OBITUARIES
Christenson
Bear River City, Box Elder
County, Utah Territory, December 1879 - Editors Deseret
News:
I hereby wish to inform my friends and relations that my
wife Christiane, daughter of Anders and Marie Sophie Christensen, died
November 5th, 1879, at her residence, from paralysis, form
which she suffered nearly two months. She was born in
Jylland, Denmark, August 31st,1834. She
emigrated to Utah in 1859, and crossed the Plains with
the handcarts and suffered much hardship and scarcity of
food. She arrived at Salt Lake City September
4th, 1859, and was united in the bonds of matrimony on
October 13th, 1859, Brother Erastus Sdow performing the
ceremony. These 20 years we have enjoyed the blessing
of God and raised four sons and three daughters, who are left with me to
mourn the loss of a true and faithful mother. She
died in full faith of the gospel, and a hope of a glorious
resurrection. L. C. Christenson – Deseret News, 07
January 1880.
Transcribed by Jim
Vandermark
Hansen
Answers Last Call
Aged Veteran of the Fourth Ward Passes to the Great Beyond
In the departure of Christian Hansen from this world which occurred
last Monday we are called upon to say good-bye to one of the noblest
and grandest old men it has ever been our good fortune to know. His
spendid physique, his powerful personality and his enlivening
disposition made him a favorite among classes both old and young. He
has been a familiar figure in Brigham City for many years. His death is
the result of old age--he passed the 85th mile stone last January.
Christian Hansen was born in Skildelov, Denmark, Jan. 15, 1820. He was
married Nov. 1, 1850, to Elizabeth Erickson, who preceded him to the
spirit world six years ago. He became a member of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints in his native land April 9, 1852 and in
December 1853 immigrated to Utah where he arrived in October 1854. He
came to this part of the country and operated for many years the
"Dairy" at Collinston or on the divide near Beaver Dam. On September
1882 he went on a mission to Denmark. He was in the move south in 1857
returning July 4th of the same year.
Mr. Hansen is an old soldier, having served in the Danish army from
1842 to 1847 and although he was in the thick of battle between Denmark
and Germany almost continuously for three years was never wounded.
He has been very weak for several months and his death was not
unexpected. He leaves besides his two wives, Marla and Christena, nine
children, Willard, Lorenzo, Peter, Ephraim, James, Alma, Lester,
Lizzie, Simeon and Daniel. Besides these there are 41 grand-children
and five great-grand-children.
Funeral Services
Services were held over the remains yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock in
the 4th ward meeting house. Notwithstanding the fact that the news of
his death was not generally known, there was a good attendance. The
meeting was presided over by Bishop Brigham Wright. Singing was by the
ward choir, under the direction of Fred Kolter. Six sons of deceased
officiated as pall bearers. The floral decorations were profuse and
beautiful. The speakers were Elders James Olsen, A. Valentine, Bp.
Larsen of Logan, Bp. James Nelson, Patriarchs Wm. L. Watkins and John
D. Burt, Presidents Lucius A. Snow, Oleen N. Stohl and Bishop Wright.
They were all old acquaintenances of deceased and the beautiful
tributes they bore to his sterling character must have been a great
source of gratification to the relatives and friends. We do not meet
such men often in the course of a lifetime and it is too bad that they
cannot stay with us always. But he knew he had always done the right
and he died happy.
Source: Box Elder News - June 29, 1905
Submitted and transcribed by Sandra Davis
Hendrickson
Kristine A. Mortensen Hendrickson
Mother Called by Death
Mrs. Kristine A. Mortensen
Hendrickson, 65, died on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at her home in Corinne, Utah,
after a lingering illness. Services were held on Friday, Dec. 12, at
Corinne with burial in the Brigham City Cemetery. Survivors include a
son and five daughters. Two of the daughters, Mrs. Anna Wight and Mrs.
Dorothy Wight, are Susanville residents.
Source: Lassen Advocate (Susanville, Lassen County, CA) -- January 5, 1953
Submitted by Jana -- A Friend of Free Genealogy
Kelley
President Kelley Dies at Brigham
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah, April 24 --
William H. Kelly, president of Box Elder stake and one of the best
known men in this section of the State, died at his home here Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The end came quite unexpected. Bishop Kelly
attended conference and was taken ill on his return home. He was aged
about 70 years. He came to this country from England forty years ago
and he has resided here. He was first councillor to Rudger Clawson when
Mr. Clawson was president of this stake, and succeeded him as president
when Clawson was made an apostle. He was quite prominent last summer in
the Adademy opera house dispute. He leaves a large family, mostly grown
up. One of his daughters was recently married in the Temple in Salt
Lake. He leaves a large circle of friends.
Mr. Kelly underwent an operation last winter and apparently got over it well for a man of his age.
Source: Salt Lake Telegram - April 24, 1905
Submitted and transcribed by Sandra Davis
Nielsen
Christian Nielsen
Christian Nielsen of the 3rd ward
has gone to his rest. He was well along in age, being in his 70th year,
and was bent and worn by the burden of many years of hard labor. He
bore his trials and sufferings with patience and set a splendid example
for younger and more fortunate men. He died as he had lived, a faithful
Latter-Day Saint. Mr. Nielsen was born in Ugilt Eljorring Amt, Denmark,
Dec. 24, 1826 and joined the church on May 6, 1862. He came to this
country in 1881 and lived in Sanpete County two years after which he
moved to Brigham city which has since been his home. He leaves a widow,
two sons, and a daughter to mourn his loss.
Mr. Nielson was a veteran of
the wars between Denmark and Germany from 1848 to 1850 where he served
with honor. The King of Denmark recently sent him a medal of honor in
recognition of his service to the state. He figured conspicuously in
the wars of Lyptol, Isted and other places.
Funeral services were held in the
Third ward meeting house Friday at 2 p.m. where a goodly number of
friends and acquaintenances gathered to pay their last respects.
Source: Box Elder News - September 14, 1905
Submitted and transcribed by Sandra Davis
Snow
Mrs. Mary Snow Dies at Brigham City
Mrs.
Mary Snow, widow of the late President Lorenzo Snow of the Mormon
church, died at her home in Brigham City Saturday. Death was due to
valvular leakage of the heart. She was 64 years old.
The
deceased was a daughter of the lat Jacob Houtz, who lived at
Springville. She came to Utah with her parents in 1847, just six weeks
after the arrival of the first pioneers in Utah. She was married to
Lorenzo Snow in 1858. Four children survive her. They are Mansfield L.
Snow, Mortimer H. Snow, Mrs. Virginia S. Stephens and Mrs. George
Harding.
Source: Salt Lake Telegram - April 2, 1906
Submitted and transcribed by Sandra Davis
Wilson
Robert W. Wilson of Brigham City is Dead
Was One of Utah's Pioneers, Known for His Public Spirit and Charity
Robert Knox Wilson, for nearly half a century a resident of this city, died at his home on February 28th.
Mr. Wilson was born February 20, 1824, in Scotland, from which country
he emigrated with his wife in 1851, going first to St. Louis, Mo.,
whence he journeyed in 1852 to Salt Lake City. Here he remained for
about a year, engaged as a quarryman in Red Butte canyon, when he went
to California, remaining about two years. On his return to Utah in 1855
he settled in Brigham and engaged in farming, which occupation he
continuously followed until 1885, being accounted the best and most
successful farmer in this county. On retiring from active agricultural
pursuits he engaged in the liquor business, which became widely known
as the house of R. K. Wilson & Sons.
Mr. Wilson's chief characteristic, among many strongly marked ones, was
his uniform suavity and kindness and it was rare indeed for any to
receive other than most kindly consideration at his hands. He was also,
up to the last day of his life, the foremost among the men of public
spirit and enterprise in the community.
In closing this all too brief record of his career the writer can say
that it is a question whether a single life will be so much missed, or
one whose absence will be more keenly felt than that of Robert Knox
Wilson. May he rest in peace.
Source: Salt Lake Telegram - March 3, 1902
Submitted and transcribed by Sandra Davis
