Helene Christine Pedersdatter
12 December 1839 - 14 April 1900
Vitals
Birth
12 December 1839
Vester Marie
Death
14 April 1900
Tetonia
Burial
1900
Tetonia
Alternate Names
Given Name
Helene Christine
Given Name Alternate Spellings
Hellen, C
Last Name
Pedersdatter
Maiden Name Alternate Spellings
Peterson, Petersdatter
Married Names
Letham, Leatham
Family
Marriage
Children
Parents
Mother: Ellen Margarethe Hansdatter (9 February 1802 - 12 January 1879)
Father: Peder Pedersen ( 1795 - 6 February 1845)
Biography
Helene Christine Pedersdatter was born on December 12, 1839 in Vestermarie, Bornholm, Denmark. She was the ninth of ten children. When she was only six years old, her father died, and her mother remarried four years later. In 1852, her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and shortly after, they left to join the Saints in Utah. Helene was thirteen years old when they made the journey, arriving in Utah in September of 1853.
In 1858, Helene married John Urquhart Letham, an immigrant from Scotland. She was his first of three wives. They settled in Wellsville, Utah, and had eleven children together, three daughters and eight sons. Sometime after 1881, Helene moved with her family to Pleasant Valley, Montana, where she had her last child. She later relocated to Tetonia, Idaho, where she passed away on April 14, 1900 at the age of sixty.
Events
Emigration
Departure: 16 January 1853
Bornholm
Relocations
Wellsville → Tetonia
after 1881
Baptism
15 March 1852
Bornholm
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