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- Born at Trunerup, Villie, Skane, Sweden to Nils Jonsson (1767-1852) and Anna Trulsdotter (1767-1836), Karna Nilsdotter was married to Soren Joransson at Villie, Skane on April 23, 1833.
In Skane, they became the parents of
-Pehr Sorensson, later known as Peter Yorganson (1835-1917)
-Anna Sorensdotter (1838-1838)
-Anna Sorensdotter, later known as Anna Sorensson Sanders (1840-1879), twin to Botilda
-Botilda Sorensdotter, later known as Botilda Joransson Larsson (1840-1858), twin to Anna
-Elna Sorensdotter, later known as Ellen Yorgason Dahl (1842-1912)
-Jons Sorensson (1845-1845)
-Jons Sorensson, later known as James Yorgason (1847-1917)
She and her husband were converted from the state religion, Lutheranism, to the Church of Latter Day Saints by LDS missionaries. They were baptized by the LDS missionary Lars Nils Larsson (1826-1892), who later married their daughter Botilda; after Botilda's early death, Mr. Larsson married Botilda's first cousin Pernella.
With her husband and children, and her husband's brother Jons and family, she immigrated to the United States. The family left Sweden in October 1855, traveling first to Denmark, then to England. They left Liverpool, England on December 12, 1855, traveling on the wooden three-masted ship "John J. Boyd". They arrived at New York on February 18, 1856, then traveled to Keokuk, Iowa, where they worked for a year to acquire funding to complete their journey to the Utah Territory.
Their names on the New York passenger list were spelled by the clerk as "Soran Joransen" with "Karna, Peter, Botille, Anna, Elna, and Jens" given Joransen as their surname.
Their names were further changed during their stay in Iowa, where Karna became Caroline and Joransson became Yorgason.
The family settled in Moroni, Utah Territory. There, Caroline raised her family and frequently acted as the local doctor and mid-wife.
Her death was untimely. She went to the corral for the evening milking, and as she approached the cow, the animal suddenly swung its head and she was gored deeply. It was a fatal wound.
Note that the gravesite photo taken at the Yorgason Family Cemetery in Fountain Green shows the gravestone for Karna "Caroline" Yorgason's husband Soren and his second wife Ellen Forsburg. The stone clearly states that Caroline Yorgason was buried in Moroni, and for this reason it is a cenotaph.
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1808 - 1877 (68 years)
