My son-in-law is finishing his master's in history on his ancestor Jens Nielson who came across with the Willie Handcart Co. Maybe he has some information you could use. Linda Kay -----Original Message----- From: OBrienlu@aol.com <OBrienlu@aol.com> To: GEN-ROOTERS-L@rootsweb.com <GEN-ROOTERS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, November 08, 1998 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-ROOTERS-L] re: Willie and Martin Handcart company >In a message dated 11/8/98 8:17:01 AM Mountain Standard Time, >Wilsongrma@aol.com writes: > ><< Try the LDS Book store there is a book called "The Rescuers" >> >Dear Jeanie, > >Thank you from me too. My husband's ancestors, according to the family >history, Niels Peter Kjarsgaard who married Ane Christensen Pedersen traveled >from the Nothern part of Denmark. They had three children, the youngest was a >Christine Ann (Mette Kerstine). The children were born in Gunderstrop, >Aslborg, Denmark, on the Isle of Jutland. The children all carried the >surname of Nielsen because the father of Niels Peter went by the name of >Anderson Nielsen Kjarsgaard according to older genealogical records. Little >christina was the one who sat on the handcart because she was ill and frail. >She is my husband's maternal Ancestor. > >It was when they reached America that Niels Peter Kjarsgaard discarded his >name and took the name of Anderson to avoid being drafted into the Danish army >since that country had the right to draft any able bodied man regardless of >where he lived, >as long as he retained Danish citizenship. > >>From New York they traveled by train to Omaha, Nebraska, it was here they >joined Capt. Wooley's Company and this is where we really don't know if they >traveled with The Willie Co., or the Martin Co. > >This is why I was interested in the letter from D.Petty. We looked into the >web site that Wes Blair sent (of sinatra@magiclink.com/Vienna/strasse/7222) >but we could not find our ancestor there. > >Thanks again, > >Lula O'Brien of Layton, Utah > > >==== GEN-ROOTERS Mailing List ==== >Helping each other is how we find our ancestors. Share information with others researching the same surname. >listowner questions to AZDEE@aol.com >