A very devoted and public spirited Latter-Day-Saint who filled a mission to Denmark, leaving home August 21, 1882. When he returned he brought a company of converts numbering 531 souls, of whom 406 were Scandinavians.
He had an inventive mind and devised many labor saving items - the elevator in the store to hoist the goods from one floor to the other, a "lazy susan" in the middle of the dining table to avoid passing the food, a cart drawn by "Old Yellow" in which to stand and broadcast grain instead of walking. Also he conceived the idea, while acting as town president, of straw on the muddy streets to be trampled into the mud to make a hard surface.
He served as town president 1896-97. Later the family moved to Canada. He was born Feb. 10, 1845 in Denmark to Christian Sorensen and Maren Leisman. He died Dec. 12, 1912, at Midvale, Utah and is buried at Elsinore.
Source: Our Own Sevier, Centenial History 1865-1965
Sons: John Henrich Christensen and Peter Foutin Christensen, daughter: Marie M. Christensen, buried in Richfield Pioneer Cemetery
Parents: Christen Sorensen and Maren Larsen Leisman
Brother: Soren Peter Christensen #33799775
He had an inventive mind and devised many labor saving items - the elevator in the store to hoist the goods from one floor to the other, a "lazy susan" in the middle of the dining table to avoid passing the food, a cart drawn by "Old Yellow" in which to stand and broadcast grain instead of walking. Also he conceived the idea, while acting as town president, of straw on the muddy streets to be trampled into the mud to make a hard surface.
He served as town president 1896-97. Later the family moved to Canada. He was born Feb. 10, 1845 in Denmark to Christian Sorensen and Maren Leisman. He died Dec. 12, 1912, at Midvale, Utah and is buried at Elsinore.
Source: Our Own Sevier, Centenial History 1865-1965
Sons: John Henrich Christensen and Peter Foutin Christensen, daughter: Marie M. Christensen, buried in Richfield Pioneer Cemetery
Parents: Christen Sorensen and Maren Larsen Leisman
Brother: Soren Peter Christensen #33799775
A very devoted and public spirited Latter-Day-Saint who filled a mission to Denmark, leaving home August 21, 1882. When he returned he brought a company of converts numbering 531 souls, of whom 406 were Scandinavians.
He had an inventive mind and devised many labor saving items - the elevator in the store to hoist the goods from one floor to the other, a "lazy susan" in the middle of the dining table to avoid passing the food, a cart drawn by "Old Yellow" in which to stand and broadcast grain instead of walking. Also he conceived the idea, while acting as town president, of straw on the muddy streets to be trampled into the mud to make a hard surface.
He served as town president 1896-97. Later the family moved to Canada. He was born Feb. 10, 1845 in Denmark to Christian Sorensen and Maren Leisman. He died Dec. 12, 1912, at Midvale, Utah and is buried at Elsinore.
Source: Our Own Sevier, Centenial History 1865-1965
Sons: John Henrich Christensen and Peter Foutin Christensen, daughter: Marie M. Christensen, buried in Richfield Pioneer Cemetery
Parents: Christen Sorensen and Maren Larsen Leisman
Brother: Soren Peter Christensen #33799775
He had an inventive mind and devised many labor saving items - the elevator in the store to hoist the goods from one floor to the other, a "lazy susan" in the middle of the dining table to avoid passing the food, a cart drawn by "Old Yellow" in which to stand and broadcast grain instead of walking. Also he conceived the idea, while acting as town president, of straw on the muddy streets to be trampled into the mud to make a hard surface.
He served as town president 1896-97. Later the family moved to Canada. He was born Feb. 10, 1845 in Denmark to Christian Sorensen and Maren Leisman. He died Dec. 12, 1912, at Midvale, Utah and is buried at Elsinore.
Source: Our Own Sevier, Centenial History 1865-1965
Sons: John Henrich Christensen and Peter Foutin Christensen, daughter: Marie M. Christensen, buried in Richfield Pioneer Cemetery
Parents: Christen Sorensen and Maren Larsen Leisman
Brother: Soren Peter Christensen #33799775
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