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Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868
Folkman, Matilda Kristina Funk

Birth Date: 8 Dec. 1836
Death Date: 20 Oct. 1910
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Company: Christian Christiansen Company (1857)

Pioneer Information:
She probably married Jens Peter Folkman before the company headed west. Her name is listed as as "Kirstine Mathilde Funch" on the 1857 Westmoreland ship manifest. Her name, birth and death dates are confirmed by her death certificate.

Sources:
"Handcart Veteran Dies at Plain City," Salt Lake Evening Telegram, 22 Oct. 1910, 8.     Source Locations
"Plain City News," Ogden Evening Standard, 25 Oct. 1910.     Source Locations
FamilySearch     Source Locations
Folkman, Christopher Olsen, [Reminiscences], in Pioneer Pathways [1998- ], 7:236-37.   Read Trail Excerpt     Source Locations
Ship Passenger and Manifest Lists     Source Locations
Utah State Death Certificate, Utah State Archives     Source Locations