Gertrude Pedersen Bastian
30 July 1834 Tarnby, Copenhagen Denmark
25 Sept 1857 Salt Lake City, UT

Married Jacob Bastian
24 Apr 1857
On board ship Westmoreland Harbor of Liverpool, England

Jacob and Gertrude were sweethearts who danced before the king of Denmark. Gertrude found the gospel and was baptized in 1855. She encouraged Jacob, and he too was baptized. The church in Denmark would not recognize a marriage between them because of their religion, so they joined a group of Saints leaving for America and were married on board the ship.

After eight weeks at sea, they arrived in Philadelphia, then traveled by rail to Iowa City, Iowa. There, they constructed handcarts and began their journey west. Gertrude was delicate and sickly, but never complained. After three months on the trail, they arrived in the Salt Lake Valley where Gertrude died three days later, leaving Jacob alone to mourn. Erastus Snow was the only one who came to comfort him.

Located in the Salt Lake Cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah.