. . . Thursday, 8th. I was appointed by President C. D. Fjeldsted to lead this company of emigrants to Liverpool, England. I delivered Copenhagen Conference to Elder Carl E. Peterson (he is 36 years old). We was 14 returning missionaries and 150 emigrants from Denmark and Sweden whereof 36 were from Copenhagen Conference. We left Copenhagen at 8:30 p.m. with the steamship "Bravo," Captain Charles Smith. At about midnight the most of us got seasick. I got very sick which lasted about 9 hours.

Friday morning, 9th. We got better. About noon we got nice weather. At 2:45 p.m. we passed Skagen. A good night. [p.53]

Saturday, Aug. 10th 1889. A nice calm morning and good all day.

Sunday, 11th. A clear, calm morning, all rejoicing. We had a meeting on the deck at 10 a.m. The following spoke, namely: J. [Jens] C. A. Weibye, Mads Jorgensen and O. Johnson, Nordberg. I wrote a letter of testimonials to Captain Charles Smith signed by us 14 missionaries. At 12 o'clock noon we commenced to see England. At 2 p.m. we passed Grimsby and at 3:30 we arrived in Hull and soon after came Brother Olof Jenson with 22 emigrants from Norway.

Monday, 12th. At 6:30 a.m. we landed in Hull. The custom officers looked at our luggage, but not close. At 10 a.m. we left Hull in the railroad cars (we missionaries got 1st class). We arrived in Liverpool at 3:40 having passed 9 tunnels, Summit Tunnel, the biggest, about 3 miles through. Some of the others were also big tunnels. At 1:45 p.m. we passed the biggest. [p.54] I went to 42 Islington [THE BRITISH MISSION OFFICE] with the money and the emigrant's names and the emigrants was conveyed to a hotel keeper, Peterson's in Hotel, where we missionaries and emigrants stopped 4 days.

Tuesday, 13th. We missionaries went to 42 Islington and gave each of us a short report to President George Teasdale, after which President Teasdale asked the brethren who they want for president, and there were 5 if not more of the brethren there said they wanted Brother Weibye. So I was set apart by President George Teasdale as president of the company of emigrants and I selected Mads Jorgensen and Andrew Knudsen as my assistants and J. P. Toolsen secretary and they were also set apart by President Teasdale.

Wednesday, 14th. I wrote several letters to family and friends. In the evening we attended meeting, about 40 Saints and missionaries in the Liverpool meeting hall where President Teasdale spoke to us in 40 minutes and I had to [p.55] stand by his side and explain it in Danish what he said. I had to explain it on Danish what he said on English.

Thursday, August 15th 1889. I was on 42 Islington again.

Friday, 16th. We went on the ship Wyoming. We 15 missionaries got our berths intermediate and to get our meals in the 1st saloon. Brother M. [Mads] Jorgensen and Andrew Knudsen located the Saints.

Saturday, 17th. At about noon President Teasdale and McAllister came down to us. They delivered me $700.00 to Guion agent, P. W. Gibson, at New York. At 2 p.m. we left the Alexandria Dock and commenced our Atlantic journey. We organized the Saints in 6 districts and 2 returning missionaries to preside over each district. We appointed Brother James Andersen, captain of the night guard.

Sunday, 18th. We had a short meeting to give instructions to the emigrants. [p.56] Brother F. O. Moller from Copenhagen came to us in Liverpool.

19th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd . Nothing of particular interest.

Friday, August 23rd. Organized the fictition [UNCLEAR PROBABLY MEANING: Fictitious] families more particular than it was regulated from Copenhagen. There is 19 fictitious combinations of families and children. I regulated them anew so that they may be prepared to pass through Castle Garden.

Saturday, 24th. In the evening we attended concert in the saloon of the saloon passengers.

Sunday, 25th. Some of us attended the services in the saloon, the English Church services.

Monday morning the 26th. At 6:15 a.m. the pilot came on our ship and we rejoiced. I appointed Brother James Andersen to help the Copenhagen emigrants to buy provisions on the railroad in [p.57] America and I delivered him $35.51 that I had received in Copenhagen to buy provisions for them on the railroad in America.

Tuesday morning, August 27th. At 6 a.m. we had land on both sides. At 7 a.m. the doctor came from the quarantine and the Saints and others passed him.

At 8 a.m. we came to the Guion Dock in New York. Here our luggage was closely examined by the custom officers, and we had very much to do to be ready. I was with the Guion agent P. W. Gibson in Broadway and settled the railroad fares for Ole P. Larsen and August Peterson.

Sister Charlotte Marie Nielsen was left in New York. She did not have money to come any further, and she would not remain in Copenhagen any longer. She emigrated against President C. D. Fjeldsted's counsel. She had means herself to New York. [p.58] At 3 p.m. we left Castle Garden for Norfolk, with steamer "Richmond." Very rough sea, many got seasick.

Wednesday 28th. At 6 p.m. we landed at Norfolk, having now sailed the following distances from Liverpool to Queenstown:
1 day 240 miles.
Aug. 19th 2 day 307 miles.
20th 3 day 286 miles.
21st 4 day 276 miles.
22nd 5 day 340 miles.
23rd 6 day 320 miles.
24th 7 day 317 miles.
25th 8 day 336 miles.
26th 9 day 344 miles.
Aug. 27th to Sandy Hook 10 day 260 miles.
to New York 10 day 20 miles.
3046 miles.
From New York to Norfolk 286 miles.
3332 miles.
15 returning missionaries
92 adults emigrants
32 halfs
40 quarts
11 infants
190 total [p.59]

Wednesday, August 28th 1889. At 7 p.m. we boarded the cars at Norfolk, got some provisions and started westward on the railroad in 4 cars, besides a car for our trunks and beddings.

Thursday, 29th. We changed cars at Bristol at 11:45 a.m., 408 miles from Norfolk. At 7 p.m. we came to Chattanooga, 211 miles from Bristol.

Friday, 30th. We changed cars and luggage at Memphis at 8:30 a.m. Crossed Mississippi River in cars on steamboat, 310 miles from Chattanooga. At 10:15 a.m. we left Memphis.

Saturday, 31st. We changed cars at Kansas City at 8:30 a.m., 487 miles from Memphis, also changed luggage there and went with Rock Island Railroad. At 5 p.m. we was stopped in two hours with Belleville because a big engine have run off the track and stood in our way. At 7 p.m. we left there but has [p.60] only gone in two hours when one of the cylinders broke in our locomotive and we was stopped about one hour. At midnight we got another locomotive because our own did not work well.

Sunday morning, September 1st, at 8 a.m. We crossed the Union Pacific Railroad at Limon [Colorado]. At 11 a.m. we came to Colorado Springs and at 12:30 (noon) we came to Pueblo, changed cars and luggage. We got into 6 narrow track railroad cars. At 3 p.m. we left Pueblo and when we had traveled 100 miles we commenced to ascend the high mountains. We had two locomotives for the 7 wagons and it was all what that they could do to pull us up this very high mountains.

Monday, 2nd. At 5:30 a.m. we came to Montrose in Colorado. At 8:15 a.m. we came to Grand Junction with Green River. Brother Hans Peter Hemmingsen's child, Mary, 1 year 10 months, died at 11:30 a.m. She was brought to Salt Lake City to be [p.61] (buried Sept. 3rd at 1 p.m.)

Sept. 2nd at 1:30 p.m. we was with Green River where all the emigrants got free coffee given to us by the railroad company. There was something wrong with the locomotive so we had to stop from 8:30 p.m. till 10 p.m. and at 11:30 we got a new locomotive because the other would not work.

Tuesday night, Sept. 3rd, 3 o'clock morning. We came to Salt Lake City. Some of the emigrants and missionaries commenced to separate from us from Spanish Fork, Provo, Pleasant Grove, and now in Salt Lake City. Railroad distance from Norfolk to Salt Lake City.

From Norfolk to Bristol 408 miles
from Bristol to Chattanooga 211 miles
from Chattanooga to Memphis 310 miles
from Memphis to Kansas
City 487 miles
from Kansas City to Pueblo 668 miles
from Pueblo to Salt Lake City 614 miles
Total: 2698 miles [p.62]

My wife Thora and daughter, Margreth received me kindly, as also President J. B. Mauben, Bishop Hans Jensen, and Brother N. R. Petersen. . . . [p.64]

BIB: Weibye, Jens C. A. Reminiscences and journals (Ms 1432), reel 2, bx. 3, fd. 2, pp. 53- 62,64. (CHL).
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