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Baker
,
Nicolena
Marie
Bertelsen
Birth and Death Dates
1845-1905
Call Number
MSS
SC
1140
Material Type
Biography
Biography
Nicolena
Marie
Bertelsen
was
born
on
26
January
1845
in
Aalborg
,
Denmark
, to
Maren
Larsen
Dam
and
Niels
Pedarsen
Bertelsen
.
Lena's
parents
lived
quiet
lives
as
fishermen
on the
coast
of
Denmark
.
Early
in the
1850's
they were
converted
to The
Church
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Latter-day
Saints
. They
longed
to
go
to
America
to
gather
with
others
of their
faith
.
Because
finances
were
meager
, the
Bertelsens
decided
to
send
their
children
to
America
one
by
one
with the
hopes
that they
could
join
them
within
a
year
.
Lena
,
accompanied
by
two
missionaries
, was the
third
child
to
go
to
America
.
However
, the
missionaries
were
unable
to
take
her
all
the
way
to
Utah
and they
left
Lena
with a
family
in
St
.
Louis
. She
knew
that she
needed
to
gather
with the
Saints
in
Utah
,
so
she
worked
two
years
to
earn
enough
money
for
transportation
to
Council
Bluffs
,
Iowa
,
where
companies
of
pioneers
were
preparing
for the
long
journey
west
.
During
these
years
, she also
learned
to
write
and
speak
English
well
.
When
she
arrived
in
Iowa
,
Lena
joined
Cyrus
Snell's
company
and they
arrived
in
Utah
Territory
in
1854
. In
Lena's
early
twenties
, she
became
engaged
to
Mr
.
Christensen
,
who
was
killed
by
Indians
.
Twelve
years
later
,
Lena
became
the
second
wife
of a
well
educated
,
talented
, and
financially
stable
man
named
William
G
.
Baker
. She was the
mother
of
10
children
:
Mary
,
William
,
Nelson
,
Lars
,
Annie
,
Ida
,
Ralph
,
Ruth
,
Albert
, and
Hazel
,
although
two
died
in
infancy
and
one
died
at the
age
of
four
of
whooping
cough
.
Although
in
1890
,
polygamy
was
outlawed
and
husbands
were
required
to
divide
their
property
,
William
continued
to
care
for
Lena
. In the
1890's
she
sold
some
of the
land
she was
given
and
opened
a
millinery
store
.
Three
years
after
the
death
of her
husband
in
1902
,
Lena
sold
the
store
and
moved
to
Salt
Lake
City
,
where
she
died
17
July
1905
.
Abstract
<p>
This
collection
is
a
combination
of
various
letters
,
genealogical
materials
,
photos
,
biographies
, and
autobiographies
of the
Baker
family
. The
section
containing
Lena's
biography
is
five
typewritten
pages
long
and also
includes
five
pictures
of
Lena's
family
, a
genealogy
chart
, and
some
histories
about
William
G
.
Baker
. The
copy
of this
biography
was
written
by
Geneva
B
.
Russell
and
can
be
found
in the
book
Our
Pioneer
Heritage
on
pages
67-71
. This
broad
overview
of
Lena's
life
emphasizes
her
childhood
experiences
, with
very
little
detail
about
her
adulthood
.
According
to the
biographer
,
Lena
was
only
seven
years
old
when
she
left
her
family
and
traveled
across
the
Atlantic
. She
begged
her
father
to
allow
her to
stay
in
Denmark
, but she
only
received
the
strict
admonition
to
keep
clean
,
pray
every
day
, and
never
cry
.
Although
Lena
loved
the
family
she
stayed
with in
St
.
Louis
, she
longed
to
see
her
own
family
again
and
meet
other
members
of the
Church
.
When
she
arrived
in
Iowa
, she
discovered
that
all
of the
companies
were
full
. She
pleaded
her
cause
to
Cyrus
Snell
,
who
allowed
her
come
with him if she would
care
for his
ill
wife
and
children
.
When
she
arrived
in
Utah
, her
sister
taught
her how to
sew
,
spin
,
weave
,
dye
, and
glean
fields
. She
excelled
in
sewing
and she
worked
as a
seamstress
for
several
years
.
After
she
raised
her
children
,
Lena
kept
busy
with
sewing
costumes
for
character
balls
. She also
donated
generously
to the
building
of the
Sevier
Stake
Tabernacle
.
<p>
Polygamy
<p>
Indians
<p>
Mormon
Pioneers
Coverage
1936-1978
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