Hedevig Lucia Engelbrecht Sørensdatter
20 September 1808 - 3 November 1867
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Birth
20 September 1808
St Knuds, Odense, Odense
Death
3 November 1867
Mount Pleasant
Burial
1867
Place Unknown
Alternate Names
Given Name
Hedevig Lucia
Given Name Alternate Spellings
Hidvey, Headswig
Last Name
Engelbrecht Sørensdatter
Maiden Name Alternate Spellings
Engelbrect, Sorensen
Married Names
Pedersen, Peterson, Petersen, Nybelle, Nybello, Nyblebe, Nybollne
Family
Marriages
Children
Parents
Mother: Anne Benedicte Erichsdatter (12 October 1777 - 7 January 1828)
Father: Andreas Sørensen ( 1739 - unknown)
Biography
Hedevig Lucia Engelbrecht Sørensdatter was born in Odense, Denmark on 20 September 1808. She married Hans Pedersen in 1829 with whom she had two children. When Hans died about six years later, Hedevig remarried to Rasmus Nybølle. She and her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and eventually chose to move to Utah. In 1857, they traveled from Liverpool on the ship Westmoreland and settled in Mount Pleasant, Utah where there was a large Scandinavian population. Hedevig lived in Mount Pleasant for the rest of her life. She died on 3 November 1867 and was buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
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Emigration
Departure: 25 April 1857
Haarby, Odense, Denmark
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