The family was then sent by the Church Authorities to fill a position as a Miller at Fillmore, Utah, as Great Grandfather Hakan had training in this field. They arrived there on 28 September 1862. After they had been there for awhile they decided to homestead a farm on Dry Creek, two miles south of Meadow. The soil here at Meadow proved to be very rich and with a lot of hard work they soon had a comfortable home.
They had ten children, Oscar Alfred, Catherine Elnora, Hakan Julian, Wilda Josephine, Betsy Mary Ann, Mary Elizabeth, Albert William, John Edward, Augusta (whom died at sea) and one other who died.
All the children had jobs assigned to them and with their help farm life became a fun life and they had many good times together.
Grandfather Anderson (Oscar Alfred, Sr.) attended dances at Kanosh, where he met a very lovely girl, whose name was Thirza Jane Lee. They began courting and had many good times together, and after awhile they set their wedding day and was Married on May 28, 1878. They bought a home at Kanosh, where Oscar got a job in a Harness Shop with Halsey Kealso, making and reparing and selling harness and other products.
Later because of Great Grandfathers health they move back to the farm at Dry Creek, where they stayed until Great Grandfathers death on 26 August 1884.
To investigate:
- Are there church records listing who was assigned where?
- What does a miller do? Where did Hakan recieve training?
- Verify date of arrival in Millard Co.
- Find Homesteading deed.
- Add children to the pedigree. Did the “one other who died” have a name? When was he/she born?
- Verify marriage date for Oscar and Thirza.
- Can I find a purchase agreement for the home they bought?
- Who was Halsey Kealso? Why is he listed specifically? Is he the boss?
- Verify Hakan’s death date. What illness did he have?
Posted by jullianalund@gmail.com on 23 April 2011 | Posted in Aliene's Family History, Anderson, Lee |
Aliene Anderson Lund left each of her grandchildren a copy of her Family History. Slowly, but surely, I’ll be transcribing her recollections and using them to help guide my search of the Anderson side of Troy’s family.
THE FAMILY
My earliest recollection of home and family life was of a sweet, gentle, loving and attractive Mother [Annie Chelsea Mills]. She loved more than anything else taking care of her home and family. She was very good at about everything she did but most of all she was a real wonderful cook. She had a very special way of making every meal so delicious that her family cleaned up every morsel of food. I can still smell those delicious ginger cookies and raisened [sic] filled cookies, she would be baking when all of us children arrived home from school. She was there waiting for us children to tell her all about our day at school and she would give us a cookie and a glass of milk. What a treat this was, we were all so excited to tell her of our experience of the day and she was just as excited to listen. Some times she would let me help her cut the cookies out.
My Father [Oscar Anderson, Jr.] was, tall sturdy and somewhat handsome. He was stern, outspoken but was also patient and gentle when the need was there. He loved his home and family and took us children and Mother on picknicks [sic] and outings. We all enjoyed those times as we were all together as a family.
I remember father telling of how his Grandparents (Hakan Anderson, Marianne Marie Neilson) left their homes in Sweden and Denmark after they had become members of the “Latter-day-Saints Church”, and went to Liverpool, where they joined other saints and embarked on a large ship called “The Electric”. It was very hard on the ship and while on their journey at sea they lost their baby son “Augusta” and he was buried at sea. They finally arrived in New York City, where they prepared for Transportation to Florence, Nebraska. They traveled by rail to Nebraska. When they then made arrangments to join an emigrant ox train. Where they then made their way accross [sic] the Plains. They had many hardships and trials along the way but finally in August 1862 they arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah.
To investigate:
- Where Hakan and Marianne are from, specifically. When did they join the church? When did they move to England? When did they meet/marry?
- Find “The Electric” from Liverpool to New York City.
- See if I can find any information about Augusta (is that really the boy’s name? Or was it a girl?)
- Can I find any info on rail travel? Any info on Florence, Nebraska?
- Find information about the ox train they joined.
- Verify the date they arrived in Salt Lake City. Did they know anyone here? Where did they stay? How long before they moved to Millard County? Why did they move?
Posted by jullianalund@gmail.com on 21 April 2011 | Posted in Aliene's Family History, Anderson, Mills |
