Anders Mortensen, son of Morten Christensen and Mette Knudsen, was born on 9 November 1828 in Lille Rørbæk, Frederiksborg, Denmark. Anders, also known as Andrew, married Ane Catherine Hansen around 1853. Anders and Ane Catherine immigrated to the United States in 1873, leaving Liverpool, England on 2 July 1873 on the ship SS Wisconsin, then arriving in New York City on 15 July 1873. Anders died on 7 December 1892 in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, and is buried in Preston, Franklin, Idaho.
Anders and Ane Catherine had 10 children:
- Metta Christena Mortensen, born abt 1856
- Hans Christian Mortensen, born abt 1858
- Maria Julia Mortensen, born 24 January 1864, died 4 December 1938
- Hans Mortensen, born 17 May 1866, died September 1866
- Morten Peter Mortensen, born 1867
- Mette Kirstine Mortensen, born 15 October 1870, died 25 October 1870
- Hans Christian Mortensen, born 15 March 1873, died March 1873
- Andrew Daniel Mortensen, born 15 July 1874, died 27 November, 1853
- Morten Christian Mortensen, born 3 May 1876, died 10 June 1943
- Paul Mortensen, born 24 May 1880
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- Andrew Mortensen – Memorial page on findagrave.com