Genealogy Chat

familysearch.org is a mormon site that has searches etc it will probably have info on mormon history ,

my nans sister and her family are mormons and have done a lot of work on the family tree, none of them have 2 wives though as far as i know

lorraine

Many thanks Rose!

'Tis interesting to note that he doesnt show with both wives in the later census. Presumably she shows somewhere else seperately, with her children?

Unfortunately I dont know enough about Mormon history to know when they started "hiding" the 2nd/3rd etc wives but I guess it must have been around the turn of the century. lol But if they had over 20 children between them, I suppose they would need 2 houses.

Here is their entry for the 1880 Census -
Household:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Ander AMUNDSEN Self M Male W 31 NOR Carpenter NOR NOR
Elizabeth AMUNDSEN Wife M Female W 18 WAL Keeping House ENG ENG
James AMUNDSEN Son S Male W 9M UT NOR WAL
Mary AMUNDSEN Wife M Female W 22 WAL Keeping House ENG ENG
Alice AMUNDSEN Dau S Female W 1 UT NOR WAL

1920 United States Federal Census
about Elizabeth Amundsen
Name: Elizabeth Amundsen
Home in 1920: Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah
Age: 58 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862
BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Andrew
Father's Birth Place: England
Mother's Birth Place: England
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Female
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 866
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth Amundsen 58
Leon Amundsen 25
Jennie A Amundsen 23
Clonie E Amundsen 14
Andrew Amundsen 70

Rose

1910 United States Federal Census
about Andrew Amundson
Name: Andrew Amundson
Age in 1910: 60
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
BIRTHPLACE: Norway
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Norway
Mother's Birth Place: Norway
Spouse's Name: Mary
Home in 1910: Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Year of Immigration: 1864
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Andrew Amundson 60
Mary Amundson Jr. 52
Cyrus J Amundson 20
Hazel Amundson 17
Marlow Amundson 14
Lavon B Amundson 12

Rose

1900 United States Federal Census
about Anders Amundsen
Name: Anders Amundsen
Home in 1900: South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah
Age: 51
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849
BIRTHPLACE: Norway
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Jane
Race: White
Occupation: View Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Anders Amundsen 51
Mary Jane Amundsen 42
Alcie Amundsen 20
John Amundsen 18
Amundsen 15
Iva Amundsen 15
Hazel Amundsen 7
Marlow Amundsen 5
Lavone Amundsen 2


Rose

Is he Andrew or Anders?

The 1890 isn't available.

Rose

Would someone please look up ANDREW AMUNDSEN c1849. In the 1880 Census he is in Salt Lake with his 2 wives, Elizabeth and Mary Jane (who are sisters)

In the 1880 Census, each wife has one child, and they are shown under each wife - if you follow what I mean. Hopefully this will be the same in later Census and I will be able to confirm all the children I have for them with the right mothers.

Am also wondering when I enter all these names and dates, if my tree program will blow up! lol It's already confused about having 2 wives alive at the same time.

Sue