57 Left Denmark for Utah in Forsgren company
3 1853 Louisiana,New Orleans Hans Jorgensen 57 1st wife died as ship arrives in USA
5 1853 Iowa,Keokuk Hans Jorgensen 57 With Forsgren company, departed on trek west 5/21 w/294 individuals and 34 wagons in the 6th company of the year
5 1853 Norway Niels Hansen 20 Released from prison after 7 months
7 1853 Nebraska,Florence Hans Jorgensen 57 Married 2nd wife, Dorthe Christiansen on trail
8 1853 Denmark,Copenhagen Niels Hansen 21 Ordained an elder and called as President of Trostrup-Korup branch in Odense
8 1853 Denmark,Copenhagen     President Willard Snow of the Scandinavian Mission collapsed while addressing a meeting and died enroute to England for treatment
9 1853 Denmark,Copenhagen     President John Van Cott arrived from England as new president of the Scandinavian Mission
10 1853 Utah,Salt Lake Hans Jorgensen 57 Arrived in Utah with Forsgren company - some sources say 10/1, others say 9/30. Lived in a dugout in the 5th Ward.
10 1853 Utah,Salt Lake     At October conference, Brigham Young called Lorenzo Snow to go to Brigham City, taking about 50 others with him. Most prepared over the winter and went the next year
11 1853 Utah,Brigham City     In late 1853, a number of the Scandinavian Saints from the Forsgren company went up to Brigham City, but not Hans Jorgensen
12 1853 Denmark,Copenhagen Jens Hansen 30 Left Denmark for Utah on steamship "Eideren" with a route through Kiel, Gluckstadt, Hull, and Liverpool with about 200 others
? 1853 Utah,Brigham City     "Walker War" - Indian unrest to the south in Utah led to building of a larger fort at the present site of Brigham City, called Box Elder Fort and located a couple of blocks south of the Davis Fort.
1 1854 England,Liverpool Jens Hansen 30 1st child died on third birthday just before or after they left port
1 1854 England,Liverpool Jens Hansen 30 2nd child born on shipboard as they left port
1 1854 England,Liverpool Jens Hansen 30 Left port 1/28 w/384 saints after a severe bout of cholera that killed 22 little children
3 1854 Louisiana,New Orleans Jens Hansen 30 Reached port 3/22
3 1854 Louisiana,New Orleans Jens Hansen 30 Sailed up Mississippi 3/25 on steamboat "L. M. Kennet"
4 1854 Utah,Brigham City     Lorenzo Snow started his Brigham City mission in Spring or Summer of 1854. Renamed city from "Box Elder Fort" to Youngsville
5 1854 Missouri,Westport Jens Hansen 30 Chosen as "camp captain" of his pioneer company
6 1854 Missouri,Westport Jens Hansen 30 Left on Mormon trail 6/15 with Hans Peter Olsen company (1st of year) consisting of about 550 mostly Scandinavian saints and 69 wagons
6 1854 USA,Plains Peder Hansen 25 Died of cholera while crossing the plains
7 1854 USA,Plains Jens Hansen 30 Became widower when 1st wife died of cholera crossing the plains
8 1854 Denmark,Jutlund Niels Hansen 22 Called as president of Hvissel and Grep branches
10 1854 Utah,Salt Lake Jens Hansen 31 Olsen company arrived 10/5
11 1854 Utah,Salt Lake Jens Hansen 21 Married 2nd wife, widow of brother Peder
12 1854 Utah,Salt Lake Hans Jorgensen 59 1st child/2nd wife born - Jacob
0 1855 Utah,Brigham City     Name changed from Youngsville to Brigham City
0 1855 Utah,Salt Lake Hans Jorgensen 59 2nd child/2nd wife born, a son who must have died young-Hans' daughter Rebecca said two sons born in SLC is basis for this. Seems like I found a cemetery record in SLC that might have been this baby
1 1855 Utah     Winter of 1854-55 was very mild, with very little moisture leading to drought conditions the following growing season
4 1855 Utah     Massive infestation of grasshoppers appeared which destroyed many crops
9 1855 Utah,Cache Valley     Church herds were driven up to Cache valley in attempt to find adequate feed after the severe drought - the severe winter resulted in most of the herd dying later in the winter
11 1855 Denmark Niels Hansen 23 Married 1st wife, Karen Jensen
11 1855 Denmark Niels Hansen 23 Released as Branch President and started for Utah
12 1855 England,Liverpool Niels Hansen 23 Began journey to Utah on John J. Boyd
0 1856 Utah,Brigham City Hans Jorgensen 60 Relocated to Brigham City
1 1856 Utah     Winter of 1855-56 was very severe, cold and with much snow
1 1856 Utah,Cache Valley     Cache County formed by territorial legislature
2 1856 New York,New York Niels Hansen 23 Arrived in New York on way to Utah
4 1856 Missouri,Clay co. Niels Hansen 23 Short term mission to Norwegians in Clay county - not sure of exact date
5 1856 Utah,Brigham City     Early summer the "courthouse" walls were erected, but blown down
6 1856 Nebraska,Florence Niels Hansen 23 Left for Utah with Canute Peterson wagon train
6 1856 Nebraska,Florence Niels Hansen 23 Recorded in Nebraska state census/Douglas county
9 1856 Utah,Salt Lake Niels Hansen 23 Arrived in Utah with Canute Peterson company
9 1856 Utah,Cache Valley     Peter Maughan, 1st permanent settler in Cache Valley and settled Maughan's Fort, now Wellsville.
9 1856 Utah     Start of "reformation" with Jedediah Grant holding a conference in Layton and including some mass rebaptisms.
11 1856 Utah     Withdrawal of sacrament as part of "reformation"
0 1857 Utah,Brigham City     Rebuilt Courthhouse was completed, still standing; built primarily with tithing funds & church labor, it served as courthouse, church, theater, etc
3 1857 Utah     Rebaptism of most Utah church members as part of "reformation".
4 1857 Utah     Resumption of sacrament as part of "reformation"
7 1857 Utah,Cache Valley     Two years before the first settlers camped on the Little Logan river, John Thirkell predicted at a religious gathering at Wellsville that a temple would be built on bench where now stands the Logan temple
7 1857 Utah,Brigham City Niels Hansen 24 1st Child/1st Wife born - Mary Christine
8 1857 Utah,Salt Lake     Brigham Young issues proclamation forbidding Johnston's army from entering Utah
11 1857 Utah,Echo Canyon Jens Hansen 34 Served in Nauvoo Legion as Captain of 10 opposing Johnston's Army.
3 1858 Utah,Salt Lake     Decision made for everyone from Salt Lake North to "move south" leaving only a few to burn down their property should the army enter in hostility
4 1858 Utah,Brigham City     Move south begins in earnest
5 1858 Utah Hans Jorgensen 62 Moved south of Salt Lake at approach of army - not sure of date - a few men remained behind to burn the dwellings if the army was going to occupy them
5 1858 Utah Jens Hansen 34 Stationed as soldier in Spanish Fork, where he remained when released from service
5 1858 Utah,Cache Valley     Area abandoned upon approach of Johnston's army - Utah peace commissioners proposed that the army establish their permanent base here, but the army chose Cedar Valley
6 1858 Utah,Salt Lake     Johnston's army moves through Salt Lake
7 1858 Utah,Salt Lake     Saints that had moved south began to return north to Salt Lake, Brigham City, etc.
0 1859 Utah,Logan     First permanent settlers move to Logan area
0 1859 Utah,Logan     In 1859 or 1860 Apostle Ezra Taft Benson was sent to live in Cache county as a resident apostle
2 1859 Utah,Salt Lake Niels Hansen 26 2nd child/1st wife born
4 1859 Utah,Providence     First settlers move to Providence area
3 1860 Utah,Salt Lake Niels Hansen 27 Sealed to 1st wife in Endowment House
12 1860 Utah,Brigham City Niels Hansen 28 3rd child/1st wife born - Sarah Caroline
12 1860 Utah,Brigham City Hans Jorgensen 65 4th child/2nd wife born - Anna Maria
12 1860 USA     South Carolina secedes from the Union, leading to the start of the Civil War
7 1861 Utah,Brigham City Niels Hansen 28 Daughter Sarah blessed
10 1861 Utah,Salt Lake     Overland telegraph completed from East
0 1862 Utah,Providence Niels Hansen 29 "Providence and Her People" says he was in Providence by now - other records conflict
0 1862 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 29 Ordained a 70 - member of 64th quorum
7 1862       Morrill Anti-Bigamy law signed by President Lincoln, designed to "punish and prohibit the practice of polygamy in the Territories of the United States." No enforcement was undertaken nor funded.
0 1863 Utah,Providence     First public school building built
3 1863 Utah,Brigham City Hans Jorgensen 67 5th child/2nd wife born - Mary Christina
4 1863 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 30 4th child/1st wife born
7 1863 Utah,Brigham City     Major treaty with 10 Shoshone tribes signed
0 1865 Denmark Jens Hansen 42 Began first mission back to Denmark
0 1865 Utah,Logan Hans Jorgensen 69 Moved from Brigham City to Logan
3 1865 Utah,Brigham City Hans Jorgensen 69 6th child/2nd wife born - Hansine Rebecca
4 1865       End of Civil War with Lees surrendor at Appomattox
5 1865 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 32 5th child/1st wife born
1 1866 Utah,Logan     City incorporated
0 1867 Denmark Jens Hansen 44 End of first mission back to Denmark
10 1867 Utah,Salt Lake     First general conference held in Tabernacle
1 1869       Supreme Court held Morrill Act to be constitutional by stating that governments had the right to enact laws prohibiting polygamy
5 1869 Utah,Logan Hans Jorgensen 73 Last child(8)/2nd wife born
5 1869 Utah,Promontory     East-west Railroad completed
0 1870 Utah     Women granted the right to vote (following only Wyoming) and because of timing became the first female voters in the nation.
0 1872 Utah,Cache Valley     Census showed 9.798 residence of Cache Valley, with 2,033 living in Logan.
1 1873 Utah,Logan     Maiden voyage of the Northern Utah Railroad which connected Cache valley with Idaho and Montana to the north.
2 1873 Utah,Logan     Charles Benson, oldest son of Ezra Taft Benson, shot and killed a friend while drunk and was lynched and hung, leading to the families of several friends and sisters leaving the LDS Church
0 1874 Utah     Poland Law made territorial marshall and Attorney General federal offices as part of an effort to allow vigorous prosecution of polygamists
7 1874 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 42 Last child(9)/1st wife born
8 1874 Utah,Logan     Brigham Young asked during a sermon that the Tabernacle be finished and that the Saints in Logan should be prepared to build a temple there
0 1875 Utah,Box Elder     Hundreds of Shoshone Indians converted, including chief Sagwitch, and eventually formed a ward in Washakie, and helped construct the Logan temple
10 1876 Utah,Salt Lake     First official announcement that a temple would be built in Utah came during general conference
0 1877 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 54 Ordained HP and called as one of initial Cache Stake High Counselors
5 1877 Utah,Logan     Site of Logan temple selected by Brigham Young and then dedicated on May 18th by Orson Pratt
8 1877 Utah,Salt Lake     Brigham Young dies
9 1877 Utah,Logan     Cornerstones of Logan temple dedicated and serious construction began
12 1877 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 55 Took over Wood Camp in Logan canyon furnishing scaffolding for the Logan temple, firewood for lime kiln, maintaining the canyon road up to the sawmill, and serving as a way station for the lumber teams.
4 1878 Utah,Logan Hans Jorgensen 82 Died/buried
10 1880 Utah,Salt Lake     John Taylor becomes president of the church
0 1881 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 48 Wood camp mostly shut down around now
0 1881 Utah,Logan     Railroad line from Logan reached Butte Montana
3 1882       Edmunds Act becomes law, strengthening the Morrill act by making cohabitation illegal, which was easier to prove than actual plural marriage
0 1884 Utah,Logan     Railroad line from Logan reached Helena Montana
5 1884 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 51 Present at dedication of Logan Temple
0 1886 Utah,Providence Niels Hansen 53 Arrested for unlawful cohabitation
1 1886 Utah,Providence Niels Hansen 53 Ordained Bishop 1st Jan, with Rudolph Hochstrasser as 1st Counselor
9 1886 British Columbia     Exploration party of Charles Card first entered Canada on trip that located Cardston
10 1886 Alberta,Cardston     Charles Card party camped near current Cardston and chose the area for future settlement.
1 1887       Edmunds-Tucker Act becomes law
3 1887 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 54 Married 6th wife Eva Hochstrasser
6 1887 Alberta,Cardston     Jonathan Layne's prophesy of a Temple there
11 1887 Utah,Salt Lake Rudolph Hochstrasser   Imprisoned for "unlawful cohabitation" (polygamy)
11 1887 Utah,Salt Lake Rudolph Hochstrasser   Released from prison (polygamy)
2 1888 Alberta,Cardston     Dedication of first log chapel in Lees Creek branch of Cache Stake
10 1888 Alberta,Cardston     Dedication of Cardston by Apostle Francis M. Lyman and declaration that temple would be built in Cardston in due time
10 1888 Alberta,Cardston     Two apostles visited, Francis Lyman and John W. Taylor and created Cardston Ward
2 1889 Canada,Cardston Niels Hansen 56 Arrived in Canada with 6th wife Eva Hochstrasser
4 1889 Alberta,Cardston Niels Hansen 56 1st child/2nd wife born
11 1889 Alberta,Cardston     President Wilford Woodruff visited along with Joseph F. Smith & George Q. Cannon of 1st Presidency & Brigham Young, Jr., Acting pres. of the Quorum of 12, promised a temple would be built
0 1890 Alberta,Lethbridge     Railroad spur connected between Great Falls, Montana and Lethbridge allowing new emigrants to travel mostly by rail
0 1890 Alberta,Aetna     Snake Creek Sunday School (to become later the Aetna Ward) was organized - dependent organization of Cardston Ward
9 1890 Utah,Salt Lake     Wilford Woodruff issues "manifesto" ending practice of polygamy
11 1891 Utah,Logan     Tabernacle finally completed and dedicated.
0 1892       Final anti-polygamy federal legislation prohibited immigration of polygamists
1 1892 Alberta,Aetna Niels Hansen 59 3rd child/2nd wife born (my grandmother Mary)
0 1893 Alberta,Aetna     Snake Creek Branch organized - dependent organization of Cardston Ward
4 1893 Utah,Salt Lake     Salt Lake Temple dedicated
12 1893 Alberta,Aetna     Ward organized 11 December
12 1893 Alberta,Aetna Niels Hansen 61 1st Counselor to initial bishop, Richard Piling
7 1894 Alberta,Aetna     Apostle John W. Taylor felt they were too slow to build a chapel - announced he would be there in six weeks to dedicate it!
9 1894 Alberta,Aetna     Dedication of log chapel
5 1895 Alberta,Cardston     Cardston Stake organized with 780 members
10 1896 Utah,Salt Lake     Charles Card proposed Manitoba Mission to 1st Presidency and they approved (8th)
12 1896 Alberta,Aetna Niels Hansen 64 Called on 5 December to take some newly called missionaries (3 from Alberta and 3 from Utah) and begin work in Manitoba
12 1896 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 64 Visited his families prior to Manitoba Mission
1 1897 Alberta,Cardston Niels Hansen 64 Missionary farewell conference for group going to Manitoba (24th) - spoke and bore testimony in 1 p.m. session
1 1897 Alberta,Lethbridge Niels Hansen 64 Departed Lethbridge on railroad to Manitoba on bitter cold day just after midnight.
1 1897 Manitoba Niels Hansen 64 Had arrived and begun missionary work in Brandon, Manitoba
3 1897 Utah,Logan Niels Hansen 64 His letter received by President Card on the 15th reported some initial success in the missionary efforts in Manitoba
4 1897 Alberta,Aetna Niels Hansen 64 Returned from Manitoba for a time early this month - gave in person report to President Card on 21st and was asked to return for another short period
5 1897 Alberta,Aetna Niels Hansen 64 Assisted President Card in administering to new immigrant William Glen at the home of his Bishop, Richard Pilling about 5 miles from the Hansen home. Then entertained the Card party for dinner.
5 1897 Manitoba Niels Hansen 64 Returned to Manitoba for a time, probably late this month or in early June.
6 1897 Utah,Spanish Fork Jens Hansen 73 Died and buried
7 1897 Alberta,Aetna Niels Hansen 64 Probably returned from Manitoba Mission in July, possibly June - in Aetna on the 29th of July
7 1897 Alberta,Aetna     Nathan William Tanner & Sara Edna Brown arrived to build first home, a log faced dugout near Aetna
11 1897 Utah,Providence Rudolph Hochstrasser 58 Opened "Little Jennie" mine with several others
12 1897 Manitoba     President Card of the Canadian Mission visited
5 1898 Utah,Salt Lake     President Nathan Eldon Tanner was born in Salt Lake where his mother had gone from her home near Aetna for the birth
12 1898 Alberta,Aetna Niels Hansen 66 Succeeded Richard Pilling as acting Bishop (18th)
2 1899 Alberta,Aetna Niels Hansen 66 Became Bishop (12th)
0 1902 Alberta,Aetna     Nathan William Tanner succeeded Niels Hansen as Bishop
12 1902 Alberta,Aetna Niels Hansen 70 Died (13th) - had served as Bishop to the end.
12 1902 Idaho,Preston Niels Hansen 70 Buried (Franklin county)
3 1903 Alberta,Aetna Niels Hansen 70 Last child(11)/2nd wife born (after his death)
0 1904 Alberta,Aetna     President Nathan Eldon Tanner started 1st grade in two room school in Aetna, where he attended through nineth grade, some of these years he would have been taught by my grandfather Oswald A. Steele
6 1907 Alberta Mary Leota Hansen 15 Married Oswald Alexander Steele
2 1909 Alberta,Aetna Mary Leota Hansen 17 1st child/1st husband was born - George
8 1910 Alberta,Aetna Mary Leota Hansen 18 2nd child/1st husband was born - Herb
5 1912 Alberta,Aetna Mary Leota Hansen 20 3rd child/1st husband was born - Walter
10 1912 Utah,Salt Lake     President Joseph F. Smith announced in conference that the Cardston temple would be built
0 1913 Alberta,Cardston     Tanners moved to Cardston about now
11 1913 Alberta,Cardston     Ground broken for Cardston temple and site dedicated by Apostle David O. McKay
5 1914 Alberta,Aetna Mary Leota Hansen 22 4th child/1st husband was born - Jeneava (my mom)
0 1916 Alberta,Cardston Mary Leota Hansen 21 Moved to Cardston about now
9 1917 Alberta,Cardston Mary Leota Hansen 25 5th child/1st husband was born - Rex
1 1919 Alberta,Aetna Mary Leota Hansen 25 1st husband died in flu epidemic - Oswald O. Steele
0 1921 Alberta,Cardston     Cardston Temple basically complete but shortage of funds delayed the furnishing and dedication.
6 1921 Alberta,Cardston Mary Leota Hansen 29 Married 2nd husband - Moroni Allen
8 1923 Alberta,Cardston     Dedication of Cardston Temple by Heber J. Grant
0 1938 Alberta,Aetna     New chapel dedicated by Joseph Fielding Smith
12 1985 California,Redlands Mary Leota Hansen 93 Died while living with daughter Colleen Pyne
 
Note: Timeline includes events in the life of Niels, his father, his older brother Jens, his father-in-law Rudolph Hochstrasser,
and his daughter Mary Leota, along with some historical events related to the geographic areas he lived in.

Last Updated on 7/4/2000
By Mike St. Clair