Peter Sorensen ~ Index
Ole Peder Sorensen, was born on 10 October 1832, at Haverup, district of Sorø, Isle of Sjælland, Denmark. He was christened on 28 December 1832, Haverup, Sorø, Denmark. Peter Sorensen, as we have come to know him, lived 42 years, 0 months and 11 days, passing away from injuries sustained by being run over by an ox team and wagon while gathering fire wood, on the bench west of town, on 21 October 1874, Mendon, Cache County, Utah. He was interred in the Mendon City Cemetery, Mendon, Utah, in October of 1874.
Peter Sorensen married Fredrrika Andersen, on 10 December 1857, at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, and were later sealed on 20 January 1865, in the Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. They were the parents of eight children, four boys and four girls.
- Peter Andrew Sorensen
- Willard Sorensen
- Maria Sorensen
- Malena Caroline Sorensen
- Nicholas George Sorensen
- Rebecca Sorensen
- Phillip N. Sorensen
- Hannah Margaret Sorensen
Fredrrika Andersen, or Rikke as we have come to know her, was born on 14 February 1835, at Fredriksvern, Vestfold, Norway. She lived 60 years, 4 months and 25 days, passing away on 9 July 1895, Mendon, Cache County, Utah. She was interred in the Mendon City Cemetery, Mendon, Utah, on 11 July 1895, along side her husband. Peter and Rikke are buried in Group 1, Lot 042.
Peter and Rikke’s headstones, both of the beautiful classical style, upright white marble were standing when I was a kid. Today they lay flat, set in a cement slab which also holds the broken pieces together. (David Buist had them repaired by Brown Momument in Logan, Utah.) As time, weather and the lawn mower attack them, the inscriptions they hold will completely disappear. Some of them are unreadable at this time. They are recorded as follows—
Peter— Sacred to the memory of Peter Sorensen. Son of Nicolai Sorensen and Melena Olsen. Born in Denmark, October 10, 1832. Died, October 21, 1874. (missing line) Dear father so faithful, So good and so kind, Oh may God who called you, Safe guide us all through, That we in his presence, May mingle with you.
Rikke— Sacred to the memory of Rikke, daughter of A. Andersen and Marie Philips. Wife of Peter Sorensen. Born in Norway, February 14, 1835. Died, July 9 1895. Our mother is gone but not forgotten, Rest in peace in heavenly bliss, Until we see your face again.
The Peter Sorensen home, was located at about 35 South 100 West in Mendon, Cache County, Utah. The home was one of the finest of its kind when built in the early 1890's. This artists view does not show the large pine trees that over time, once graced the front lawn. The log cabin and first Peter Sorensen family home, can be seen toward the rear of the picture. This is where the family lived until the new home was built. This log cabin was taken in part, from the Nicolai Sorensen family cabin, which had three rooms and was in the early Mendon fort, from 1859 to 1864.
Although dismantled now, the log cabin still exists today, it and the house were taken down in April, 1992. A summer kitchen was build between the old house and the new house, as can be seen by the side door towards the rear of the home. The walls of the main home were lined with mud brick adobes, as an early form of insulation. I salvaged one of the bricks and some square nails from the cabin, and keep them in my office. The L.D.S. church came up from Salt Lake City and salvaged much of the gingerbread trim and window details, for the displays in the church history musuem in downtown Salt Lake City. As a young boy I was fortunate enough to have known Hannah M. Sorensen, Peter's youngest daughter and owner of the home until her passing in 1965. Hannah or Ann as I knew her, never married.
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